HISTORY

Week beginning 22nd February 2021 MARY SEACOLE

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

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 VICTORIAN TIMELINE

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

1805 – Mary Seacole was born. Victorian era

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1820 - 1810 Florence 1840 1870 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020 Nightingale was born.

Great- Great- Great– Great- Great- Grand Parents Children great- great- great- great- grand parents today great- great- great- grand parents great- great- grand parents You are great- grand parents here! grand parents parents Who was Mary Seacole?

UK (Where Florence Nightingale lived)

Mary Seacole grew up in , a small island in the Caribbean. Jamaica was part of the at the time, which meant that Jamaicans also had Queen Victoria as their Queen, too.

Jamaica (Where Mary Seacole lived) Mary Seacole’s Upbringing

Watch up to 00:57 of this video to learn about Mary’s upbringing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zns9nrd/articles/zjsxcqt

Here are some pictures from the video. Can you remember what they tell us about Mary Seacole’s life? Today’s challenges

Today we are going to experience what it was like growing up in Jamaica! Do one of the following activities, draw a picture of it and write a word or sentence explaining what it was like.

Jamaican Food

Jamaican food is very Herbal Remedies colourful and full of flavour. Caribbean Music Maybe you could try making Mary Seacole used lemon one of these meals this The steel pan/drum is an juice in hot water to help week? instrument played all over with coughs and colds. If the Caribbean. Listen to your throat is hurting today, https://shinenyc.net/internati some steel pan music today try tasting this! onal-kid-friendly-food-top-5- write how it makes you feel. jamaican-recipes-for- marcus-garvey-day/