This scheme of work for LSK2 has been devised especially for Plazoom by teacher/author/trainer Debra Kidd, and is based on exploring the lives of children in Victorian England. It includes planning and resources to cover up to a half-term of learning.
This resource pack includes:
- Teaching notes
- Image from a Victorian newspaper
- Image of an inglenook fireplace
- Timeline information cards
- Newspaper clippings
- Poem: The Chimney Sweep’s Complaint
- London street scene images
- Orphan fact file example, images and template
- Grace Darling images
- PowerPoint teaching slides
Cross-curricular subjects covered:
- The life of a chimney sweep and reform to child labour laws
- The Earl of Shaftesbury and social reform
- Life in Victorian times
- Grace Darling and her life in a lighthouse
- Timelines and chronology
- Information texts and an introduction to Charles Dickens
- The industrial revolution and the impact on labour and movement of people
- Inventions in the Victorian period
This is one of a set of five packs, covering Reception to Year 6 (with the final pack having strong potential for transition activities), each with a different focus, and all offering plenty of opportunities to weave literacy learning across the curriculum in a story-sharing context.