Living in London in the 1800's Sampler
an Internet Sampler on Living in London in the 1800's

created by MOUNT SAMSON YEAR 6/7

Introduction | Sites to Explore | Conclusion


Introduction
The purpose of this activity is to give you a sampling of some of the aspects of Living in London in the 1800's. The websites have been carefully chosen to interest you and the questions challenge you to make a personal commitment to what you like, believe, or feel. Good luck and have fun learning about Living in London in the 1800's!

The following links come from all over the Internet and represent a variety of viewpoints. You may answer the questions alone or by working in a group. You may complete all or only some of the activities depending on your goals.

Sites to Explore

life in the 1800's Questions:

  1. Regent Street, Fleet Street, Gustave Dore, Smithfield Market, Blacking Factory.
  2. Write one sentence to describe your thoughts about each image. Use your 5 senses to help you.
Children living in 1800 Questions:
  1. Scroll down to the green links. Choose 1 of these to read.
  2. Afte reading this section, list down what you consider to be the most negative aspects of living during this time.
Education in London Questions:
  1. List what you consider to be the 3 most important positive changes to education in London from 1833 - 2002
Children living in the 1800's Questions:
  1. Click on the link People who Helped Children. Play the activity of matching for/against the help of children.
  2. Which person do you most connect with? (for or against).
child labour industrial revolution Questions:
  1. Give one positive aspect to child labour (you will need an empathetic point of view)
housing in Victorian London Questions:
  1. Click on one image of your choice that appeals to you the most.
  2. Write a short paragraph describing why you chose it and what it personally means to you.
living in london - housing Questions:
  1. Do the virtual tour of housing in London.
  2. Make three similar comparisons from what you see on the tour to your current home today.
girls clothing Questions:
  1. Which piece of clothing appeals to you most? Why?
living in london during the nineteenth century Questions:
  1. Scroll down to Bringing the times to Life.
  2. In what ways was the the city of London a dirty, filthy, crime ridden city? Is Brisbane like this? How or how not?
toys Questions:
  1. What toy looks interesting to play with? Why?
living in london Questions:
  1. Affter reading this page, what do you consider to be the most distressing about inner city London life?
child labour and factory workers Questions:
  1. Click on punishments in Factories. Read the accounts of young children who were punished.
  2. List 3 examples of punishment from this web page that you consider harsh for young children. Why do you think this?
Workhouses in London 1900 Questions:
  1. What do you think would have been one of the worst things about living in a workhouse?
An introduction to the industrial revolution Questions:
  1. What do you think would have been one of the worst things about living in a workhouse?

Conclusion

While exploring this sampler on Living in London in the 1800's, we hope you had fun, learned, and most importantly connected with some part of this topic. If you did not, please go back and explore some other links and look deeper inside yourself. Be prepared to explain how you feel more interested in or connected to the topic now than before you tried this sampler.

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