Curated OER
Social Studies 11: Canada
You'll find questions regarding government, immigration, ethnic issues, suffrage, and turn-of-the-century history to complement any lesson on Canada. There are 17 questions in need of full-paragraph answers. A great resource to finish a...
BBC
Victorian Lesson Plan
How has England changed? Are the streets the same today as they were in the time of the Tudors? Fourth year students compare and contrast the Victorian & Tudor streets to the streets of today. They research biographical information...
Curated OER
A Victorian Prison
Prisons in Victorian England were miserable places, designed to deter people from committing crimes. To understand why these prisons were so tough, young historians review documents and pictures from Coldbath Fields prison. After...
Curated OER
The Victorian Age: A People in Search of Themselves as Seen Through Their Architecture
Students develop an appreciation and understanding of the people, their attitudes, values and beliefs as reflected in their architecture. They use slides and or a walking tour showing the various styles of architecture, in New Haven,...
California State University
Urbanowicz on Darwin: The Life & Death of Charles Darwin
This resource provides a paper written by Dr. Charles Urbanowicz, anthropologist at California State University. It deals extensively with the life and death of Charles Darwin, his research, and the publication of his book, "The Origin...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: The Hound of the Baskervilles
This site contains the full text of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mystery "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Includes a summary note.
Sacred Text Archive
The Coming of the Fairies by Arthur Conan Doyle
This reputation-destroying volume is Doyle's defense of the existence of fairies. Interesting on many levels, this etext version includes the photographs that began the whole controversy.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas Carlyle on Sir Walter Scott
This site from Fordham University provides Thomas Carlyle's (1795-1881 CE) comments on Walter Scott (1771-1832 CE). This site includes biographical information.
Victorian Web
Brown University: The Victorian Web
This is a comprehensive resource on literary, philosophical, religious, scientific and technological advancements of the Victorian age. Learn about famous Victorian authors, literary genres and more.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Thomas Carlyle
This Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) portal gives access to biographical information about this Victorian social and polticial historian's life and work, such as his importan history of the French Revolution.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Anthony Trollope
This site from The Victorian Web features a detailed biography, social and political history, and list of works to information about setting, characterization, themes, and imagery. This site provides a variety of excellent resources on...
British Library
British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1800s Food
View a series of extracts from ninetheen-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people in England ate during this century of change. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the Victorian period,...
Other
The Voyage of the Beagle, Second Edition (Online Text)
Charles Darwin's famous journey is chronicled here in this online book. Read it just as it was published in 1845.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Univ. Of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Robert Browning
This site provides the texts to 41 of Robert Browing's poems as well as a brief biographical outline.
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: Thomas Hardy's Poetry
This study guide for advanced young scholars explores the poetry of the English novelist Thomas Hardy (Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure).
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Adventures of Gerard
Read these military tales by Conan Doyle provided for by the University of Virginia, detailing the exploits of a soldier in the Napoleonic wars.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: A Study in Scarlet
The University of Virginia Library offers this full text version of Conan Doyle's famous novel.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Penn: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Etext)
The whole novel, including illustrations, is reproduced at this site hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. An interesting feature is the brief explanation of the provenance of the work, as well as the inclusion of Anne Bronte's...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Victorian Literature: Introduction
This is the introduction to a unit on Victorian Literature, a period describing the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) as prudish and old fashioned, but is considered by some as a second English Renaissance, a time of wealth, power, and...
BBC
Bbc: Overview: Victorian Britain, 1837 1901
Website on Victorian Britain, 1837-1901, chronicles events, political history, and culture, explaining how Britain was able to claim to be a world superpower despite social inequality and rival overseas industry.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Victorian Literature: Prose: Victorian Views on Education
This lesson from a unit on Victorian Literature focuses on Victorian views on education. Compulsary education for students ages 5 to 11 was enacted in 1870, and this lessons discusses the works of three Victorians on that topic:John...
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Alfred Lord Tennyson Works
This site provides links to 4 pieces of work of Alfred Lord Tennyson's: "Enoch Arden.." poetry collection, "Idylls of the King," "The Lady of Shalott" with Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and "The Princess: A Medley" with an excellent...
University of Pennsylvania
Univ. Of Pennsylvania: Works of Thomas Carlyle
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of 11 of Thomas Carlyle's works.
University of Pennsylvania
Project Gutenberg: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
This site provides the text of "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin" by Charles Darwin.