A Victorian Child’s Christmas
Enjoy the Christmas festivities as a Victorian child!
This workshop is a wonderful seasonal treat, designed to be both informative and fun.
Pupils will investigate the origins of many of our Christmas traditions, including why we decorate Christmas trees, send Christmas cards and sing carols. They will also be able to handle original and replica Victorian toys and play traditional Victorian parlour games, including a fantastic shadow buff show.
This workshop is available in November and December only.
"A wealth of hands on activities"
Kew College
Learning objective
To discover where many of our Christmas traditions come from and explore the similarities and differences in how Victorian children celebrated Christmas compared with children today.
National Curriculum links
History
- Historical concepts – cause and consequence
- Understanding methods of historical enquiry
English
- Spoken language and listening skills, performance, increasing vocabulary