Sherlock Holmes Museum {Victorian Unit Study}

Do you remember when the teens did their Around London in 8 Destinations?  One of their destinations was the Sherlock Holmes Museum.  I promised I would post the photos and up until now had completely forgotten!  As we are currently looking into the late 19th century, when these books were being created, I thought it…

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Project Based Learning: A Very Victorian Christmas

Charlotte had the best time learning about how the Victorians celebrated Christmas and planning her very own Victorian Christmas.  She put hours and hours of research into this and it went swimmingly.  As Nik said, 'Who else could say that they went to a steam punk Victorian themed Christmas party?'  It was very cool and…

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Around the World in 80 Days: Week 3 – Victorian Drug Use

Fix attempts to waylay Fogg by getting Passepartoute not only drunk but drugged with Opium.  This was a good opportunity to do a bit of research into the use of drugs in the 19th century. Victorian Drug Use There were opium dens where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old…

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Around the World in 80 Days: Day Five – Steam Punk

  All this week we have been wringing every last piece of learning from Around the World in 80 Days.  Set with the backdrop of the industrial revolution, Jules Verne is perhaps the perfect author to be studying whilst also dipping our toes into the waters of Victorian Steam Punk. We will be focusing all…

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