Curated OER
Victorian Music
In this music worksheet set, middle schoolers read about music, orchestras, and Christmas during the Victorian era. They discuss Victorian music halls, read examples of street music, list the parts of an orchestra, and compose an...
Victorian Web
Victorian Web: Dickens "The Man Who Invented Christmas"
This interesting essay highlights ways in which Charles Dickens's "Christmas books" re-introduced Christmas traditions to Victorian England. The essay explains changes in Victorian society as well as the importance that Christmas...
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British Library: A Christmas Carol: Discovering Literature Resources
This list is a list of resources that can be used for Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol". Included are articles on the setting, analysis of the text, and links to additional teaching resources.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Middle Class
Throughout the course of the 19th century, the middle classes expanded rapidly. Those moving up the social scale had to learn new modes of behavior and ways of life. These articles research how this sector of society was reflected in the...
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British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics&victorians Popular Culture
From circuses and 'freak shows' to broadsides and novels, from pleasure gardens and music halls to chapbooks and penny dreadfuls, Georgian and Victorian Britain offered the public a rich range of affordable entertainments. Read more...