Nineteenth Century History: 1870-1880 {David Livingstone: Medicine Man, Explorer and Missionary}
The children learnt all about David Livingstone, a Victorian doctor who traveled to Africa as a missionary. We read theContinue Reading
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 arrangedContinue Reading
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 TurkeyContinue Reading
Impressionist Artist Study: Degas
For her project last term Lillie learnt all about the Impressionist painters. She studied one artist for two weeks. TheContinue Reading
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 toContinue Reading
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 doingContinue Reading
Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Cinderella
I was very excited about this unit! I’d had so many ideas floating about in my head with regards to oneContinue Reading
Nineteenth Century History: 1830-1840 {Victorian Era: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert}
This post is a hodge podge of all things Victorian Related that we have studied over the past three monthsContinue Reading
Nineteenth Century History: 1820-1830 {Composers of the Romantic Period}
The Romantic Period, a time in history where composers wished to reduce their listeners to tears and melt their hearts,Continue Reading
Nineteenth Century History: 1810-1820 {Romanticism and Jane Austin}
The 1810s were a busy time with George III officially being recognised as insane; the United States Congress declaring warContinue Reading