A Victorian school trip focuses on the Victorian era can be a great way for students or pupils to enrich their classroom learning regarding this fascinating period in history. There are many things that students can do on a Victorian school trip interactive experiences including workshops and tours around these historical venues;
Your pupils might be focusing on a topic relating to:
Social and economic conditions of that era that might include learning about the Industrial Revolution, colonialism and the British Empire and daily habits of Victorians at home, schools, work, and at leisure.
Victorian art, literature, and music focusing on famous Victorian artists, writers, and composers.
Victorian technology, engineering and inventions such as the steam engine, the telegraph, electric lighting, the bicycle, anaesthesia and the underground railway to name a few!
Impacts of the Victorian era on the modern world.
Victorian school trips and tours can be a great way for students to learn about the Victorian era and to experience the past firsthand. Here are some specific examples of Victorian school trips, workshops and tour destinations for your students to experience outside of the classroom:
A few venues listed below that cover this historical time period and curriculum topic focusing on many areas of social and living standards of the time associated with this fascinating Victorian Era:
Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum Devon
English Heritage
Historic Environment Scotland
The Workhouse Museum Ripon North Yorkshire
