Key Stage Three
We have an exciting range of interactive, curriculum linked workshops and tours available onsite, online and as outreach. Please see below for our current sessions.
Virtual Explorer Tour
New! Online
Join us on a tour around the Charles Dickens Museum from the comfort of your own classroom! Let us show you the rooms Dickens and his family lived in, the objects that they used and fill you in on the background to his life and his work.
This one-hour tour can be booked alone, or could be added on to one of our virtual Dickensian London Walks delivered by a blue badge guide.
Discounts are available for Virtual Explorer Tours for multiple bookings from the same school.
A Christmas Carol: Creating Scrooge
Onsite
In this session, pupils investigate how Dickens’s celebrated and ever popular Christmas story has secured such an enduring place in our hearts, with adaptations on stage, screen and print.
Pupils look at the story and its impact on the Victorian Christmas and then go on to undertake a detailed and focused study of the language Dickens used to create the most memorable character in the story - Scrooge himself!
To round off the workshop, pupils ‘channel their own inner Dickens’, by either performing a dramatic presentation or by writing their own character creation, using real quill pens and ink!
Curriculum Links:
English
Reading (English Literature, pre-1914)
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Understand increasingly challenging texts through:
making inferences and referring to evidence in the text
knowing the purpose, audience for and context of the writing and drawing on this knowledge to support comprehension -
Read critically through:
knowing how language, including figurative language, vocabulary choice, grammar, text structure and organisational features, presents meaning
Spoken English:
- Improvising, rehearsing and performing play scripts and poetry in order to generate language and discuss language use and meaning, using role, intonation, tone, volume, mood, silence, stillness and action to add impact.
Please note that this session requires students to have some familiarity with the novella A Christmas Carol.
Dickens’s social conscience: Oliver Twist and poverty in Victorian Britain
Onsite
Whilst living here at 48 Doughty Street, Dickens wrote one of his most famous novels - Oliver Twist. In this session pupils will explore this celebrated book as well as excerpts from his non-fiction writing, in order to explore poverty in the Victorian era and Dickens’s life and work as a social reformer. This is a great session for students who like to be stretched.
Curriculum Links:
KS3: English
Reading, Comprehension
- English Literature, pre-1914
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Understand increasingly challenging texts through:
Making inferences and referring to evidence in the text
Knowing the purpose, audience for and context of the writing and drawing on this knowledge to support comprehension -
Read critically through:
knowing how language, including figurative language, vocabulary choice, grammar, text structure and organisational features, presents meaning - making critical comparisons across texts
Spoken Language:
- giving short speeches and presentations, expressing their own ideas and keeping to the point
KS3: History
- ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901 (Social Reform)
Please note that this session requires students to have some familiarity with the novel Oliver Twist.
Explorer Tour
Onsite
Discover where Charles Dickens lived, wrote and entertained as you explore his Bloomsbury family home. Handle some of the objects from our collection and ‘channel your inner Dickens’ by writing your own character creation using real quill pens and ink!
Christmas Explorers
New! Onsite
Immerse yourself in a Victorian family Christmas! Explore the beautifully decorated Bloomsbury home of Charles Dickens, handle some of the objects from our collection and discover extracts from Dickens' most popular Christmas tale, A Christmas Carol. Then, for the icing on the Christmas cake, ‘channel your inner Dickens’ by writing with real quill pens and ink!
Tactile Explorers
Onsite
Designed for SEND students, this session explores the family home of Charles Dickens where he lived, wrote and entertained. Handle some of the objects from our collection, try some dressing up, and ‘channel your inner Dickens’ by writing with real quill pens and ink!
This sensory tour includes a variety of activities around the museum. Get in touch with us to discuss your students’ access needs and we will design an experience to suit your group.
Maximum of 15 students per session. All Tactile Explorers sessions will be charged at the off-peak rate.
Optional Extras
Informative and highly entertaining Dickens walk with expert Richard Jones; exploring London through Dickens’s eyes.
For more information click here.
Costs:
Onsite – 2 hours. All workshops are integrated into interactive guided tours of the historic house.
- Up to 10 students, Off-peak £100 (Jan-Oct), Peak £125 (Nov-Dec)
- Up to 20 students, Off-peak £150 (Jan-Oct), Peak £185 (Nov-Dec)
- Up to 30 students, Off-peak £200 (Jan-Oct), Peak £250 (Nov-Dec)
Online - 1 hour, one class, £120 (All year round)
Online - 1 hour, one homeschool household, £70 (All year round)
Outreach - 1 hour, one class, £150 (All year round)
Booking
Booking forms and enquiries should be sent to: education@dickensmuseum.com
Download onsite education visit booking form
Download onsite education visit terms and conditions
Download online education session booking form
Download online education session terms and conditions
We can accommodate a maximum of 30 students per booking slot. We have the capacity to run two half day sessions onsite each day from 10:00 – 12:00 and 13:00-15:00. Please note that for the safety of your group we require a minimum adult-to-student ratio of 1:10 for each onsite booking.
Online and outreach sessions can be booked at times to suit you subject to availability.
Please be advised that full payment is required in order to confirm your booking.
Amendments and cancellations must be made at least 21 days prior to your visit, after which no refund will be available.