As I live in Malvern, I have provided extended material for this area, linked
from this image .
Teacher Notes
General Victorian Web Site links
This webquest began as a simple introduction to The Water Cure in Malvern! As I looked for suitable sites I found so many which widened my own knowledge of the subject covering
Because of this, the Webquest has grown and covers all these areas.
As I live in Malvern, I have provided extended material for this area, linked from this image .
I do not have personal knowledge of Matlock or Ilkley, therefore the resources are purely links to other web sites. These are extensive however, and would allow schools in those areas to extend their research. I would be delighted if anyone wished to add material for these geographical areas. Please contact me if you wish to do so. Your contributions would be acknowledged.
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This begins as a mystery as to how eight apparently diverse images are related. These are viewable on the Process page, first stacked in a box, then scattered around it.
By clicking on any one image, a larger version opens.
By clicking on that, a page opens where a series of tasks are set.
The means of meeting these tasks is provided in given web sites or additional resources, such as 'My notes'. In the case of Malvern, these include photos of modern Malvern, old images of Malvern, scanned pictures and text from old Malvern books about the water cure and about the town.
There
is no particular order to opening these images so pupils will only gradually
begin to form opinion. I therefore feel it is essential that pupils are encouraged
to work co-operatively. The reading matter in many web sites is quite high,
though I have provided as much guidance as possible, so they know what they
are looking for. For this reason, this is targeted at Yr 5 and 6 and pupils
should work in pairs.
The tasks for each image involve varying amounts of research. It is greatest for the Malvern image.
Although I feel it is essential to investigate all images, I recognise that you may wish to concentrate on your particular local area. In addition to the Malvern link above, these are the important ones.
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For Matlock, Derbyshire |
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For Ilkley, Yorkshire |
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Hardly 'local', but the American aspect |
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The material I found was extensive, often overwhelming, but very worthwhile. For this reason there are extension activities, developing knowledge of that particular image e.g. Charles Darwin and his theories; his family with the opportunity to compare his large family to that of Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens; a link to Census at school which examines the census return for his household in 1891 etc.
The
activities cover many aspects of the NC so it would be possible to use this
webquest as the basis for much of the work within one term if you wished!
Do explore them. I found them fascinating. Open them by clicking on theWally
Web Whippet icon.
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Pupils work in pairs opening different images then report back to rest of class, sharing information
Class divided into groups, pupils work in pairs opening different images then report back to rest of group, sharing information. On completion, groups share results with rest of class
This can cover local history studies for any of the areas but also covers many aspect of The Victorians. It can be used as
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Pupils will find it easier if they can refer to hard copies of the task sheets and the initial images. These are available to download and print. See below.
Resources
Great Malvern
Malvern Library
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Initial Tasks as a Word Document
American Timeline for Teachers
Dickens/David
Copperfield Comparison
(See bottom of Dickens
Extension Activites for explanation)
Sets of images from 'The Box'
Open page and click on print button
Set
of 'Old Images of Malvern' to sort in to chronological order
OM Set 1 OM
Set 2
Open page and click on print button
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Some of the images in 'my Uncle's box' have been copied from other sites to use as a link to those sites. In all cases I have tried to gain permission to do so. In two cases I have had no response so my apologies are due to:
My thanks are due to
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Initial Tasks
Image 1
http://www.afx.cz/Priessnitz/en/
Image 2
http://www.pvtnet.cz/www/grafenberg/
Image 3
http://www.malvernhillsaonb.org.uk/
http://www.malvern-hills.co.uk/index.html
http://www.malvernhills.gov.uk/tourism/area_views.asp
http://www.multimap.com/
Image 4
http://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9710A&L=victoria&D=0&H=0&I=-3&O=T&T=0&P=7062
Image 5
http://clendening.kumc.edu/dc/fn/brodie1.html
http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdnight.htm
Image 6
http://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9710A&L=victoria&P=R2034&D=0&H=0&I=-3&O=T&T=0
http://www.dickenslive.com/journal/works.htm
http://www.dickenslive.com/journal/cdpix.htm
http://www.dreamwater.net/spora/Dickens/Dora.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/author/dickens/pg2.shtml
Image 7
http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/matlock/pix/matlockhouse.htm
http://www.matlock.ndirect.co.uk/Riber.htm
Image 8
http://www.addingham.org/iguide/hist3.htm
http://www.mike.dixon.btinternet.co.uk/page9.html
Image 9
http://www.afx.cz/Priessnitz/en/
http://www.mothernature.com/Library/bookshelf/Books/46/19.cfm
Wally Web Whippet Extension Tasks.
These sites are too numerous to list but the source is readily identifiable in each task. My thanks to all.
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Useful general Victorian Websites
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/E/essentials/history/units/victlife_bi.shtml (Designed to go with QCA Unit 12 (Local History) Very useful.
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primarylinks/victorian.html
This provides its own list of useful sites.
http://www.censusatschool.ntu.ac.uk/curriculum3.asp
A brilliant site for many areas of the NC but this page relates to history.
There are three downloadable activities realating to the Victorians on this
page. I have included the direct link on the Charles Darwin extension sheet.
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