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
Category: History – Victorians
Sherlock Holmes Museum {Victorian Unit Study}
Do you remember when the teens did their Around London in 8 Destinations? One of their destinations was the SherlockContinue Reading
Grimm’s Fairy Tale: Sleeping Beauty
The second fairy tale we covered was Grimm’s Fairy Tale: Sleeping Beauty. As I read the original out loud toContinue 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
Laundry the Victorian Way
The girls tried their hand doing laundry the Victorian way. Laundry was a hard, hard job which Victorian women didContinue Reading
Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Cinderella
I was very excited about this Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Cinderella unit! I’d had so many ideas floating about in myContinue Reading
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert {1830-1840}
This post is a hodge podge of all things Victorian Related that we have studied over the past three monthsContinue Reading
Who Owns the Sun {FIAR}
As part of our slavery mini unit, I thought I would take the little ones through two Five in aContinue Reading