A Year 5 history lesson on Charles Darwin, his theories and how the Victorians reacted to them. This is a fully resourced history lesson with a powerpoint, activities, key vocabulary and is part of a wider unit of history of Charles Darwin and is impact on the Victorian Era. Children will; -use a variety of historical sources -look at a piece of artwork and discuss what it tells us about what the Victorians initially thought of Charles Darwin learn about Samuel Wilberforce and about his link to Christianity/disagreement with Charles Darwin Read through a source written by someone who was at a Darwin debate and pick out information that tells us what the Victorians thought Use all the information they have gained throughout the lesson to answer the key question of; How did Victorians initially reacted to Darwin’s theories and why did they react in this way? -Fully resourced -key vocabulary -SEN activity -sources provided

A fully resourced lesson that builds on previous ones looking at the changing attitudes over time of the Victorians towards Charles Darwin. The lesson has a detailed PowerPoint, historical sources, key vocabulary to focus on and an SEN activity. Children will; -look at a range of historical sources from around the time Charles Darwin was alive and analyse them - this includes a poem and a media poster -understand how Victorian attitudes towards Charles Darwin started to change and compare them to the earlier attitudes -understand that not all Victorians were opposed to Charles Darwin’s theories -understand that as Victorians started to gain greater access to education, their beliefs in the bible started to change -understand the world’s opinion of Darwin today This lesson is part of a wider series of Darwin and his impact on the Victorian Era but can be used as a standalone lesson too.

Final lesson for children to recap the impact of Charles Darwin on the Victorian Era. Part of a series of lessons on Charles Darwin for a Year 5 history topic. The lesson is fully resourced with an end of unit quiz for SEN and the PP encourages children to recap their learning before answering in detail, using their knowledge the key question to the unit; Who was Charles Darwin and what impact did he have on the Victorian Era?

A fully resourced lesson and PowerPoint on the journey that Charles Darwin took on the HMS Beagle. Additional filler lesson if needed on researching the Galapagod Islands. Chilren will; -learn about the location of the Galapagos Islands -look at the voyage of the HMS Beagle and why Charles Darwin was onboard -map out the voyage on their own blank world map -have time to independently research the Galapagos Islands