Knowledge: Find out About ' Living Conditions in the Late 1800S, Early 1900S' . You Could

Year11 Drama

Knowledge: Find out about ' living conditions in the late 1800s, early 1900s'. You could visit Blists Hill Museum, go to a local library or look for relevant web sites on the internet such as;

Find out about 'class structure in the late 1800s early 1900s'.You could visit Blists Hill Museum, go to a local library or look for relevant web sites on the internet such as; Make notes on your findings.

Do some research about 'how children lived in the late 1800s early 1900s'. Discover what education was like, what jobs they worked in, the hours they worked and the pay they received. Find out the ages they did these things. Find out about their living conditions and what happened if they became ill. Make notes on these and anything else you find interesting about the life of a child in these times.You could visit a local library or look for relevant web sites on the internet.

Find out about 'work houses'go to a local library or look for relevant web sites on the internet such as;

Understanding and Application:Prepare a short three minute presentation on what you have learned about any of the topics above. You can present this on paper or using power point.

Focus for your presentation can be as follows:

For research on 'living conditions in the late 1800s, early 1900s' you could compare living conditions between rich and poor people.

For research on 'class structure in the late 1800s early 1900s'you could explain the 3 social classes of people and point out the huge differences between them.

For research on 'how children lived in the late 1800s early 1900s'you could compare the life styles of children then to your own life now.

For research on 'work houses' describe what life was like and the class of people who ended up in the workhouse.

Evaluation:Create a poster comparing children lifestyles: Put an image of a modern day child and child from the early 1900s onto two separate sheets of paper. From information you have gathered and what you know about yourself draw arrows pointing to the pictures with factual comments about the differences in life styles. These could include, education, life expectancy, types of work, ages they did things (e.g. left school) diet, clothing, life opportunities etc..

Imagine you are a factory owner or school teacher. Write your own list of rules or punishments for children at your factoryorschool.

Either make a list or create a power point of objects/items/gadgets you have at your home today that people in the late 1800s to early 1900s did not have, e.g. cars, electricity, TV etc...