Task Two: Childhood and Education in Victorian England
A. Click on the link to answer the following:
http://www.logicmgmt.com/1876/schoolday.htm
Read the list of 10 rules which were found in a typical Victorian classroom.
1. Which rules should still be used in schools today? Explain why.
2. Which rules should NOT be used in schools today? Explain why.
Read 'A Day in a Victorian Classroom.'
3. According to the Victorians, what was the purpose of attending school? Has the purpose of school changed?
B. Click on the link to answer the following: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/children_at_school/
4. What was a 'Dame' school? Who would go to one? What would students learn there?
5. What was a 'ragged' school? Who would go to one?
C. Click on the link to answer the following:
https://prezi.com/cnguhagvsxkm/victorian-era-education/
6. Prior to 1870, why didn’t many children attend school? What did boys study? What did girls study?
7. What impact did the 1870 and 1880 Education Acts have on the requirement for children to attend school?
8. What impact did the Education Acts have on girls’ education?
9. How long were children mandated (required) to attend school? Make an inference – how might this impact a poor family?
D. Click on the link to answer the following:
http://www.victorianchildren.org/victorian-children-in-victorian-times/
10. Winston Churchill said that he could “count the times he had been hugged by his mother.” Based on the information in the article, what can you infer about Winston Churchill? Why?
11. Why did poor families have 10 – 12 children or more?
A. Click on the link to answer the following:
http://www.logicmgmt.com/1876/schoolday.htm
Read the list of 10 rules which were found in a typical Victorian classroom.
1. Which rules should still be used in schools today? Explain why.
2. Which rules should NOT be used in schools today? Explain why.
Read 'A Day in a Victorian Classroom.'
3. According to the Victorians, what was the purpose of attending school? Has the purpose of school changed?
B. Click on the link to answer the following: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/children_at_school/
4. What was a 'Dame' school? Who would go to one? What would students learn there?
5. What was a 'ragged' school? Who would go to one?
C. Click on the link to answer the following:
https://prezi.com/cnguhagvsxkm/victorian-era-education/
6. Prior to 1870, why didn’t many children attend school? What did boys study? What did girls study?
7. What impact did the 1870 and 1880 Education Acts have on the requirement for children to attend school?
8. What impact did the Education Acts have on girls’ education?
9. How long were children mandated (required) to attend school? Make an inference – how might this impact a poor family?
D. Click on the link to answer the following:
http://www.victorianchildren.org/victorian-children-in-victorian-times/
10. Winston Churchill said that he could “count the times he had been hugged by his mother.” Based on the information in the article, what can you infer about Winston Churchill? Why?
11. Why did poor families have 10 – 12 children or more?