A ready-to-use history resource exploring the famous Victorian illustration “A Court for King Cholera”. Pupils investigate living conditions in 19th-century slums while developing source analysis, comprehension, and evaluation skills. The resource encourages discussion about sanitation, disease, poverty and public health reform during the Industrial Revolution.

Designed to support both whole-class teaching and independent learning, the activities are clearly scaffolded and differentiated to suit a range of abilities.

Key Features:
Visual source analysis activities with scaffolding
Differentiated question sets: comprehension and reliability evaluation
Links to sanitation, cholera outbreaks, and Victorian social reform
Encourages historical enquiry and discussion
Suitable for KS2 Upper and KS3 history lessons

Files Included:
PowerPoint (.ppt): ideal for classroom teaching; Slides 1 and 5 include short narrations.
PDF booklet (.pdf): includes transcripts, questions, model answers and teacher guidance.