Victorian Domestic - Museum Workshop

Explore the lives of the Victorians through role-play: Pupils will arrive at Scaplen's Court as trainee workhouse servants. They will be drilled in Victorian hard work and discipline under the watchful eye of the stern Mrs Jelly. Pupils will make soup, bread and pancakes using the recipes of the famous Mrs Beaton and learn how to clean the Victorian way.

 

Information On The Workshop
VenueScaplen's Court
Duration2 hours
Max No. Pupils33
CostNon-Poole schools £115; Poole schools £105
Subject areaHistory
Curriculum Links2a Knowledge and understanding of events: characteristic features of the period; 4a Historical enquiry: finding out about the past from a variety of sources; 8a British history: the Victorians; 11a Victorian Britain: the lives of men, women and children from different sections of society
Learning StylesGreat for linguistic, kinaesthetic and intrapersonal learners



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