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Victorian Britain

• Victorian Values
• The Workhouse Waif
• Coal Mining Industry

Victorian Values

Solve the history mystery by looking at a selection of Victorian artefacts. Work out what they are and who owned them. Is it the cook, servant or doctor?

School pupils during a workshop session at the museum

Participate in a short interactive storytelling session based on Ann Williams a workhouse waif from Wrexham.

Experience Victorian schooling via a short lesson in role, focusing on religious instruction arithmetic and strict discipline.

Some worksheet usage based on exhibition panels focusing on Queen Victoria's visit to Wrexham in 1889, workhouses, timelines and census returns.

Dates: November 2008 - March 2009
Time: 10am or 1pm. (2 hours)
Suitable: Key Stage 1 (Year. 2) & Key Stage 2
Location: Bersham Heritage Centre

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The Workhouse Waif

Pupils participate in an interactive storytelling session based on Ann Williams a workhouse Waif from Wrexham. Inspired by archive sources pupils will have the opportunity to dress up, write on slates and handle artefacts.

Dolly tub and dolly for doing the laundry

Children compare Victorian schooling to the modern classroom. A short lesson in role is optional.

Using pictures, pupils look at the characteristics of old and new toys. Each child makes their own thaumatrope, a simple Victorian toy that creates an optical illusion.

Dates: November 2008 - March 2009
Time: 10am or 1pm. (2 hour session)
Suitable: Key Stage 1
Location: Bersham Heritage Centre

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Coal Mining Industry (KS2)

Margaret Tietze

Coal has shaped the landscape and the people of Wrexham and the mining villages to its west. What was it like to be a miner in the 19th century? How did the working practices and lives of the colliers change during the 20th century? Explore this important history through film, witness, historic artefacts, and activities in this special exhibition and school programme.

Look out for more information on forthcoming workshops

Dates: April July 2009, September October 2009
Time: 10am or 1pm (2 hours)
Suitable: Key Stage 2
Location: Bersham Heritage Centre

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