The Crimean War

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Victorians Long live the Queen

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Objectives

History

Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the changing power of monarchs using case studies such as Victoria.
Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

English

To write in various forms and to explore key events through role-play.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the Crimean War and attitudes towards it and the work of Florence Nightingale.

Teaching Outcomes:

To explain the experiences of war in the Victorian period.
To explore key events in Nightingale’s life through role-play.

Children will:

Learn about the experiences of war in the Victorian period.
Explore key events in Florence Nightingale’s life through role-play.

Planning

Provided Resources

‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Times newspaper page for war correspondent

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Selection of reference books about the Victorians.

Weblinks

Charge of the Light Brigade background information from Wikipedia
BBC News article with images of the battle
Florence Nightingale timeline from bbc.co.uk
Brief history of Florence Nightingale from bbc.co.uk
Mary Seacole information from bbc.co.uk