What A Wonderful World
Aims and Objectives
• Aim: To look at the sense of awe and
wonder about the world we live in.
• Objective: To create a museum archive of
documents relating back to the 1800s.
• To create an archive about the world we
enjoy today.
Your favourite day/holiday
Share your picture that you have brought in with your partner.
Where was the picture taken?
Describe to your partner what made this day/holiday special.
Did you see any new things?
Did you take part in any new activities?
Describe some of the things you saw around you – sights,
smells, tastes, etc
What was the reason for your visit?
How do you tend to record your holidays or communicate
home?
The Past
Close your eyes and imagine you have gone back in a
time machine. In the 1800s there were wasn’t the
technology that we have today.
• Why did people travel in the past?
• How did they record their voyages?
• How do we know about people’s experiences in the
past?
We are now going to take a journey back to the 1800s…
Captain Robert Carter Oakley
• Born in Wimborne 1795.
• He was a 19th Century soldier who documented his
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travels through a detailed journal.
He travelled to Ireland, Spain and France and also
guarded the defeated Napoleon.
In 1828 he travelled to India to rejoin his regiment. He
kept a beautifully illustrated journal of his voyage aboard
the Duchess of Athol. It was a 93 day voyage (3 months)
which was full of incident.
The journal contains illustrations of sharks and ‘sucking
fish’
The journal is important as it tells us about the dangers
of crossing the oceans where sailors were frequently lost
overboard or died.
Travelling like this was often long and dangerous.
Robert died in 1835 aged 40. He is buried in India.
Your Mission
To work in groups of three.
• To dress up as a Victorian traveller and have their
photo taken by one of your group. You will then record
what you saw on your voyage using the archive
material.
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Working with the Victorian traveller you will be the
illustrator, documenting what you saw on your travels.
Use the pictures to help you and ensure that you are
both working on the same paragraph.
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One to leave a snip of your own history by writing
about your own favourite holiday.
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Extension – all to complete your favourite holiday.
1800 archive
Illustration
Favourite holiday
EXAMPLES
OF FINAL
PRODUCT
Before you go off on your next
adventure…..
How will you be remembered in 200 years?
Do you think people will travel for the
same reasons in 200 years?
Why do you think it is important to leave
evidence for future generations about our
lives?