Curated OER
Comparing Christmas Around the World
Christmas inspired lesson and project ideas that help students sharpen critical thinking skills.
Curated OER
Introduction to Victorian London and A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley
Immerse your class in Dickens's London and classic story of A Christmas Carol. Here, a SMARTboard presentation and WebQuest build background of the setting for the novel (or the play A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley.) Learning about...
Curated OER
Revolutions in Retrospect
Students analyze the social conditions of Victorian England and focus on the woman's place in Victorian society. In this Victorian England lesson, students read excerpts of Victorian writers and their take on the Industrial Revolution....
Curated OER
A Look At Charlotte's Web
Twelfth graders investigate the social structure of VIctorian England. They research especially the lives of Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre. Students create an essay and oral presentation using technology. Then they use the internet to...
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.
British Library
British Library: Language & Literature: Dickens in Context
Literary analysis of themes typically found in the work of Charles Dickens considers questions of poverty and wealth, crime and punishment, industrialization, childhood, caricature, and similar concepts of interest to readers of...
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
Duke University Press: Duke Journals: The Carlyle Letters Online
This website is a compendium of letters written by Thomas Carlyle and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle, to each other and to others. You can search by date, recipient, or subject.
TES Global
Tes: An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will complete this reading guide for J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls as they read or as a reflective reading activity. Students will be able to analyze characters, the historical context,...
BBC
Bbc: Victorian Britain
An interactive, diverse site that provides the student with lots of great information about Britain during the Victorian era. Discover the Victorian way of life through narrative, pictures, and games.
PBS
Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire
The companion website to a documentary on Queen Victoria and the British Empire.
BBC
Bbc: History Trails: Victorian Britain
Victorian Britain experienced dramatic economic growth but at great social cost. Read about the times, and play online learning games as well.
TES Global
Tes: Revision: Charles Dickens Quiz (Connect 4)
[Free Registration/Login Required] The PowerPoint game provides a review of the life and works of Charles Dickens. Students will enjoy playing Connect 4 as they answer questions correctly.
Other
A Virtual Tour of Victorian England
A visit to a Victorian Family where they "Will show you how a middle-class Victorian family lives."
BBC
Bbc History: British History: Victorians: Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers
Learn about Victoria's approach to working with the prime ministers who served during her long reign. Archived.
Britain Express
Britain Express: History: The Victorian Age: Chartism
A history of the Chartist Movement in England from its origins in 1838 with the "People's Charter," to its demise in 1848.
PBS
Pbs: The 1900 House
PBS transports a modern family back to 1900 so that we may learn, from their experience, what daily life was like at the turn of the twentieth century.
Project Britain
Project Britain: The Victorians
Discover just who the Victorians were by searching through the links provided in this guide to Victorian life. Biographies, pictures, clothing, and more are featured here.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
This Gothic-Romantic novel, set in Victorian England, chronicles the life of Jane Eyre: a plain governess who falls in love with her employer and discovers a terrible secret within Thornfield. Selected (11) reading passages (grades 8-12)...
PBS
Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire (Lesson Plans)
Four lesson plans for exploring the reign of Queen Victoria, with instructions for introducing learners to the positive and negative impacts of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution, to the leaders of Victorian England, to the role...
TES Global
Blendspace: Background for a Christmas Carol
A six-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and a picture providing information about Charles Dickens and Victorian England.
Britain Express
Britain Express: Queen Victoria and Victorian England the Young Queen
This describes Victoria's achievements in the early years of her reign. It discusses reforms, the first "World's Fair", the Crimean War, and the Indian Mutiny.
Curated OER
"Five Cents a Spot": Image of Victorian Boarders, How the Other Half Lives, 1888
Victorian boarders.