Hetty Feather for Teachers
Hetty Feather offers a thought-provoking and entertaining addition to KS2 classwork on Victorian Britain. The Foundling Museum has worked with publisher Random House to create Teacher’s Notes, incorporating pupil tasks, to accompany the reading of the book in school.
Download Hetty Feather Teacher’s Notes here.
Below is useful downloadable source material from the Museum’s Collections to support both the Hetty Feather Teacher’s Notes and further study of the Foundling Hospital during the Victorian period. To see the material supporting tasks in the Pupil’s Notes click here.
Resources for Hetty Feather Teacher’s Notes - click on links to download
Token 1 - a button left by a mother with her baby at the Foundling Hospital.
Token 2 - a ring left by a mother with her baby at the Foundling Hospital.
Token 3 - a pendant left by a mother with her baby at the Foundling Hospital.
Token 4 - a man's pocketwatch chain with Victorian coin fob left by a mother with her baby at the Foundling Hospital.
Token 5 - a hazelnut shell left by a mother with her baby at the Foundling Hospital.
Sunday at the Foundling Hospital
Our popular KS2 Victorian Foundlings taught session provides pupils with a powerful, interactive introduction to life for poor children in Victorian Britain. For session information please click here. Other useful Victorian web resources include Victorian London, Workshouses, BBC Primary History.
