The Victorian Classroom, Toys, and Trains

A great opportunity for the pupils to dress up. These are a series of modules based on Victorian schools, traditional toys, and science looking at early trains and steam power. They can be delivered separately or together as part of a Victorian experience.

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• Artefacts and life in Victorian schools

• The school rules

• Arranging the classroom

• Why were boys more important than girls?

• Chanting, learning to write

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• Traditional toys to play with

• What are they made of – materials

• How do they work – mechanisms

• Learning new rules and skills

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• An introduction to Victorian Britain

• The Queen Empress

• What changed during the Victorian period?

• Trains and steam engines – see one in action!