Three dance sessions exploring what life was like for children in Victorian times.
1. Down the mine
Movements exploring the hardships suffered by children working underground.
2. Life in service
The movement sequences explore children working as servants in a big Victorian house.
3. At the mill
Movements exploring what it was like for children working in a mill.
Victorian childhoods
Three dance sessions exploring what life was like for children in Victorian times - including life working in a coal mine, life working 'in service' as a servant and life working in a mill.
Go to the Teacher's Notes to download the music clips used in this unit.
Resources
Download / print guidance on using the dance sessions in this unit (pdf)
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See also...
The Victorians. collection
Age 7 - 11. Short dramas about key people and events from the era and also the lives of children. Topics include chimney sweeps, street children, Victorian inventions, Brunel, the Crystal Palace, the railways.
Oliver Twist. collection
Age 9 - 11. A full-cast dramatisation of Dickens' famous story set in Victorian London.
History - Victorians. collection
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