Villainous Victorians

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Victorians Dickensian London

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Objectives

History

To continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of Britain, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
To study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the impact of changes on everyday lives.
To understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

English

Identify how language and structure contribute to meaning.

Lesson Planning

Compare villains in Oliver Twist and Street Child and create Dickensian villains.

Teaching Objectives:

To use historical knowledge to create Dickensian characters.
To create Victorian characters inspired by Dickens’ characters.

Children will:

Create their own Victorian characters inspired by Dickens’ own characters.
Use historical knowledge to create Dickensian characters.

Planning

Provided Resources

Picture of Dickens working at his desk and a set of character descriptions from Oliver Twist
Invent a Villain worksheet
WANTED poster
Street Child extract: pp 78-79

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

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