Life in a Suitcase

Key Stage 2

Objectives

  • Children will be able to explain some of the similarities and differences between jobs in Britain in the Edwardian period through the First World War.
  • Children will begin to develop an understanding of change, workers’ rights and make connections with their own lives.

What was life like as a Tram driver in the early 1900s? With our educator in role in our Learning Centre, travel back to around the year 1910 and delve into the suitcase of a tram worker. Discover the uniforms drivers and conductors had to wear, learn about how trams were driven, solve monetary problems and delve into the strict rules drivers and conductors faced.

Children will be encouraged to think about how jobs have changed, issues faced and consider if it was the job for them! Using real artefacts and some children to help with demonstrations, the museum led session will enable your pupils to think about the lives of those employed on the tramway.

Session length: 45-60 min.
Cost: £2 per child

National Curriculum Links

History

Key Stage Two

  • a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066
  • a significant turning point in British history, for example, the first railways or the Battle of Britain

Crich Tramway Village is a brand name for the National Tramway Museum (Accredited with Arts Council England), solely owned and operated by The Tramway Museum Society, incorporated in England with liability by guarantee (no. 744229). Registered charity number 313615. Our ICO number is Z6700136.