Victorians.

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I Source materials and activities; 'Now is the time to buy one!'; How (not) to speak Cockney; Victorian problems; Code crackers; Amazing cures (I); Amazing cures (2); Somnambulism (sleep-walking); Defying death; Further death-defying challenges; Victorian celebrity fact file; One trick too many; Object lessons; Misbehaving pupils; School Inspector's Report; Victorian vandals; What a nuisance; Booking an entertainment; Playing games; Nursery rhymes; Lost and found; Situations vacant; Posters; Hints for home comfort.

Words of wisdomA pleasant stay?; Disasters; Part 2 Anthology; Dotheboys Hall; A Victorian school; Rules . .; Blessings; Victorian school rhymes; Eton beating; Etiquette rhymes; Miscellaneous rhymes; How to write a letter; The little chimney sweep; Our Mutual Friend; Many happy hours; Victorian street rhymes; The Grace Darling Song; Queen Victoria to Miss Florence Nightingale; The Charge of the Light Brigade; The Tay Bridge Disaster; Notes on anthology selections.

This book will support children as they:* Write a school report for a Victorian pupil* Compile the biography of a real-life circus performer- "The Human Canon Ball"* Produce a letter to complain about the after-effects of the Victorian remedy carbolic smoke balls!

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