Pupils can develop their understanding of the Victorians with this UKS2 What Did the Victorians Invent? PowerPoint. It features a range of engaging teaching slides along with enquiry questions and those that encourage deeper thinking, with a focus on key inventions and developments of the nineteenth-century, such as telegraphs, cameras and seaside holidays.

This is the third lesson of a six-lesson block. There is an additional worksheet resource to support teaching that focuses on the key historical skill of historical interpretations.

National Curriculum Objectives:

• A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.