+
Interactive
Geffrye Museum

Geffrye Museum: Interactive Journey: Travel Back to Victorian London

For Students 3rd - 8th
Travel back in time to the Victorian era in this interactive journey to help Ruby & Michael search for Sam, their missing dog. While you are searching, you can learn about Victorian life by examining the objects in the house,...
+
Website
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Website on Victorian era history outlines the history of the French Revolution.
+
Website
BBC

Bbc History: History Trails: Victorian Britain: Ideals of Womanhood

For Students 9th - 10th
The author explores how the status and place of women in Victorian England changed over the course of the 19th century. Women became much more active in service and mission type work. In addition, early feminism has its roots in this...
+
Handout
Other

Hampshire Schools: Victorian Inventions

For Students 4th - 7th
Find out about some important inventions from the Industrialized Victorian Era.
+
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: What Makes the Writer Write?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson engages students in reading and research related to the Victorian Era. Students will analyze this time period's influence on the writings of Charles Dickens. Then students will analyze how today's authors incorporate social...
+
Website
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
Portal site to information about the life and work the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). As a Victorian era feminist, she wrote about women's issues, which figure prominently in "Aurora Leigh." Includes relevant political and...
+
Website
BBC

Bbc: Victorian Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
+
Handout
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Victorians Inventions

For Students 3rd - 7th
Try to identify the inventions form the Victorian era, and then learn more about each discovery.
+
Website
Indiana University

Indiana University: Victorian Women Writers Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the place to find works by a variety of women writers of the Victorian age. Be sure to scroll down to the "Proceed to the collection," button to access the work.
+
Handout
Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: The Victorians: Inventions

For Students 4th - 7th
Find out about several major developments that made travel, communications, and trade easier for many people during the Victorian period.
+
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Victorian Literature: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
+
Handout
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Victorians

For Students 2nd - 5th
A look into life during the Victorian Era! Learn about the clothing, inventions, plants, and much more about life during this time period in England.
+
Website
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Victorians: Investigate a Victorian Painting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Young scholars studying the Victorian Age can dig into the details depicted in a painting from the era. Enhance study with utlization of the additional activities and timeline provided.
+
Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Themes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From Romantic poetry to Gothic horror, from depictions of poverty and industrialization to portrayals of the middle classes, and from crime fiction to fin de siecle decadence: the literary works of the Romantic and Victorian periods...
+
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Biography of Anthony Trollope

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania website features a biographical sketch of the Victorian era author Anthony Trollope. Links are provided to full-text selections from Trollope's works.
+
Handout
Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Victorian Theories of Sex and Sexuality

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web allows one to read about relationships between Victorian men and women. This article focuses on the sexual tensions and stereotypes prevalent during the Victorian Era, and defines the "roles" of men and...
+
Handout
Other

University of Wisconsin: Victorian England: An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
One page article summarizes many important characteristics of the Victorian Age such as religion, ideology, social responsibility, imperialism, and education.
+
Handout
Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: The Victorians: Inventions Timeline

For Students 3rd - 6th
An organized timeline featuring major developments and inventions that made travel, communications, and trade easier for many people during Queen Victoria's reign.
+
Website
BBC

Bbc History: History Trails: Victorian Britain: Britain as Workshop of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Articles about the era of industrialization, new products and new transportation are coupled with cartoons and an explanation on how to use this primary source. An activity and quiz are also available from the sidebar.
+
Handout
Victorian Web

Victorian Web: Pre Raphaelites an Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Victorian Web provides an overview of the Pre-Raphaelite era. Includes links to different subtopics of Pre-Raphaelite art,literature, and culture.
+
Website
Other

Kenneth Spencer Research Library: Great Exhibition, 1851

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit with details of the international exhibition held in Hyde Park in 1851, the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, a testament to industrial growth in the Victorian era.
+
Handout
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: A Very Old Kitchen

For Students 2nd - 5th
Explore kitchen equipment from the Victorian period of late nineteenth century England.
+
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Alfred, Lord Tennyson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Have you ever studied Lord Tennyson's work? This site features information on the life and work of this famous Victorian writer.

Other popular searches