Victorian School Day : 31 results priced between £2.00 and £50.00

After the success of our school days visits we have put together packs to help you recreate school days from the past in your classroom. The packs provide a guide on how to recreate a school day from the period and additional teaching material for use during the day.

'Be a History Detective' will show you how to find out more about the past by finding clues in your local area and will help you start a history project of your own.

Historian Trevor May examines the development of the Victorian and Edwardian public school, covering their defining characteristics, their slowly evolving curriculum, and the often-notable headmasters. The spartan, and often brutal, life of the schoolboy is examined, and account is taken of the role of fagging and the prefect system.

Public schools were in the business of producing leaders - in national government, in the Empire, and in the armed forces. Their impact on society was immense, and they provided the vehicle by which the sons of the middle classes could be assimilated into the gentry. Historian Trevor May examines the development of the Victorian and Edwardian public school, covering their defining characteristics, their slowly evolving curriculum, and the often-notable headmasters. The spartan, and often brutal,...

With this adorable Victorian Poor Boy Pesant Kit your young boy can encact a plethora of historical characters for world book day celebrations, birthday parties and school plays. Whether its Charles Dickens' Oliver and Roald Dahl's Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory .

This title provides children studying history at primary school level with an overview of Victorian schools and schooling. Other books in the same series explore Victorian toys, Victorian homes and holidays at the seaside during Victorian times.

'Film in Victorian Britain' Description This pack features an A4 illustrated teacher's booklet with photocopiable pages, plus a 60-minute VHS video that includes several newly discovered early films. It provides the resources necessary for teaching both Media and the Victorian Britain topic in National Curriculum History for Key Stage 2.

Contents include 2 x books - "Victoria and Victorian Life, wooden yo-yo, cup and ball, china thimble, lavendar sachet and bookmark (both cross-stitch sets), Victorian school A4 cut out model, doll cut out figure, 5 x A4 themed Victorian visuals, genuine Victorian coins (at least 3), 8 postcards, card toy, a set of costume cards, Taylor's Chinese Tea in caddy and Taylors Indian tea (both loose).

Hannah More (1745-1833), the daughter of an obscure schoolmaster, began her working life as a teacher at her sisters' school in Bristol. In her thirtieth year she came to London to persuade the actor-manager David Garrick to put on one of her plays. Her subsequent career as playwright, bluestocking, Evangelical reformer, political writer, and novelist turned her into one of the most influential women of her day. Few of either sex could rival the range of her achievements. This book is the first full...

Vintage art print, poster (50 x 34 cm)

This cute Victorian girls kit will make you look & feel just the part! Perfect for World Book Day, school plays and those themed school days, this nifty pack includes a white apron that can be worn over your own clothes and matching mop cap for Victorian authenticity.

This series allows the reader to explore the past through the eyes of a child. Discover what it was like to go to school, play and grow up during some of the most exciting periods of history. Fascinating images and artefacts transport readers back in time, while feature boxes examine present-day legacies and allow children to sift the evidence for themselves. Victorians takes an in-depth look at what it was like to grow up - both rich and poor - in the 1800s.

inscribed & dated 1875 (lower right) watercolour heightened with white

Take a trip back in time with this fabulous Embroidery Kit from Design Perfection. A classic Victorian scene, the school mistress leads a line of children through unfinished streets past gorgeous hedgerows and cottages.

A great little Victorian scullery maid costume - perfect for school theme days or World Book Day. The Millie Maid fancy dress costume iIncludes long black dress with integral full length apron and mob cap.

The author traces the development of primary education in Wales over four centuries and looks in detail at education during the 1800s.

Imagine you were a child in Victorian times. What was your day like? What did you wear, eat and play with? Did you go to school, or out to work? Find out what life was...

This title provides children studying history at primary school level with an overview of Victorian schools and schooling. Other books in the same series explore Victorian toys, Victorian homes and holidays at the seaside during Victorian times.

John Everett Millais (1829-96) is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of his generation. He was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and was later president of the Royal Academy of Arts. Less well-known are his 400 designs for illustrations, made over a period of 30 years. He was immensely varied both in his style and in the types of literature he tackled - he illustrated poetry by Tennyson and Christina Rossetti, novels by Anthony Trollope and Harriet Martineau, children...

Victorian Dolls' House Projects: A Day in the Life by Christiane Berridge (Author) Format: Paperback (144 pages) Edition: illustrated edition ISBN 10: 1861084633 ISBN 13: 9781861084637 Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd Published: 09 Nov 2006 2 in stock Item Condition: Brand New Price:£12.25List Price: £16.99You Save:£4.74 (28%) Quantity: 1 2 Add to wishlist Or buy from Amazon.co.uk

153x97mm blindstamped and gilt cloth spine extra gilt 174pp Inscription on flyleaf from Knessall Church Sunday School 1868. Contains 6 stories such as Danger of Bad Company, Day at the Fair, Mr.Jackson's five Gardeners" etc Victorian moral stories of good and bad examples.

Book Title: Victorian jewellery (Letts all-colour collectors guides). Author: Deirdre O\'Day. ISBN: 0850970865. Publisher: Letts. Year Published: 1974. Status: Sold - We are currently out of stock for this title.

Prison is an unknown world for most of us. It is a place where time stops and lives are held in suspension, taken out of circulation. Amongst the gaol population are the dangerous inmates: killers and rapists, gang 'hit-men' and serial offenders. They are the most notorious, their reputations sometimes enhanced by glamour, horrendous tales of their misdeeds and by their very incarceration. Britain's Most Notorious Prisoners tells the stories of some of their lives inside the 'Big House' where prison...

Author: Christiane Berridge. Pages: 144. Photographs: 200 colour photographsThis book is jam-packed with unusual and fun-to-make projects and, with a highly original approach, Christiane Berridge takes the reader through the day, from morning to night-time, bringing the Victorian dolls? house to life. There is something for all levels of ability: beginners will enjoy making the sugar cone, waxed flower dome and dressing table set, while for the more experienced miniaturist there is the challenge...

A Sunday Telegraph and Times Higher Education 'Book of the Week', Deborah Cohen's Family Secrets is a gripping book about what families - Victorian and modern - try to hide, and why. In an Edinburgh town house, a genteel maiden lady frets with her brother over their niece's downy upper lip. Would the darkening shadow betray the girl's Eurasian heritage? On a Liverpool railway platform, a heartbroken mother hands over her eight-year old illegitimate son for adoption. She had dressed him carefully...

Discover Britain's magnificent heritage of country houses in this lavishly illustrated guide to the architectural treasures of the United Kingdom. Spanning the years from 1714 to the start of the 21st century, this book includes the period's finest examples of architecture, such as Blenheim Palace, Arundel Castle and Clarence House. An in-depth guide to the history of every house features information on its design, construction and the stories of its best-known inhabitants, as well as profiles of...

John Day was one of the richest and most famous orchid growers in Europe. His collection of watercolor and ink illustrations now form one of the most important botanical archives in the world. The Day archive is used daily by scientists and horticulturists at The Royal Collection, Kew, London, but until now, the entire collection has never before been published.