Black people in British art 1800 - 1900
Black Victorians explores the presence of people of African descent in 19th century
British art. This is the first major exhibition of its kind in Britain and gives a fascinating
and often surprising insight into a small but significant section of Britain. The
exhibition runs at the Birmingham art gallery between 28th January and 2 April.
Resources will support the teaching of QCA Unit 12: Snapshot 1900 what was
British middle-class life like?
In particular resources will support the following activity:
* Provide pupils with representations of late Victorian middle-class life and discuss
the ways in which these are, or are not, accurate representations.
* Give pupils, in groups, the task of refurbishing a museum, one gallery of which will
be illustrative of middle-class life in Britain. They have to decide upon a layout,
select items, write information labels and devise notes for volunteer guides. Pupils
should be directed to use full stops, dashes, brackets and colons correctly.
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