I wanted the girls to experience the life of a Victorian Working Class. This was a small social experiment the children and I carried out over one school day. We will be doing something similar when we come to world wars and I thought it might be fun to have experienced the Poor Law Food…
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Laundry the Victorian Way
The girls tried their hand doing laundry the Victorian way. Laundry was a hard, hard job which Victorian women did entirely by hand. They did not have the luxury of a washing machine. Nor did they have enzymatic laundry tablets. Instead, they had a boil, soap or washing soda and fire. Laundry the Victorian way…
Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Cinderella
I was very excited about this Grimm’s Fairy Tales - Cinderella unit! I'd had so many ideas floating about in my head to one day making them into a unit study. None had ever come to fruition. Now, though, seemed the perfect time to resurrect them. The older ones and I were studying the 19th century…