Help with school projects
We would like to be able to help, but we are a small charity with few staff and we have to concentrate our efforts on saving threatened buildings -- so the short answer is no! However, as we don't want to discourage anybody from studying the Victorians, here are some starting points.
For parents and teachers
English Heritage produces a large amount of education material, including books (e.g. Primary History - Using the Evidence of the Historic Environment, £7.99), videos (e.g. Teaching Primary History, £12.99; book and video set £16.99) and CD-ROMs (e.g. Real Victorians - Digital Time Traveller, £14.99). Information and order form from English Heritage Education, Freepost 22 (WD214), London W1E 7EZ. Telephone: 44 (0)20 7973 3442. Email: education@english-heritage.org.uk
Website: www.HeritageEducation.net
For children
There are many books about the Victorians. These are just a few of our favourites:
Edward Hayward, Upstairs and Downstairs: Life in an English Country House (Pitkin)
Alison Honey, Investigating the Victorians (National Trust)
Alison Honey, Inside a Victorian House (National Trust)
Brian Moses, Look Inside a Victorian Schoolroom (Wayland)
Michael St John Parker, Life in Victorian Britain (Pitkin)
Sallie Purkis, Your Victorian Locality (Longman)
Anna Steel, Victorian Children (Beginning History Series)
Richard Tames, What do we Know about the Victorians? (Hodder Wayland)
Dorothy Turner, Victorian Factory Workers (Beginning History Series)
Laura Wilson, Daily Life in a Victorian House (Hamlyn)
