Victorian High Street

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Victorian Era - Introduction / Shopping in the high street

Goals this lesson

- You know some basic information about the Victorian Era.

- You can describe what the shopping streets looked like in the Victorian Era.

Anything you already know about the era?

Basic information

Named after Queen Victoria.

1837-1901

The people cared a lot about working hard, being respectable, family and religion.

1800's

1901

During the next few lesson we'll learn more about the people of the Victorian era and what their lives looked like. 

Today's lesson: Victorian Shopping

High street

What differences do you see between this shopping street and today's shopping streets?

How do you think shopping for groceries was different back then?

 

Back then

Buying all the items you needed meant trips to multiple different stores. There were no supermarkets!

Activity

In pairs: decide in what kind of shops you could buy the following items from back in Victorian times.

You have 3 minutes to decide. Remember that supermarkets only started to be around in the 1920's. 

Your list:

- 1 Pint of milk

- A dozen eggs

- A stamp

- A loaf of bread

- 400 grams of chicken

- 1 kg potatoes

- A loaf of bread

- 200 grams of fish

Where did you think you can buy the items?

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Video assigment

Why are they bringing back the old way of shopping to this town?

What did the four families do before they moved to this town?

What do the families think of their new way of selling products?

What are the differences between this bakery and modern day bakeries?

Video assignment

Why are they bringing back the old way of shopping to this town?

What did the four families do before they moved to this town?

What do the families think of their new way of selling products?

What are the differences between this bakery and modern day bakeries?

What did you learn about the Victorian era today?