This is another in a series of posts about the Household Arts during the 19th century. You can also read our first post about Laundry and our second about drying clothes here. If you have a topic you’d like us to cover, please leave a comment or contact us!
Playing Beatie Bow has been read in schools for the past 30 years or so. While it may be beginning to look dated to children today and the language can be challenging, it is still a rich historical fiction full of insights into Australia during the Victorian era.
Posted in Books for Teaching History, History Teaching
Tagged 1850s lifestyles, books, colonial Australia
Melanie wrote to ask to ask what people used for clothes lines and pins in the 1850s, so we thought we’d share some information and photos about clothes drying methods from years gone by.
Men were very concerned with fashion and accessories in the 1850s, though perhaps not as much as their womenfolk. Clothing was a sign of one’s class and status in society; it could tell you about a man’s level of wealth, respectability and their occupation. But here in Victoria, as the gold rush was causing a shift in wealth and class, the distinction was not always so clear.
Posted in Sovereign Hill, Victorian Gold Rush
Tagged 1850s lifestyles, 1850s people, Fashion, gold rush
Yesterday The Age featured an article about History in the Australian Curriculum. Specifically they were referring to the decision not to make a specific Australian History subject part of the national curriculum in the Senior Years. Modern and Ancient History are the two subjects to be offered.
Front page of The Age – 10 July 2012
Posted in History Teaching, Sovereign Hill
Tagged history for kids, teaching history, teaching resources
This post should probably be called books for loving history, as this is a book not for teaching, but for enjoying. Although there is a fair chance some learning will happen amidst all the enjoying.
With winter school holidays upon us, what better time is there to curl up with a good book for yourself or to share with your children.
Earlier this year we wrote about our Eureka Day celebrations where students relived some of the events that led up to the stockade. Not all students have the opportunity to participate in an event such as this and so we wanted to share with students and teachers some other resources for finding out more about the Eureka rebellion and consider what caused the Eureka Stockade.
Posted in History Teaching, Victorian Gold Rush
Victorians, that is to say: those from the Victorian era, were very fond of proverbs. Short and sharp moral lessons or wise observations that could be shared easily and drilled firmly into the minds of children. Common proverbs from the 19th century can tell us a lot about the ideas, beliefs and daily lives of those who professed them.
We’d like to share with you 5 of our favourite proverbs that you would have likely heard during the gold rush days.
Posted in History Teaching, Victorian Gold Rush
Tagged 1850s lifestyles, colonial Australia, proverbs
