Lesson Planning
Use the magistrate's scene in Oliver Twist to learn about the apprentice system.
Teaching Objectives:
- To find out about the jobs that Victorian children did and why they did them and understand what it meant to be an apprentice.
- To explore a range of fiction and non-fiction texts to answer questions.
- To use drama to create and act out scenes between a Victorian magistrate and child.
Children will:
- Understand jobs Victorian children did.
- Understand what it meant to be an apprentice in Victorian Britain.
- Create and act out scenes between a Victorian magistrate and child.