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This pack addresses areas of both the study unit Victorian Britain (NC KS2 history) and NC KS2 art, as well as aspects of drama, dance, and design and technology. Through using the activity cards, children are given practical opportunities to: • learn about the lives of Victorian people at different levels of society: work, home, leisure and school • explore and develop ideas through art from a range of starting points, informed by knowledge and understanding of the Victorian period and the type of item made • use a variety of methods and materials, both well-known and unusual • develop an appreciation of the crafts of the period and recognise how they reflect the time in which they were created • compare and link their work with that of craftspeople of a different time and culture • work on their own and with others • use and extend skills and confidence in speaking, listening, reading and writing • respond imaginatively to historical facts through role play • build a presentation or performance and present it to an audience • plan, design, modify and develop the starting points given, to make further artefacts with similar characteristics.
About the author
Jane Bower is a practicing primary teacher and inservice education provider in Cambridgeshire.
Summary
This series is designed to help teachers bring history topics to life through imaginative creative arts activities. Victorian activities in this pack include: making decorative objects based on original Victorian patterns; sewing samplers; making miniature gardens; and Victorian parlour games.
