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Victorians ... are they villainous?
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Victorian Tales: The Fabulous Flyer
by Terry DearyFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...Henri Giffard has devoted all his free time and money to inventing the first steam-driven hot air balloon. He's determined to make mankind's first ever-powered flight, and so in 1852 he sets off for Paris with just an urchin girl to help him. Thousands of people gather to watch the flight. Will the machine work when the weather changes – or will Henri's dream of flying become his downfall? Terry Deary's Victorian Tales explore the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place, through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration of the historical period.
Victorian Tales
by Helen Flook and Terry DearyFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western is the biggest, fasted steamship in the world. But the crew of the little Irish steamship Sirius are determined to beat Brunel's sea monster and be the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam alone. With fires causing havoc, Brunel getting injured and one ship running out of coal, which steam sea monster has the power to win this dangerous race? Terry Deary's Victorian Tales explore the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place, through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration of the historical period.
Victorian Tales
by Helen Flook and Terry DearyFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...In a tunnel under the Thames, an urchin named Jenny and the young Queen Victoria dream of a wonderful new idea – underground trains! Twenty years later, the dream is finally becoming a reality. However, the construction of the Underground is tearing London apart and destroying the home of Jenny and her family. When Jenny comes face-to-face with the Queen again – will she tell her about the human cost of the 'dream'? Terry Deary's Victorian Tales explore the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place, through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration of the historical period.
Victorian Tales
by Helen Flook and Terry DearyFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...In a tunnel under the Thames, an urchin named Jenny and the young Queen Victoria dream of a wonderful new idea – underground trains! Twenty years later, the dream is finally becoming a reality. However, the construction of the Underground is tearing London apart and destroying the home of Jenny and her family. When Jenny comes face-to-face with the Queen again – will she tell her about the human cost of the 'dream'? Terry Deary's Victorian Tales explore the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place, through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration of the historical period.
Victorian Tales
by Helen Flook and Terry DearyFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...A crowded train takes a wrong turn and hurtles at full speed into a section of track that should have been closed for repair. Among the passengers is the writer Charles Dickens. Can young workman Tommy stop the train in time and save the lives of those on board – or is it already too late? In this dramatic re-telling of one of the worst rail accidents in Victorian Britain, the Staplehurst Railway disaster, Terry Deary's Victorian Tales explore the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place, through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration of the historical period.
Victorian Tales
by Helen Flook and Terry DearyFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...A crowded train takes a wrong turn and hurtles at full speed into a section of track that should have been closed for repair. Among the passengers is the writer Charles Dickens. Can young workman Tommy stop the train in time and save the lives of those on board – or is it already too late? In this dramatic re-telling of one of the worst rail accidents in Victorian Britain, the Staplehurst Railway disaster, Terry Deary's Victorian Tales explore the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place, through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration of the historical period.
Victorian Tales
by Helen Flook and Terry DearyFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...Henri Giffard has devoted all his free time and money to inventing the first steam-driven hot air balloon. He's determined to make mankind's first ever-powered flight, and so in 1852 he sets off for Paris with just an urchin girl to help him. Thousands of people gather to watch the flight. Will the machine work when the weather changes – or will Henri's dream of flying become his downfall? Terry Deary's Victorian Tales explore the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place, through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration of the historical period.
Victorian Tales
by Helen Flook and Terry DearyFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western is the biggest, fasted steamship in the world. But the crew of the little Irish steamship Sirius are determined to beat Brunel's sea monster and be the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam alone. With fires causing havoc, Brunel getting injured and one ship running out of coal, which steam sea monster has the power to win this dangerous race? Terry Deary's Victorian Tales explore the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place, through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time. This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning and exploration of the historical period.
The Victorian Studies Reader (Routledge Readers in History) (PDF)
by Boyd, Kelly|McWilliam, RohanSelected as an 'Outstanding Academic Title'in the 2008 CHOICE awards, The Victorian Studies Reader gathers together, in one volume, some of the key pieces on Victorian history, society and culture. The book draws onnew trends in looking at the Victorian Age and includes sections on: periodization politics consumerism intellectual life sexuality empire. The Victorian Studies Reader is a rich resource, essential for all those studying this important period of history.
Victorians (PDF)
by Jane BinghamThis photographic book gives you an overview of the Victorian age. From Queen Victoria and the growth of the British Empire, to the great engineers, inventors and writers of the time. Learn about home and work lifes of people in Victorial Britain, and the changs in medicine and transport. You can read about a day in the life of a Victorian schoolchild, and even learn how to make your own thaumatrope.
The Victorians in Britain
by Liz Gogerly'The past is all around us, if we know where to look.' This series takes a look at archaeological, structural and museum evidence from around Britain, allowing readers to build up a picture of what life was like in key historical periods and how you can discover it for yourself by visiting sites around the country.
Victorians
by Jane BowerThe innovative Creative History Activity Packs series is designed to help teachers bring history topics to life through imaginative creative arts activities. Each pack includes ten laminated, double-sided cards, printed in full color. Each card describes in detail activities that recreate aspects of life in a particular historical period, using art, drama and dance. Each activity is based on historically researched authentic practices of the time. Ideal for whole class or small group sessions, the packs are an inspiration for busy teachers looking for new ways to approach project work at Key Stage 2 - and are easily applicable for Key Stage 1 classes. Victorian activities in this pack include making decorative objects - penwipers, fans, cornucopias - based on original Victorian patterns; sewing samplers; making miniature gardens; original Victorian parlor games based on both wordplay and physical activity; and an upstairs/downstairs drama.
Victorians
by Jane BowerThe innovative Creative History Activity Packs series is designed to help teachers bring history topics to life through imaginative creative arts activities. Each pack includes ten laminated, double-sided cards, printed in full color. Each card describes in detail activities that recreate aspects of life in a particular historical period, using art, drama and dance. Each activity is based on historically researched authentic practices of the time. Ideal for whole class or small group sessions, the packs are an inspiration for busy teachers looking for new ways to approach project work at Key Stage 2 - and are easily applicable for Key Stage 1 classes. Victorian activities in this pack include making decorative objects - penwipers, fans, cornucopias - based on original Victorian patterns; sewing samplers; making miniature gardens; original Victorian parlor games based on both wordplay and physical activity; and an upstairs/downstairs drama.
The Victorians
by A. N. WilsonPeople, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our own day. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. What really animated their spirit, and how did they remake the world in their view? In an entertaining and often dramatic narrative, A. N. Wilson shows us remarkable people in the very act of creating the Victorian age.
The Victorians
by Angela RoystonThrough examining primary evidence, such as books, photographs, artwork, buildings and inventions, the reader will be introduced to each historical age. Find out about victorian children and their families, about inventions and discoveries, about the Industrial Revolution and about houses and homes. Do the multiple choice quiz at the end to find out what you have learnt.
Victorians
by John TownsendTime to take a sideways look at the bizarre and outrageous from throughout history - and it's all TRUE!Which new material got the Victorians building mad?Who was the bad guy that committed terrible crimes in London?Which dangerous job was banned for boys under 10?Find out the answers to these questions inside, along with lots of facts, quizzes, and other bonkers stuff as you take a bumpy journey into the darkest crannies of Victorian history with Mad, Bad and Just Plain Dangerous!
Victorians
by John TownsendTime to take a sideways look at the bizarre and outrageous from throughout history - and it's all TRUE!Which new material got the Victorians building mad?Who was the bad guy that committed terrible crimes in London?Which dangerous job was banned for boys under 10?Find out the answers to these questions inside, along with lots of facts, quizzes, and other bonkers stuff as you take a bumpy journey into the darkest crannies of Victorian history with Mad, Bad and Just Plain Dangerous!
The Victorians
by Matt BuckinghamCovering different historical eras, this informative series details all the topics one would expect to find in a history series, such as family life, food, religion, entertainment and warfare. However, it focuses on the most gruesome parts of these topics.
Victorian Noahs Ark (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis is a picture of a toy Noah's Ark with toy animals. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The Ark is on the centre left of the page. It is a kind of boat and looks like a house standing on a wooden hull. The house bit has a yellow roof and three windows that are pointed at the top. The Ark is facing to the left. It is made of brown wooden planks. To the right of the Ark are three toy animals seen from the side and facing to the left. Just to the right of the Ark is a camel with two humps, right from this is an elephant and a duck on the far right. The animals seem as if they are queuing to get onto the boat.
Victorian Noahs Ark (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis is a picture of a toy Noah's Ark with toy animals. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The Ark is on the centre left of the page. It is a kind of boat and looks like a house standing on a wooden hull. The house bit has a yellow roof and three windows that are pointed at the top. The Ark is facing to the left. It is made of brown wooden planks. To the right of the Ark are three toy animals seen from the side and facing to the left. Just to the right of the Ark is a camel with two humps, right from this is an elephant and a duck on the far right. The animals seem as if they are queuing to get onto the boat.
Victorian Noahs Ark (large print)
by RnibThis is a picture of a toy Noah's Ark with toy animals. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The Ark is on the centre left of the page. It is a kind of boat and looks like a house standing on a wooden hull. The house bit has a yellow roof and three windows that are pointed at the top. The Ark is facing to the left. It is made of brown wooden planks. To the right of the Ark are three toy animals seen from the side and facing to the left. Just to the right of the Ark is a camel with two humps, right from this is an elephant and a duck on the far right. The animals seem as if they are queuing to get onto the boat.
Victorian house with cesspit (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis is a cutaway cross section view of a typical Victorian town house showing the cesspit in its cellar. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The house is on the left of the page with its first floor shown at the top left of the image. Down the page is the living room and down again is the cellar containing the cesspit. In the centre of the cellar is an arch that supports the floor of the living room above. On the right of the page, level with the floor of the living room, is a cross section view of the street.
Victorian house with cesspit (large print)
by RnibThis is a cutaway cross section view of a typical Victorian town house showing the cesspit in its cellar. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The house is on the left of the page with its first floor shown at the top left of the image. Down the page is the living room and down again is the cellar containing the cesspit. In the centre of the cellar is an arch that supports the floor of the living room above. On the right of the page, level with the floor of the living room, is a cross section view of the street.
A Victorian horse and carriage (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis image shows a horse drawn carriage from the side, with the horse on the left, carriage and rider on the right. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The horse is facing to the left and walking so all four legs can be found. It is wearing blinkers, a bridle, and a harness. Attached to the bridle are the reins which the driver is holding in his hand. The harness is attached to the carriage by a large pole that reaches from the horse's neck to the main part of the carriage. Above the pole the driver sits on a bench. Only one eye, arm and leg can be found. He wears a bowler hat, and boots on his feet. Two of the four large spoked carriage wheels can be found. Above the larger of the two wheels to the right, is the back of the carriage with a folded hood. Between the two wheels the carriage dips and there is a step to get into the carriage.
A Victorian horse and carriage (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis image shows a horse drawn carriage from the side, with the horse on the left, carriage and rider on the right. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The horse is facing to the left and walking so all four legs can be found. It is wearing blinkers, a bridle, and a harness. Attached to the bridle are the reins which the driver is holding in his hand. The harness is attached to the carriage by a large pole that reaches from the horse's neck to the main part of the carriage. Above the pole the driver sits on a bench. Only one eye, arm and leg can be found. He wears a bowler hat, and boots on his feet. Two of the four large spoked carriage wheels can be found. Above the larger of the two wheels to the right, is the back of the carriage with a folded hood. Between the two wheels the carriage dips and there is a step to get into the carriage.