With the help of canine history detective Sherlock Bones, this book looks at schools during the Victorian era, providing details on all the different places of education, such as ragged schools, dame schools and public schools. Topics covered include rules and punishments, classrooms and equipment, lessons, and what everyday life was like for the children and teachers. Full of fascinating information, the book presents the reader with stimulating questions and prompts to help them compile their own project. It is logically presented, with clear photos, colour artwork, glossary and index.
This is Book 14 in the The History Detective In Series. See all The History Detective In books here.
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Richard Wood is a Cambridge history graduate and a former secondary school English and History teacher. He is an Education Officer with the Norfolk Museums Services at the Castle Museum, Norwich. He lives with his wife Sara who is a trained journalist and who now writes freelance.
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