History Day: Predictions + Victorian games

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Introducing the Victorian Era

We're going to watch some sketches about life during the Victorian Era.

Before we watch a video you will predict what you think is going to happen.

The best prediction wins.

"Horrible Histories Victorian Fashion"

From a time before Yeezys were invented and the freshest clothes looked very different from today.

What did cool people even wear back then?

Predict what will happen in the video "Victorian Fashion".

Horrible Histories School Punishments

Nowadays kids hate detention but back then school punishments were a lot .... scarier?

What will happen in the video "Victorian Punishments"

DI Bones Victorian Crime Inspector

Life was hard in Victorian times and people often died, sometimes through horrible crime but oftentimes also because of the poor quality of life.

What will happen in the video "Historical Crime Squad"?

Great predictions!!

Now let's loosen up

and play some Victorian games!!

Victorian games

I have a basket!!

1. Split in two groups

2. The student who is going to celebrate his/her Birthday next says: 

I have a basket as big as a _____________! 

3. The student on his/her left hand side in the circle has to name something that begins with the letter A and the next has to name an items which begins with the letter B, C...

All the items have to fit in the basket!!

4. You are out of the game if you cannot think of a word that begins with that letter.

5. Done? Repeat the exercises (Then the student who just HAD his/her Birthday starts...

ANY WINNERS?

Were you the LAST MAN STANDING?!?!

FORFEIT

1. 2 students are judges (wait in the hall)

2. The rest of the students - place a small item in the box (shoelace, a pen...)

3. The judges come back and each pick one item from the box. The judges do not show the items to the students, they only describe their item.

4. If you think it is your item that is described, identify yourself! - You need to win back your item! Therefore... do something funny that the jury will find amusing (the rest of the students)

5. Only by impressing the jury you win back your item.

Forfeit ideas

- sing a song

- dance 

-stand on your head

- tell a story

- make 3 people laugh

- yawn until someone else yawns 

- bark like a dog

- do 15 star jumps

- imitate the person on your left

- hold your breath for as long as you can

- hug the person sitting opposite you

- hop around the circle on one legg

- tell everybody something embarrassing that happened to you

- say 'red lorry, yellow lorry'5 times as fast as you can

- rub your head and pat your tummy

- touch your nose with your tongue

- walk around the circle backwards

- ...

Kim's game

This is a simple memory game, named after Rudyard Kiplings novel, Kim, published in 1901.

1. Get a piece of paper and a pen!

 2. Have a look at the tray and try to remember the items. 

3. I will remove the tray

Kim's game

Now you have 1 minute to write down as many items as possible!!

READY

SET

GO

How many could you name? (IN ENGLISH)