A fully hands-on curricular workshop bringing history to life in your school.

FROM POOR HOVELS A HANDFUL OF PIONEERS CREATED AN INSTITUTION

“to learn by discovery”

The story of Victorian Pioneers who helped change our country forever.

• With over 30 years of experience presenting and teaching history, we can capture and hold the attention of children (and adults) who then retain what they hear and experience.

• Our sessions bring a richness of experience; listening , watching and participating in a mixture of short drama cameos, hands-on activities and the handling of a huge range of artefacts, and (as we learn through feedback) a great use of language in discussion afterwards.

• Social history is implicit in the activities, in particular with the contextualisation of artefacts and use of drama.

• Cross-curricular links are numerous – teachers are able to connect elements of workshops from history to , geography, art, dt, science, drama, maths, English and more...In fact we have been teaching in “Creative Curriculum” style for years now!

• Enthusiastic children learn and remember better! When listening, they often sit remarkably still and quiet, demonstrating a high level of involvement.

Delivered by HEURISTICS

www.heuristics.org.uk

Email - don@heuristics.org.uk

07860 966251

INTRODUCTION

CONSIDER LIFE IN BRITAIN BEFORE 1837

TYPICAL HOME IN 1840 - PUPILS IN COSTUME

START SAVING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE

STOCK THE SHOP AND GET READY FOR BUSINESS

HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

FOOD ADULTERATION - GRINDING, MIXING, WEIGHING

SPINNING & WEAVING - COTTON, WOOL, SILK

ARTEFACT HANDLING

TOYS AND GAMES

FOUR HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS THAT WILL HELP CHILDREN UNDERSTAND A DIFFERENCE IN LIFESTYLE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW.

ACTS THAT CHANGED LIFE

REFORM

FACTORY & WORKSHOPS

PUBLIC HEALTH

FOOD & DRUGS

EDUCATION

A SERIES OF SHORT PRESENTATIONS AND CAMEOS TO IDENTIFY KEY TURNING POINTS THAT AFFECT THE LIVES OF EVERYONE

PLENARY (LAST HOUR)

THE DAY WILL END WITH A FINAL LOOK AT THE ARTEFACTS TO IDENTIFY CHANGE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE 1800’S.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE WILL HAVE LOOKED AT THE ROLE OF THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN THIS CHANGE AND GO ON TO IDENTIFY HOW CO-OPERATION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO OUR FUTURE.