- Primary Homepage
- Resource Archive
- Resources for Teachers
- Primary History
- e-CPD Resources
- Links, Reviews and Visits
- Primary Guides
- Initial Teacher Trainers
- Primary News
- Events
- Forum
-
Termly journal: Primary History - a source of new inspiration
Make a donation
This is a Free Basic Access resource and is available FREE to all registered users of the website. If you are not already registered you can sign up for FREE Basic Website Access or Join the HA to access this resource.
Victorian Britain and the Victorian World
This E-CPD unit has a number of possible focuses within the broader topic of Victorian Britain and the wider Victorian world. This follows a pattern that is strong within the structures of the School History Project. Each sub-topic needs to mirror what is best in history education at primary level, including an overview of the sub-topic to set it into context, an opportunity to look at contemporary sources (including, written , pictorial, artefactual), the full exploration of any local history or examples, an approach that will allow for active learning, enquiry, questioning, dialogue, creativity, getting ‘inside' the historical situation, and links not only with other subjects but with other sub-topics within this ‘unit'.
Rationale and Overview Looking for Victorians in your local area Trade and industry Travel and communications – railways, shipping and the penny post Art and artists Architects and architecture Music and dance Queen Victoria and her family Letters, diaries, photographs and film Colonies and Empire The Great Exhibition 1851 Wars and significant people Women travellers and explorers Changes in employment – children at work Crime and punishment Religious changes, challenges and diversity The history of medicine Football in Victorian Britain Writers and literature Ideas for work with children and activities Links with other subjects Principles for teaching about Victorian Britain Enhancing teachers’ subject knowledge Booklist