HISTORY

Week beginning 1st March 2021

MARY SEACOLE

Over the past few weeks, we have learnt about a Victorian Nurse called Florence Nightingale.

Over the next term, we are going to be learning about the life of Mary Seacole, another nurse in

Victorian times.

We will be learning about their similarities and differences.

Mary Seacole Queen Victoria

VICTORIAN TIMELINE

Here’s the timeline to remind you when the Victorian era was. Take a moment to remind yourself!

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1805 – Mary Seacole was

born.

Victorian era

1820 -Florence

Nightingale was born.

What do you remember from last week?

Talk about the pictures below. What do they tell you about Mary’s life?

Mary Seacole’s life

Watch this video about Mary’s life:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zns9nrd/articles/zjsxcqt

Discuss these questions (verbally):

Can you summarise the story of her life?

How would you describe Mary Seacole?

Mary Seacole wasn’t allowed to join the group of nurses in England because she didn’t have white skin.

Do you think this is fair? Was she treated equally?

Did Mary Seacole let people saying no stop her?

Today’s challenges

Today we are going to retell the life of Mary Seacole. You can do this in two ways:

Act it out!

Dress up, get some props

and perform the life of

Mary Seacole for your

family.

Finger Puppets

Using paper, glue, colouring pencils and

scissors, make a finger puppet for each

character. Can you retell the story. See

pictures below for finger puppet

inspiration…