Lesson Plan

Learning Objective.
Children should learn to communicate their understanding of benefits and disadvantages of railways.

Activities and ideas for a lesson.

QCA Unit 12

How Did Life Change in Our Locality in Victorian Times?

How did the arrival and expansion of the railways affect our area?

Was this a good or bad thing?

Information Sheet

The coming of the railways changed the lives of everyone in Britain. By 1852 all the main rail routes in Britain had been built.

Background information which may help to achieve the Learning Objective.

Census Form

This can be used to transcribe information from the original form onto something much clearer. The form is a pdf. file, but a Word format can be downloaded from here.