Victorian Life
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Original objects reflecting everyday life in the Victorian period including advances in education, industrialisation and the British Empire.
Resource contains information, photographs and maps of Nottingham during the period, plus timeline, book of activities and information card for each item.
Box includes: camera; books; coins; medal to commemorate the opening of Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery; gift tin sent to soldiers serving in the Boer War; original newspapers; industrial objects; model of a penny farthing; Ghanaian domestic objects; toys; school attendance medal and domestic objects.
Resource meets National Curriculum requirements in History –
KS1 Events beyond living memory nationally or globally. Significant historical events, people and places in locality
KS2 An aspect or theme in British history that extends chronological knowledge before 1066. Local history study
KS3 Ideas, political power, industry and Empire: Britain, 1745 – 1901. Local history study
Activity pack meets National Curriculum requirement for English, Art and Design, Geography and Drama, Key Stage 1 – 3.
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