Welcome to the Victorian Web Quest!
Today you will peruse the web for detailed information about the Victorian Age. There are twelve different links that you will need to explore with your partner. Please find the answers to the questions listed under each category link. Document the category headings and answers to the questions on a Word document. With your partner you will need to find answers to all of the questions in each category by the end of the period. Good luck and happy hunting!
1.When was Queen Victoria born?
2.How did Prince Albert die?
3.When was Victoria declared Empress of India?
4.How much of the world did the British Empire cover?
5.Even though school was not entirely compulsory, why did most aristocratic men go?
6.What types of things comprised a woman’s education?
7.What kind of annual income could an unskilled laborer expect to make?
8.What three diseases were big killers in Victorian England?
9.Describe the different “spheres” for men and women.
1.How was University College different from Oxford?
2.Describe the conditions at the “ragged” schools.
1.What types of leisure pursuits did Victorian's engage in?
2.What did the 1833 Factory Act accomplish?
3.What activities were forbidden at free places like parks, libraries and public halls?
For this section all you have to do is click on the above link and look at the different fashions from Victorian England. NO writing is required. If you don't know where to begin, scroll down to the bottom right-hand corner of the home page and click the picture that says bathing suits. Do the bathing suits look like the swimwear worn today?
1.How were social classes distinguished?
2.What two political reforms was the middle class successful in achieving?
3.Why were the upper classes able to exploit the working class?
Beauty, Fashion, and Decorum
1.Name three interesting qualities of a gentleman.
Qualities of a Lady
1.Name three interesting qualities of a lady.
1.Name at least three different things a young girl can do with her glove to show she is interested or not interested.
After clicking the above link, skip to the fifth paragraph on the screen and read only that paragraph.
1.What dangerous substance did women take to create a sparkle and glitter in the eye?
Literary Techniques
1. What are the main differences between Victorian endings and modern endings in books?
1. What is word painting (in your own words)?
2. Which words in the second passage by Ann Radcliffe contribute to the kinetic effect in her prose? Examples already given to you include: "surges rolling," "closing," and "tumbling."
Free indirect
style, direct speech, and indirect speech
Read the attached PDF.
Copy the following sentences down and label each sentence as free indirect
style, direct speech, or indirect speech:
1. Nothing, she declared, should induce her
to join the set before her dear Catherine.
2. “Good heavens!” cried Catherine.
3. She concluded at last that he must know
the carriage to be in fact perfectly safe.
4. Her feelings entirely engrossed her; her
wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home.
5. It was proposed by the brother and sister
that they should join in a walk.
6. “My dear, you tumble my gown,” was Mrs.
Allen’s reply.
