Life in the Trenches {World War I}
Life in the trenches was like nothing the soldiers had ever experienced before. ‘Digging in’ as it was called wasContinue Reading
Category: History – Nineteenth Century
Siege of Liege Activities {World War I}
World War One is complicated and convoluted, and (IMHO) should never (ever) have happened. Learning about it is like watchingContinue Reading
How to Make a First World War Map
Making this First World War map was trickier than any of my other map making endeavours. Because I am prettyContinue Reading
Edwardian Unit Study Presentation
We have just finished a five month long study on the early nineteen hundreds. We have learnt such a lot,Continue Reading
David Livingstone {1870-1880}
The children learnt all about David Livingstone, a Victorian doctor who traveled to Africa as a missionary. We read theContinue Reading
Charles Darwin {1860-1870}
The nineteenth century was a fascinating time for scientific theory and new discoveries, from Russian, Dmitri Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, (which arrangedContinue Reading
Florence Nightingale {1850-1860}
The 1850s were an interesting time with, firstly, the start of both the Crimean war between Russia and her allyContinue Reading
Edgar Degas {Impressionist}
For her project last term Lillie learnt all about the Impressionist painters. She studied one artist for two weeks. TheContinue Reading
Charles Dickens {Victorian Unit}
This week our focus was on Charles Dickens and the Victorian poor. Oh my, I had fun this week! TheContinue Reading
Victorian Working Class
I wanted the girls to experience the life of a Victorian Working Class. This was a small social experiment theContinue Reading