Guided visit
Getting up in the morning, putting on your clothes, having breakfast, brushing your teeth and then off to school. In the evening, playing some more and at the weekend we’ll go to the park, or to the sports club. These things are very common for your students, but about 200 years ago, they were new! With growing industrialisation, more families could afford a comfortable house, equipped with modern spaces such as a dining room (with electric light!), or a bathroom (with running water!). With not having to do everything yourself anymore, more time is freed up for play: board games, the first...
Getting up in the morning, putting on your clothes, having breakfast, brushing your teeth and then off to school. In the evening, playing some more and at the weekend we’ll go to the park, or to the sports club. These things are very common for your students, but about 200 years ago, they were new! With growing industrialisation, more families could afford a comfortable house, equipped with modern spaces such as a dining room (with electric light!), or a bathroom (with running water!). With not having to do everything yourself anymore, more time is freed up for play: board games, the first bicycles, gramophone records and the magic lantern turn being cosy at home into a celebration. More and more attention goes to the child in society, with a more broadly developed education system, easy clothes to play in and toys like dolls and block boxes. Along the other hand, certainly not all children had it so good during the 19th century. Some lived crammed into small houses and had to go to work all day, and infant mortality was still high.
Introduce your pupils to life in the 19th century: what do they recognise? What is completely different now? Looking and comparing, they are sure to go back to class with a lot of new impressions.
