Year 1 p2 TTO; Little Victorians

Year 1 p2 TTO; Little Victorians

Project 1.2 

TTO 1 

Little Victorians

Project

Week 1; Introduction 

Week 2; Research 

Week 3; Writing

Week 4; Advice

Week 1

Children's rights

My rights as a Dutch child

Victorian Era 

Victorians 

 Queen victoria

1837-1901

British Empire

The Victorian Era

No electricity

Industrial revolution (factories and machines)

Trains & railways

Police force became an official thing

Number of people in Britain doubled; from 16 million to 37 million

Work life

Supporting their families

Cheap labour

Dangerous work

• Mines
• Factories
• Chimney sweep

School life 

Big classes, reading, writing, maths

Church became invested in education

Sunday schools popular

Queen Victoria made many improvements

• All children could go to school, rich or poor

Groups

Make groups of 4. This will be your advice commitee. 

Add to mindmap

Add the information you have learned today to the mindmap you have made at the start of today's session. 

Week 2

Poster 

o You are going to make a poster to visualize your research. You will briefly explain this poster together with your group.

o Indicate what differences there are with the rights that you now have as a child. Use the mind map that you made for this.

o The poster is physically in A3 format. You may type, print out and stick on pieces of text for this.

o Make sure that you can briefly explain all components.

Doing research

What to pay attention to; 

• Investigate the author; check if they are reliable 
• Trustworthy sources
• Objective sources
• Use different sources, not just one

Don't just use wikipedia! You can check the sources at the end of a wiki page

Week 3

Diary fragment

• 2 diary fragments, one about your schoolday, one about your workday
• Use your research 
• At least 5 facts and half an A4 page
• Try and make it look nice!

Make a mockup first!

Week 4

The advice

• Max one A4 page
• Explain the problem
• Explain the evidence (reseach and diary entries)
• Minimum of 3 items 

Present your advice in 2-3 minutes