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Poverty Reform and Charity

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

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Objectives

History

  • To study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the impact of changes on everyday lives.

Computing

  • To use search technologies effectively and be discerning in evaluating digital content.

English

  • To retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction.

Lesson Planning

Research a modern charity to see how the work of Victorian poverty reformers continues today.

Teaching Objectives:

  • To find out about campaigners who tried to change lives of the poor.
  • To explore websites to answer questions.

Children will:

  • To find out about the reforming (Shaftesbury), campaigning (Dickens) and charity (Barnardo) work of Victorian people who wanted to alleviate poverty.
  • To research charities working against poverty.

Provided Resources

  • Street Child extracts from pp 141-144
  • Charity information template

You Will Need

Internet access for small groups of children

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