Lesson video

Hello.

My name's Mrs. Casey.

What's your name? Great.

I'm really excited to join you for this history lesson today.

Today's lesson is called Late Victorian Seaside Photographs and it's part of the history unit, photographs from history.

What can they tell us about Britain's recent past? Have you been to the seaside? In today's lesson, we're going to be comparing trips to the seaside in Victorian times, to trips to the seaside today.

We'll be looking at lots of photographs to help us do this.

Should we get started? By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to use photographs to compare Victorian trips to the seaside to the present day.

Here are our keywords.

These are words we're going to be using throughout today's lesson.

You can look out for them.

Listen carefully while I read them to you.

Victorian.

Changed.

Pier.

Are you ready to have a go at saying them? We'll do my turn, your turn.

Are you ready? My turn.

Victorian.

Your turn.

Well done.

My turn.

Changed.

Your turn.

Well done.

My turn.

Pier.

Your turn.

That's great.

Let's find out what the words mean.

Victorian.

We describe places, people or things from the time of Queen Victoria as Victorian.

Changed.

When something becomes different it has changed.

Pier.

A pier is a structure that goes out into the sea and often has entertainment on it.

Today's lesson has two parts.

Who were the Victorians and visiting the seaside.

Let's start with who were the Victorians? The Victorians are people who lived during the time of Queen Victoria.

Places and things from the Victorian age are called Victorian.

Here is a photograph of Queen Victoria.

Can you see the crown she's wearing? Let's check what we've learned so far.

What are people, places and things from the Victorian age known as? A, Edwardian, B, Elizabethan, C, Victorian.

Pause the video and decide which is the correct answer.

Well done.

It's Victorian.

People, places, and things from the Victorian age are known as Victorian.

Queen Victoria became queen of the United Kingdom over 180 years ago.

She was queen for 63 years, from 1837 to 1901.

That was a long time to be the queen.

Queen Victoria was married to Prince Albert.

He was from Germany and they had nine children together.

Let's check what we've learned with this.

True or false.

The Victorian age is when Queen Victoria was on the throne.

Is that true or false? True or false? What do you think? Well done.

That's true.

Is it true because A, the Victorian age began when Queen Victoria became queen over 180 years ago.

Or is it true because the Elizabethan age began when Queen Victoria became queen over 180 years ago.

A or B? Well done everyone.

It's A, the Victorian age began when Queen Victoria became queen over 180 years ago.

Many things were invented during the Victorian age, such as trains and telephones.

When something is invented, it is created for the first time.

Many traditions began in the Victorian age, such as going on holiday.

A tradition is when something is done in the same way for many years.

It was during the Victorian age when people first began to take trips to the seaside.

Here is a photograph of children at the seaside in Victorian times.

Historians can learn about trips to the seaside during Victorian times by looking at and comparing photographs.

Here is an example of a photograph from the Victorian times and a photograph of children at the seaside during modern times.

Let's check what we've learned so far.

Match the words to the correct meaning.

Victorian, tradition, invention.

When something is done in the same way for many years.

When something is created for the first time.

Something or someone from the Victorian age.

Can you match the words to their correct meaning? Pause the video and have a go.

Victorian is something or someone from the Victorian age.

A tradition is when something is done in the same way for many years.

An invention is when something is created for the first time.

Here's our first task.

Tell a partner how historians can use photographs.

Here are some words to help you.

Past, look, compare.

Pause the video and have a go.

Well done everyone.

Some great discussions.

Well done.

You may have said something like historians can use photographs to find out about the past.

They can look at old photographs and compare those to photographs now.

Let's move on to the second section of our lesson, visiting the seaside.

Are you ready to look at some photographs from the seaside and compare old and new? Let's go.

In Victorian times, most people travelled to the seaside by steam train.

Here is a photograph of a Victorian steam train.

In Victorian times, people didn't have cars.

They would walk or travel by horse and carts.

When the train was invented, this became a popular way to travel to the seaside.

The train was the quickest way of travelling at the time.

During Victorian times, the trains were run on steam.

They would have been very noisy and dirty and bumpy, but going to the seaside on the train would've been very exciting.

Nowadays, the most popular way to travel to the seaside is in a car.

Here's a photograph of a family at the seaside in their car.

How might you travel to the seaside? Let's check what we've learnt.

How did the Victorians travel to the seaside? By plane, by train, or by car? Pause the video and decide how the Victorians travelled to the seaside.

Not by plane, by train, not by car.

Cars and planes weren't a possible means of transport in the Victorian times, the train had just been invented.

It would've been very exciting to go to the seaside on the train.

What are the children doing in this photograph from the Victorian times? What are the children wearing? The children's outfits look quite different to what we'd wear today.

Can you see they're wearing bonnets? And they're making sand castles.

At the seaside, children like to build sand castles using buckets and spades just like children today.

Today's buckets and spades are usually made from plastic and they come in many different shapes and sizes.

In Victorian times, the buckets and spades would've been made from metal and wood and a traditional shape.

Can you see the buckets and spades in this photograph? Compare these photographs of the children at the seaside.

What is the same and what has changed? Pause the video to discuss it with the person next to you.

Well done.

Did you spot that the buckets and spades in the modern times photograph are made from plastic? The child is wearing a hat and sunglasses.

His hat looks very different to the ones in the picture from the Victorian times.

Let's check what we've learned.

Laura is talking about visiting the seaside.

Do you agree with Laura? Discuss your ideas with a partner.

In the Victorian times, children like to build sandcastles at the seaside, the same as nowadays.

Excellent discussions everyone.

You may have said something like, Laura is right.

Children like to build sandcastles at the seaside in the Victorian times and now.

But nowadays, buckets and spades are made from plastic and come in a wider variety of shapes and sizes.

What can you see in this photograph from Victorian times? What do you think the people are doing? Pause the video and discuss it with your partner.

People like to paddle in the sea during Victorian times.

Have you ever paddled in the sea? Bathing is an old fashioned term for swimming.

Bathing suits were very different in Victorian times to swimwear nowadays.

Can you see the bathing suits in this photograph? The Victorians also used bathing carts to get changed in.

The bathing carts were huts on wheels that were pulled down to the sea.

Can you see the bathing huts? Can you compare the photographs of children at the seaside? What's the same and what has changed? Pause the video and discuss it with your partner.

Some excellent ideas.

Well done.

Can you see in the photograph of the people at the seaside in modern times, they're using body boards and they're wearing wetsuits.

In the picture of the people in Victorian times, there are bathing huts and their swimsuits are very different from today, but in both photographs, people are enjoying the sea and having fun.

Let's check what we've learned so far.

Write the missing word.

This is a photograph of a Victorian or Elizabethan bathing cart.

People used it to get changed into their bathing suits.

Which is the right missing word? Well done.

It's Victorian.

This is a photograph of a Victorian bathing cart.

People used it to get changed into their bathing suits.

What can you see in this photograph from Victorian times? What do you think the people are doing? This is a photograph of the pier at Blackpool.

During Victorian times, spending time on the pier became popular during Victorian times.

A pier is a wooden and metal structure that goes out into the sea.

Can you see that in the photograph? People can walk along the pier and there's usually entertainment such as dancing and puppet shows.

Blackpool Pier in England was built in Victorian times.

Piers still exist in many seaside towns today, and you can enjoy a walk along the pier.

There are sometimes shops and entertainment too.

Have you ever been on a pier? Let's look at these photographs from modern times and Victorian times.

What's the same and what has changed? Let's check what we've learned.

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence about visiting the pier.

One, a pier is a structure that goes out into the sea or fields.

Two, people enjoy climbing or walking along the pier to look at the view.

Three, seaside piers do or do not still exist today.

Can you choose the correct words? Number one, a pier is a structure that goes out into the sea.

Number two, people enjoy walking along the pier to look at the view.

Number three, seaside piers do exist today.

Did you get those rights? Well done.

Here is a photograph of a Victorian ice cream cart.

What are the children doing in this Victorian photograph? That's right, they're eating ice cream.

People used to enjoy ice cream served from ice cream carts in Victorian times It was called a penny lick because it cost a penny.

Today people still enjoy ice cream but served from ice cream vans.

The carts in Victorian times were pushed by a person.

Vans today are driven and have an engine.

Today we have ice creams served in a cone, but in Victorian times it was in a glass cup that you licked clean and returned to the ice cream cellar.

Can you think of anything else that's popular to eat at the seaside? Fish and chips are also very popular to eat at the seaside in Victorian times and today.

Or you may take a picnic.

Can you compare these photographs? What is the same and what has changed? Talk to the person next to you.

Well done.

Did you spot that the modern ice cream van has wheels and an engine and the cart is pushed along? Did you spot that the modern ice creams are served in cones and in Victorian times they were in a glass cup.

Let's check what we've learned with this.

True or false.

Ice cream vans have not changed since the Victorian times.

Is that true or false? Well done.

That's false.

Is it false, because in Victorian times, ice cream was sold from push along ice cream carts.

Or is it false, because in Victorian times people did not eat ice cream.

It's A, in Victorian times ice cream was sold from a push along ice cream carts.

Here is our second task.

It has two parts.

This is the first bit.

Number one, circle the photographs that tell us about the seaside in Victorian times.

Pause the video and have a go.

Well done everyone.

The photographs that are from the Victorian times are, the seaside, the pier, the bathing cart, the steam train, and the ice cream cart.

Did you get them all? Well done.

Here is our second part of the task.

Talk to a partner about trips to the seaside.

What has changed since the Victorian times and what has stayed the same? You could use these sentence starters to help you.

In Victorian times.

But now.

Something that has stayed the same since Victorian times is that people still.

Pause the video and have a go.

Your answers might have included.

In Victorian times, people used to get changed in a bathing cart, but now we don't.

Something that has stayed the same since Victorian times is that we still have peers for people to walk along.

In the Victorian age, people used to get ice cream from a push along cart, but now we have ice cream vans.

Something that has stayed the same since the Victorian age is that people still like to have ice cream at the beach.

In Victorian times, people used to travel to the beach by steam train, but now we tend to go in a car.

Something that has stayed the same since Victorian times is that people still like to make sandcastles on the beach.

Well done everyone, we've come to the end of our lesson.

Let's summarise what we've learned.

Victorian seaside photographs can tell us about things that have changed or stayed the same over time.

The Victorians usually travelled to the seaside on the train.

Some of the things Victorians did at the seaside are the same as now and some have changed.

The Victorians enjoyed ice cream just like people do today, but it was served from a push along cart.

Seaside piers became popular during Victorian times.

Well done everyone.

Bye for now.