02. Webquest - Victorian Times

Go to this website and complete the sentence or answer the questions.

1. Victorian England.

Victorian England saw great expansion of …………………., …………………. and …………………. .

2. Technological advances.

In science and technology, what did the Victorians invent?

- ………………….

- ………………….

- ………………….

3. Social classes.

Go to this website and complete the sentences or answer the questions.

Name the four social classes at the time.

- the upper …………………. ( ………………….…………………. + ………………….………………….)

- the ………………….………………….

- the ………………….…………………. (…………………. + …………………. labor). This class remained shut out from …………………. . In ………………….…………………. skilled workers had acquired enough power to enable them to establish ………………….…………………. (=syndicats) (Socialism became an increasingly important political force) which they used to further improve their …………………., while unskilled workers and the underclass beneath them remained much more susceptible to …………………., and were therefore exploited.

- the “………………….………………….” (also called “………………….…………………..”)

What can the different social classes be distinguished by?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. Who wrote that?

Go to this website and match the author's name with the corresponding novel.

authors: Mary Shelley - Charlotte Brontë - Lewis Carroll - Thomas Hardy - Robert Louis Stevenson - Rudyard Kipling - Arthur Conan Doyle - Walter Scott - Henry James - Oscar Wilde

novels: Alice in Wonderland - The Picture of Dorian Gray – Ivanhoe - The Jungle Book - Portrait of a Lady – Frankenstein – Tess of the D'Urbervilles - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Treasure Island - Jane Eyre

Victorian Timeline

1812 --> Charles Dickens …................................................................................................………….................... .

1819 --> Queen Victoria ….............................................................................................…………......................... .

1826 --> ….....................................................................................................................………………………............ .

1835-1841 --> Brunel ….............................................................................................………................................. .

1837 --> Queen Victoria …....................................................................................……………………..................... .

1837 --> Charles Dickens …....................................................................................…………………....................... .

1838 --> Charles Dickens ….................................................................................……………………....................... .

1838 --> Brunel …...................................................................................................…………….............................. .

1840 --> Queen Victoria ….................................................................................……………………........................ .

1843 --> Charles Dickens …..............................................................................…………………….......................... .

1844 --> …............................................................................................................………………………..................... .

1845 --> Brunel …................................................................................................……………................................. .

1848 --> ….........................................................................................................………………………........................ .

1849 --> Charles Dickens …..........................................................................................…………………................. .

1858 --> Brunel …..............................................................................................................................……………... .

1859 --> Charles Dickens ….............................................................................................…………….................... .

1859 --> Brunel …............................................................................................................…………....................... .

1860 --> Charles Dickens ….......................................................................................………………...................... .

1861 --> Prince Albert …..............................................................................……….............................................. .

1861-1865 --> …..........................................................................................………………....................................... .

1865 --> …...................................................................................................……………………................................. .

1869 --> …...................................................................................................……………………….............................. .

1870 --> Charles Dickens …............................................................……………..................................................... .

1877 --> …....................................................................................………………………............................................. .

1877 --> Thomas Edison …................................................……………………......................................................... .

1879 --> …..................................................................………………………............................................................... .

1885 --> …....................................................................................………………………............................................. .

1888 --> Jack the Ripper ….................................................................................……………................................ .

1893 --> New Zealand …..................................................................................................................................... .

1901 --> Queen Victoria ….............................................……................…………………………………………………….. .