History6 October 2023 (by admin) |
Today, in History we learnt about different aspects of a school day for Victorian children.
We discovered that at the beginning of the Victorian period, only richer children could afford an education. Poor children went to work instead and often never learned to read or write. In the middle of the Victorian period, the government began to bring in laws to help more children get an education. Schools for poorer children were set up, called ‘Ragged Schools’ because often the pupils turned up wearing rags.
We also tried out different Victorian lesson activities such as “drill”, a handwriting lesson, and chanting the National Anthem.