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Social history of the later Victorian era (1860 - 1901)

Websites with interactive activities for primary school children relating to the Victorian era and its social history.

• National Museum Australia, Canberra
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    A good introduction to life on the Australian goldfields. Students need to think clearly and strategically, as well as gaining a hearty dose of good luck, to win at this decision-maker game set in 1850-1900.
• BBC, United Kingdom
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    Two games where students have to correctly dress a Victorian (and Tudor) lady and gentleman.
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    In this game a student imagines they are running a city at the height of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, and they make choices regarding the welfare of their workforce and the prosperity of their business. The game highlights the differences in conditions for rich and poor in the nineteenth century.

Domestic life and cooking in Victorian times.

• English Heritage, United Kingdom
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    Educational videos recreating servants’ work and lives at Audley End House and Gardens.

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