Once that’s done you’ll be able to experience the CensusAtSchool website perfectly.
Investigate whether children are taller today than 150 years ago with this real-life data from 1837. It was originally gathered to determine the age of children being sent to work in factories.
A worksheet with an article on Thomas Malthus, the man who initiated the need for a census in 1798, the first since the Domesday survey in the UK.
A worksheet with a reproduced article outlining some of the procedures adopted in running a census in other countries. The worksheet questions students on the article.
A series of questions relating to both the meaning of and the mechanisms involved in a Census.
A worksheet inviting students to think about how different the questions on CensusAtSchool would have to be if it had taken place in Victorian times. Worksheet investigates Victorian school subjects, modes of transport, units, etc.
A worksheet for students to find information on Queen Victoria from her Census Form.
A worksheet for students to find information on Charles Darwin from his Census Form. Includes links to web sites for further investigation.