It is recommended that this flipchart is used in conjunction with QCA Unit 12 History -Teacher's Guide How did life change in Victorian England? Click to get started This PowerPoint is taken from the National Whiteboard Network and adapted by Blackburn with Darwen eLearning Team.

These pages are meant to be used as an introduction or stimulus over several lessons. Hopefully, they will illustrate ideas and form focus for discussion. They are linked to the following questions posed by the QCA scheme of work: Where do the Victorians fit on the timeline? Click to find resources Click to find resources Click to find resources Click to find resources Click to find resources Who lived and worked in Victorian England in 1891? What has changed since 1841 and why? How did the arrival and expansion of the railways affect our area? What evidence of Victorian times remains in our area? How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?

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We know that these people were Victorians, However, we need to find out more information. Census records can help us to find out more. What is a census? A census is taken every ten years. The government counts how many people are living in the country and keeps a record of their names. They also take down details such as:- * Address * Occupation (job) * Number of people in the family * Place of origin (where you were born) Click for next page

This is a page from a Victorian census taken in Herefordshire Click for next page

These people lived in Hereford in Which part of Hereford did they live in? What building did they live in? How many people lived there? What was the job of the head of the family? What was his wife called? How many children did they have? How many servants did they have? What did the servants do for the family? Where was the vicar born? Where was his wife born? What was the name of their visitor? Where was he from? How old was he? What was his occupation? What is a scholar? Where were all the children born? What were their names? Who was the eldest? Look back at the form - what else can you tell about people in Tupsley in 1881? Click to go back to census form Click for next page

Can you fill in this census form for your family? Click for next page You may need to collect information... Not all the columns need to be filled in.

The census was taken regularly in Victorian times. What can you find out about your area of Blackburn with Darwen at different times? Go to Blackburn Library to find out! Or use the Internet for more information about what is available. Visit: and You will find information from old maps, documents and images you find. How did Blackburn with Darwen change during Victorian times? Click to go back to menu page

What was life like for workers in Victorian times? How many men can you see working? How might furniture making be different nowadays? What are they making? What methods are they using? How do you think the work was organised? Look at their clothes and tools. These men were cabinetmakers in Victorian England in about Can you find out how furniture was made earlier in Victorian times? Click for next page

How did people travel in Victorian times? This picture was taken in Victorian England in 1895 but people were still using horses and carts. In early Victorian times, people used horses, carriages or walked if they were poor. Later on, steam engines were developed that could pull trains. Click for next page

How did people travel in Victorian times? This is 'Puffing Billy' - an early steam engine. It was built in Victorian times. Many railway stations were built in mid-Victorian times. Blackburn station is one of these. Click for next page

This is a photograph of a modern day railway. How can you tell that the railway was once used more widely than it is now? Click for next page

Canals were very important in early Victorian times. Can you find out more about them? This is a photograph of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Blackburn.

A turnpike in a street in Victorian times. How have roads changed since those days? Click for next page What is a turnpike?

What do these pictures tell you about transport in Victorian times? Click for more... This is a main road in 1900

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A bus in Hereford in 1900 Cyclists in 1895 Give three reasons why these pictures could not have been taken in early Victorian times. Click for next page

What you have just seen are just a few sources that tell you what life was like in Victorian times. How you can find out more Interview people in your area - they will not be Victorians, but they may have tales to tell from their parents' time. Go to the local library - there will be books available. Find out about: - How occupations changed in Victorian times F ind out more about how transport changed Find census information about people who lived in your area in Victorian times. Wh at was industry like in this area? How did it grow? Click to go back to menu page

Compare maps of Blackburn in Victorian times with modern maps Map courtesy of Click for next page

What can maps tell us? Compare maps of the same place at different times. Ask questions, like:- Is there any sign of a railway in the earlier maps? Where has the railway station been built in Blackburn? Why do you think it was built there? Are there more or fewer buildings in the area after the building of the railway? What kind of buildings are there; houses, shops, factories? Why might the railway have encouraged expansion of this area? Click for next page

Click to go back to menu page Look at some of the people you have studied from the census forms. How might the coming of the railways have improved life for them?

How can we tell if buildings in our area date from Victorian times? Look for evidence! Sash windows like this one, with a stone lintel and sill show that the building was probably built in Victorian times. Look for decoration like this on roof tiles. Click for next page

This street must have been built in Victorian times...after 1861, a law was passed that ruled that all new buildings must have at least three feet between the entrance and the roadway! Click for next page

Street signs occasionally have dates on them telling you when the street was built. Have a look on Victorian terraces and you may see one. Click for next page

Victorians built houses with lots of decoration in the brickwork. Bay windows were very popular. Click for next page

Well-off Victorians built big houses often with round turrets attached and lots of decorative features. Click for next page

Click to get back to menu page All the previous pictures were taken in a Victorian town. Is there any evidence of Victorian buildings in your area? Look around the buildings in your street/village/city. Make sketches. Take photographs. Can you fill in the grid below? Type of BuildingVictorian? What changes have been made? (e.g. Replacement doors, windows, cladding, extensions etc.) What is the building used for?

So, how did life in our locality change in Victorian times? Main changes Causes Effects Click for next page

Choose one of these categories and write about how your local area changed in Victorian times. Population Buildings Occupations Employment Changes in the origin of the population Click to go back to the menu page