Teaching Victorian Britain at KS2 - Lessons and Resources - Year 5 & 6

KS2 Life in Victorian times outstanding lessons

Although not mandatory I the national Curriculum at the moment there is no reason why you can’t choose to study this highly popular KS2 topic.

1. Make it the focus of your local history study. Build up some census return data on a database and make it a vehicle for some great ICT work, asking and answering questions and raising and testing hypotheses.

2. Make it the focus of your thematic study e.g. development of the railways for example

3. Carry on teaching it outside the National Curriculum. This does not mean extra time for history. You gain time by shaving a little off the other units.

There is just so much good planning, teaching and resourcing of the Victorians going on in schools today and the outstanding lessons below continue to prove what can be done with this exciting topic.

PLEASE NOTE: Because this not a compulsory unit we have not aligned the lessons as closely with the planning so please bear this in mind. Not everything on the planner will have a lesson or a smart task.

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All Victorian Britain Key Questions	Historical focus
KQ1 – What were the main changes that took place during this time?	Change and significance
KQ2 – Children working in Victorian factories: was it as bad as they tell us?	Evidence and interpretations
KQ3 – If life was so hard in the towns, why did so many people leave the countryside and move there?	Causation and migration
KQ3a – What the Dickens was life like in Victorian cities?	Urban life and evidence
KQ4 – Victorian railways: who were the winners and losers?	Consequences and change
KQ5a – What was it like going to school in Victorian times?	Photographic evidence and everyday life
KQ5c – Climbing boys enquiry	Childhood and working conditions
KQ6 – The Victorian Era: Dark Age or Golden Age?	Interpretation and evaluation

Victorians – end of unit quiz

Throughout this unit, we’ve explored what life was like in Britain during Queen Victoria’s long reign, from bustling factories and…

Victorian Britain – assessment task – How do we know this picture shows Victorian Britain?

Pupils are given artist’s impression of a typical Victorian scene which they have never seen before. They have to identify…

Victorian Britain knowledge organiser – KS2

You are learning about Victorian Britain because this was a really significant period of huge change in industry and technology,…

Victorian Britain – KQ1 – What were the main changes that took place during this time?

Motivating introductory lessons which, from the outset, challenges pupils to compare two images of the same place from the start…

Victorian Britain – KQ2 – Children working in Victorian factories: was it as bad as they tell us?

This lesson is designed for Y5/6 pupils who already have a little knowledge of industrial change but have not yet…

Victorian Britain – KQ3 – If life was so hard for families in the towns why did so many leave the countryside and move to the towns in Victorian times? – a history mystery

Starting a lesson with an apparent contradiction is a good way of engaging pupils interest. This ‘history mystery’ makes excellent…

Victorian Britain – KQ3a – What the Dickens was life like in the Victorian cities?

This lesson makes extremely good use of a technique called creative tension. Pupils listen, with their eyes closed, to a…

How did people feel about the coming of the railway?

Victorian Britain – KQ4 – Victorian railways: winners and losers. A thinking skills activity leading to a role play

This active thinking skills lesson asks pupils to consider the likely effect of the coming of the railways on different…

Victorian Britain – KQ5a – Going to school in Victorian times: can pupils write a paragraph for a KS1 textbook using photographs alone? SMART TASK Y3-5

This activity puts pupils in the role as researchers for a new book on Victorian schools. They have been commissioned…

Victorian Britain Resources and Lessons KS2

KS2 Life in Victorian times outstanding lessons

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Victorians – end of unit quiz

Victorian Britain – assessment task – How do we know this picture shows Victorian Britain?

Victorian Britain knowledge organiser – KS2

Victorian Britain – KQ1 – What were the main changes that took place during this time?

Victorian Britain – KQ2 – Children working in Victorian factories: was it as bad as they tell us?

Victorian Britain – KQ3 – If life was so hard for families in the towns why did so many leave the countryside and move to the towns in Victorian times? – a history mystery

Victorian Britain – KQ3a – What the Dickens was life like in the Victorian cities?

Victorian Britain – KQ4 – Victorian railways: winners and losers. A thinking skills activity leading to a role play

Victorian Britain – KQ5a – Going to school in Victorian times: can pupils write a paragraph for a KS1 textbook using photographs alone? SMART TASK Y3-5

Victorian Britain – KQ5b – Victorian poor and the workhouse; what does Martha’s story tell us?

Victorian Britain – KQ5c – Climbing boys enquiry – SMART TASK

Victorian Britain – KQ6 – The Victorian Era: Dark Age or Golden Age?

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Using a Victorian census to discover what life was like 100 years ago SMART TASK

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