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Late Victorian seaside photographs

I can use photographs to compare Victorian trips to the seaside to the present day.

New
New
Year 1

Late Victorian seaside photographs

I can use photographs to compare Victorian trips to the seaside to the present day.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Looking at Victorian seaside photographs can tell us about things that have changed or stayed the same over time.
  2. Looking at a photograph of a steam train can tell us about how people travelled to the seaside and if this has changed.
  3. Looking at photographs of people on the beach can tell us about what they did at the seaside and if this has changed.
  4. Photographs of piers and ice cream sellers can tell us about what people enjoyed at the seaside and if this has changed.

Common misconception

Trains were the same in the Victorian times as today.

Explain that the trains in the Victorian times were run on steam. They would have been very dirty, noisy and bumpy.

Keywords

  • 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

Discuss with children their experiences of visiting the seaside. Ask questions such as, how do you travel to the seaside? What do you like to do at the seaside? What do you eat at the seaside? What do you wear to the seaside?
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6 Questions

Q1.
Someone who learns about the past is called.
Correct answer: an historian
a scientist
a Victorian
Q2.
Historian can use photographs to learn about the past. True or false?
Correct answer: true
false
Q3.
A picture created by a camera is called a...
drawing
Correct answer: photograph
sketch
portrait
Q4.
Photography was invented...
two years ago
20 years ago
Correct answer: 200 years ago
2000 years ago
Q5.
Match the word to the meaning.
Correct Answer:pastime,an activity people enjoy doing when they are not at work or school

an activity people enjoy doing when they are not at work or school

Correct Answer:photograph,a picture created by a camera

a picture created by a camera

Correct Answer:seaside,a place by the sea

a place by the sea

Q6.
Which foods are popular to eat at the seaside?
carrots
Correct answer: fish and chips
Correct answer: ice-cream
toast

6 Questions

Q1.
What do we called people, places and things from the time when Queen Victoria was Queen?
Correct answer: Victorian
Elizabethan
Q2.
Historians use photographs to compare things...
Correct answer: from the past with the present.
from the future with the present.
from the future with the past.
Q3.
What did people do at the seaside in Victorian times?
Correct answer: build sandcastles
Correct answer: walk along the pier
go bodyboarding in the sea
Correct answer: go swimming in the sea
Q4.
How did people travel to the seaside in Victorian times?
Correct answer: train
plane
car
Q5.
Match the vehicle to the correct time.
Correct Answer:ice-cream van,Now

Now

Correct Answer:ice-cream cart,Victorian times

Victorian times

Q6.
Match the word to the meaning.
Correct Answer:bathing cart,a hut with wheels used at the seaside during Victorian times

a hut with wheels used at the seaside during Victorian times

Correct Answer:ice-crem cart,a push-along cart selling ice-cream used during Victorian times

a push-along cart selling ice-cream used during Victorian times

Correct Answer:pier,a structure going out into the sea, that people enjoy walking along

a structure going out into the sea, that people enjoy walking along

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