History

• A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 – Victorian Ideals.
• A local history study: A study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality.

History

• Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901.
• Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day.
• A local history study.

• What beliefs and traditions were important to the Victorians?
• Who worked during Victorian times? How did this change throughout the era?
• Which jobs were viewed to be higher class during the Victorian era? Has that changed over time?
• What shapes were common on Victorian coffin furniture? Why do you think this is?

• What beliefs and traditions were important to the Victorians? How are they similar or different to your own?
• How did Victorians view social classes? Has our view on social classes or ‘placing oneself above one’s station’ changed over time?
• Why do you think that there are so few records from the Victorian era at Newman Brothers?
• How did the Coffin Furniture Trade in Birmingham get drawn into organised crime and strike action in the late 1800s?
• What symbols were common during the Victorian era? What symbols are popular now? Are there any that are the same?

• Write a portal story about a child finding themselves in Victorian England.
• Create an updated catalogue for Newman Brothers, what shapes and images would you include?
• Write a poem describing a Victorian Funeral. What would you see, hear, feel, smell?
• Write a non-chronological report about an aspect of Victorian life; funerals, social classes or work conditions.

Download Curriculum Map_Victorians

Victorian Life

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/

http://www.archive.coffinworks.org/objects/victorian-breastplate/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_ britain/children_in_factories/

Coffin Furniture during the Victorian Era

http://www.archive.coffinworks.org/objects/catalogue-pages/

Newman Brothers during the Victorian era

http://www.archive.coffinworks.org/themes/the-victorians/

Organised crime and strike action in Victorian Birmingham

http://www.archive.coffinworks.org/uncategorised/letters-lies-and-crossing-the-picket-line/

Symbols of the Victorian era

http://www.archive.coffinworks.org/objects/flower-pot-ornament/