The children learnt all about David Livingstone, a Victorian doctor who traveled to Africa as a missionary. We read the following book on his life
Category: History – Nineteenth Century
Nineteenth Century History: 1860-1870 {Charles Darwin and other Scientists of his Time}
The nineteenth century was a fascinating time for scientific theory and new discoveries, from Russian, Dmitri Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, (which arranged all the known elements according
Nineteenth Century History: 1850-1860 {Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War}
The 1850s were an interesting time with the start of both the Crimean war (between Russia and her ally Turkey and allies Britain and France)
Impressionist Artist Study: Degas
For her project last term Lillie learnt all about the Impressionist painters. She studied one artist for two weeks. The latest has been Degas, which
Nineteenth Century History: 1840-1850 {Charles Dickens and the Poor}
Oh my, I had fun this week! The children not so much, but I took huge delight in threatening to starve my children with a
How to Experience the Life of a Working Class Victorian
This was a small social experiment the children and I carried out over one school day. We will be doing something similar when we come
