Source One

Box lid for a game called ‘The Little Teacher’, 1908, Catalogue ref: COPY 1/275 f225 

An illustration of five young children in Victorian dress playing at school. The oldest looking child has a teacher's cap and a book teaching the alphabet. A child with a slate places a dunce cap on a doll. The text reads 'The Little Teacher. Let's play at school
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  1. What is this game called? 
  2. How does the picture tell you what the game is about? 
  3. From looking at the picture, how were children taught at that time? Is this different from how you learn in school? 
  4. What other information does the picture give us about life in 1908? 
  5. We do not have a board design for this game. Can you suggest how this game could be played? 
  6. Do you think this game would be popular with children and parents or guardians? Explain why.