As part of the LPS Matrix approach, we discussed our prior knowledge, discussed what we would like to learn about, created questions to explore and identified skills we would need to use throughout the topic.
Here are the questions we created:
- Who was Queen Victoria and why was she important?
- How did the world change so much during Victorian times?
- What was it like to live in Swansea during Victorian times?
- What was life like for rich and poor families?
- Why were children treated so badly?
- Was the Industrial Revolution good or bad for Swansea?
- How bad was the pollution from the factories?
- How did Copperopolis help Swansea?
- Why was the copper industry based in Swansea?
- Where was the most copper manufactured in Wales?
- Why was copper so valuable?
- What was it like to work in a copper factory?
- How many people worked in a copper factory?
- What was life like for the copper workers?
- How much money did they earn?
- What might be the link between Argentina and Wales?
- What was school like in Victorian times?
- Why were punishments so harsh for children?
- Why were teachers so strict?
- How long did it take to clean up the pollution from the copper factories?