Workshops

Mill children
KS1, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History, The VictoriansPupils will be given jobs that children would have carried out in the mill and be able to experience what it might have been like to live, dress and work as a child during the height of the Industrial Revolution.

Victorian Schoolroom
KS1, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History, The VictoriansImmerse pupils in a Living History experience to discover what life was really like for children in the past in Victorian Britain. Pupils will be in costume and in role.

1916 Schoolroom ‘Over by Christmas’
KS1, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History, The VictoriansWe look to understand the impact of First World War on children's school lives in Leeds, as participants experience school education in 1916.

Abbey House Murder Mystery
Abbey House Museum, Biology, Chemistry, KS2, Local Leeds History, Murder Mysteries, The VictoriansMr Sellit has been found dead in our Victorian Streets, covered in clues. Working with a Victorian detective, can your pupils use thinking skills to solve the clues and crack the case?

Topics through time – Houses and Homes
Abbey House Museum, KS1, Local Leeds History, The VictoriansHow heavy is a flat iron? How long did it take to wash clothes before washing machines were invented? Did Victorians have vacuum cleaners?

Topics through time – Comparing Queens
Abbey House Museum, KS1, Local Leeds History, The VictoriansCompare the lives of two remarkable women: Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria. Find out about their childhoods, coronations, and jubilee celebrations.