The Mitchell and Kenyon Collection in Key Stage 3 history
Victorian middle class life c. 1900
The most obvious and direct relevance of The Mitchell and Kenyon Collection is to Unit 12 of the QCA Scheme of Work for history: 'Snapshot 1900: what was British middle class life like?' This scheme of work is divided into a number of topics:
- Who were the middle classes?
- Where did the middle classes live?
- New jobs and new people: where did the middle classes come from?
- Wages and prices: how well did the middle classes live?
- Leisure time and entertainment: what did the middle classes do for fun?
- Representations of Victorian middle class life: how accurate are they?
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Many of the Mitchell and Kenyon films are ideally suited to use as resources within a scheme of work which looks at these important themes. Below are suggestions of how they might be used with some of the topics. There are also sheets to help students study the films.
Teaching notes
- Victorian middle class life c. 1900 (PDF, 37k)
Worksheets
- Who were the middle classes? (PDF, 181k)
- How well did the middle classes live? (PDF, 149k)
- What did the middle classes do for fun? (PDF, 174k)
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