Welcome to the Victorian Times page. I will be posting your weekly assignments on this page...please be aware of due dates! As always, if you have any questions, please see Erin! Erin's email address is erine@school-one.org.

Assignment sheets and questions are in the folder called Victorian Times which you can access with this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KKeTZCCGZGCOoru7tTZzQfOPLq1fzGAj?usp=drive_link

Class expectations sheet is linked here: Please read carefully! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lqeemCMTQjRntPqL_xaYtK6TSAXWqJCp/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=103951432096539748733&rtpof=true&sd=true

Remember to scroll down to the right trimester!!!!

Trimester One - Victorian Times

Oliver Twist - Book One

Please work on Worksheet I for Oliver Twist Book One.  The entire Book One section is due to be read by Friday September 27, 2024.  The Worksheet is also due that day.  You can find the worksheet linked here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HZYIHJe2Cnays5LJ17lSh0qvLA4qYSXH4yn0W02iZpM/edit?usp=drive_link

Oliver Twist:  Essay One:   This essay is linked below...please use Humanities Department standards for this essay.  See Erin if you have any questions or need help!  This essay is due Friday October 4, 2024.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r2shUx4xa2Kg2hZp9QavqdhDjtuyHv9QrwzIpmXNbRE/edit?usp=drive_link

Oliver Twist - Book Two

Please work on Worksheet II for Oliver Twist Book Two.  The entire Book Two section is due to be read by Wednesday October 23, 2024.  The Worksheet is also due that day.  You can find the worksheet linked here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pI_xOaRe4Sm62S8ZEOUC87dhUezUHuxqqb20uxFOOJ4/edit?usp=drive_link

Oliver Twist:  Essay Two:   This essay is linked below...please use Humanities Department standards for this essay.  See erin if you have any questions or need help!  This essay is due Monday November 4, 2024.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lat5w2STLqroLnEQzx3x1uqtSyfVerNpx4KXjs7VRX8/edit?usp=drive_link

Social Services for Victorian England

Design a "modern" neighborhood for Victorian London that meets the requirements of the changing city.  Your neighborhood should either be drawn in a map that identifies all of the services provided or written out in detail in paragraph form...like a written proposal explaining what your design is and what it will require.  Below is the Brain Storming list we made in class.  Your proposal (written or drawn) is due in class on Wednesday November 13, 2024.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xz3zsYAX_mQSIyx_W35Pap_tUYlLUMggb3OJ7vsthoo/edit?usp=drive_link

Oliver Twist - Book Three

The entire Book Three section is due to be read by Wednesday November 13, 2024.

Oliver Twist:  Essay Three:   This essay is linked below...please use Humanities Department standards for this essay.  See erin if you have any questions or need help!  This essay is due Wednesday November 20, 2024.   Please note that this is a final credit deadline for the class.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oZ2YMy6LE0B8Y8jgQzjEtMD9d7D1VYXvnIFCYMLMwOU/edit?usp=drive_link

Victorian Times - Trimester Two

The Woman in White - Worksheet

Please work on Worksheet I for The Woman in White.  Please fill it out as you start reading the book.  Please grant me editing privileges so that I can check on your progress in taking these notes.  You can find the worksheet linked here:

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LfaZVwR3_Udc46Y90NJ43bar2hwx5Lh-vM1du7qo8ko/edit?usp=drive_link

Dracula PDF Link:  http://bramstoker.org/pdf/novels/05dracula.pdf

Please start reading Dracula by using the link above for a PDF version of the novel. Please read Chapters I - V for Monday January 13, 2025.  Please start filling out the worksheet linked below as you read the novel.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DaBjU9jAY4oDKZFZggoFyfGpqVzx28bNjoCrtgxutOs/edit?usp=drive_link

Please start reading Dracula by using the link above for a PDF version of the novel. Please read Chapters VI - XII for Wednesday January 22, 2025.  Please start filling out the worksheet linked below as you read the novel.   ASAP

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q6Yn9Ny-PDMKopbVRUhKadnWSZGm9ysk6_vkJi9mgSw/edit?usp=drive_link

Essay #1 - Edgar Allen Poe Short Stories:

This essay is linked below...please use Humanities Department standards for this essay.  See Erin if you have any questions or need help!  This essay is due Wednesday January 29, 2025.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zSUUiuvkMKfgjou97iSrr8fyhsy8piAZx3d3AA7KJcY/edit?usp=drive_link

Read Chapters 13-17 for Wednesday 2/5/25.   Please write 2 paragraphs discussing the role of Dr. Seward in the story....why is he a pivotal to the story?  This is also due on 2/5/25.

Read Chapters 18-22 for Wednesday 2/12/25.   Please write 2 paragraphs discussing the role of Dr. Van Helsing in the story....why is he a pivotal to the story?  This is also due on 2/12/25.

Dracula Final Project:   Each of you will write a short paper and make a presentation on a version of Dracula of your choice.  This could be a movie or a television show.  The basis of the project should be an analysis of how close your choice is to the original novel by Bram Stoker.  It should include a discussion of the version you have chosen, an analysis of the materials it was based on, and a conclusion of whether or not this version works...or has it taken too many liberties with the original novel.

The first thing that will be due is a proposal for your paper.  It should include the title and production information and your thesis statement for the project.  This is due Friday February 14, 2025

The final project will be due for presentation in class on Friday February 28, 2025 or Monday March 3, 2025 depending on what you chose.  

You must finish reading Dracula by Monday February 24, 2025.  There will be an in class essay on this day.

In-Class Essay:  Please choose one of the following prompts and write a standard Humanities Department essay.  You can reference the novel in your essay meaning you do not have to have exact quotes...describe what you are talking about...you may use "I" statements and share your opinion.

1. Write a detailed character analysis of Count Dracula.  Include a discussion of what you think are his motivations...is he a creature or a human being...something "in between?"  Do you think the Count is evil?  Why or Why not?

2. Dr Van Helsing and Dr Seward represent the "knowledge" in this novel...one knowledgable about folk lore and superstition, the other with modern psychological trends....Discuss how they represent both the past and the present of Victorian England.  How well do they represent the rapid changes that are happening in the world at the end of the 19th century when this novel was written.  In the end, which "knowledge" helps the most in dealing with the Count.

Trimester Three:

A Study in Scarlet PDF link: sherlock-holm.es/stories/pdf/a4/1-sided/stud.pdf

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Due Wednesday March 26, 2025.  Please make sure you put your name on the paper.  Please read the first four adventures in the book and complete the worksheet linked here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QbaZmJvHHjSJeXKPpEsxFnNqtCY7LuF73_eeCZ5IwIU/edit?usp=drive_link

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Due Wednesday April 2, 2025.  Please read the second four adventures in the book (the Five Orange Pips - The Speckled Band) and complete the worksheet linked here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ezWFmSsR8iDNwhgKyTbmHpJk3ILSG21kKqlaX6Vjw4/edit?usp=drive_link

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Due Wednesday April 9, 2025.  Please read the last four adventures in the book (The Engineer's Thumb - The Copper Beeches) and complete the worksheet linked here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xvqz1tLa3F79rBS4CK0IYkHzzAGd_-zSNkvP8NOpY1I/edit?usp=drive_link

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Final Essay - Due Wednesday April 16, 2025.  Remember, we will not be meeting in class on this day, so make sure you either give it to Erin or send it to her. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18805lAf1FXic11pjL66bIJ_FmrlxpvvqwqFgbSNyo_8/edit?usp=drive_link

Credit deadline:  All Sherlock Holmes work is due on Wednesday April 16!!

Please start reading The Mystery of Edwin Drood.  Please see the reading schedule below.  I have included the week of vacation to keep us on track.  Worksheets to follow.

Due April 16:  Chapters 1-4

Worksheet #1 Due April 23: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZbECZK9LkHrGNbiJawI8Sqqwg-n4dLu_1yylUwxGyXE/edit?usp=drive_link

Due April 23:  Chapters 5-8

Due April 30:  Chapters 9-12

Worksheet #2 Due May 7, 2025: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ov9nZuVutiLZkFi455wf6cZ8o3oKoPBQ_zZitRx4tmA/edit?usp=drive_link

Due May 7:  Chapters 13-16

Due May 14:  Chapters 17-20

Worksheet #3 Due Wednesday May 21, 2025

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12C4cC42fMU046whundCkgybNup5DRwerwVV3LYe60EI/edit?usp=drive_link

Due May 28: Finish chapters 21-22 of Edwin Drood.  All worksheets are due on this day.  We will have an in class final essay on Edwin Drood on this day as well. 

The Woman in Black:  Please compile your notes and thoughts on the movie of the Woman in Black.  You will be writing an essay in class on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wiXih-ysEQg8qaiGiUcF_n8Vi9QXztZzG-J_hgjOC3g/edit?usp=drive_link

The Mystery of Edwin Drood Final Essay:  

In a standard Humanities department essay, 4-5 paragraphs, 6-8 sentences per paragraph, solve the mystery of Edwin Drood....What happened to Edwin Drood?  Who did it?  Why did they do it?  How did they do it?  So many questions...present your case to the Crown Prosecutor for the possibility of indictment of the offender.

Anything below this line is from a previous class - Do Not Use

Assignment I:  Book One/The Sword in the Stone - This part of the book is due Thursday September 21, 2023.  Please complete this assignment while you are reading  Book One. This is the link to the assignment sheet that you can use for the notes.  We will be checking in on this assignment every Thursday starting in September 7, 2023.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CU1f_YNwHe8_I1lQKC7RbGxhVufpAPju-SLx_eZkL6w/edit?usp=drive_link

Essay I:  The Sword in the Stone 

This essay is linked below...please use Humanities Department standards for this essay.  See erin if you have any questions or need help!  This essay is due Tuesday October 3, 2023.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oRn9RYaPv0q5WVJQ74uMNnxzFHOndGlGXZxs-a6Zu8U/edit?usp=drive_link

Please continue to read the second book of the Once and Future King: The Queen of Air and Darkness. This should be completed by Tuesday October 17, 2023.

Here is the link to the notes sheet for this book:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CU1f_YNwHe8_I1lQKC7RbGxhVufpAPju-SLx_eZkL6w/edit?usp=drive_link

Essay II:  The Queen of Air and Darkness

This essay is linked below...please use Humanities Department standards for this essay.  See erin if you have any questions or need help!  This essay is due Tuesday October 31, 2023.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KoVZTlkfExtgBmhtOABeLA5n5Y8nlUtXGwpgZaFEGb0/edit?usp=drive_link

Please continue to read the Third book of the Once and Future King: The Ill-Made Knight. This should be completed by Thursday November 9, 2023.  Here is the link to the worksheet for this book.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KUP7BcwFJjg7Z_Z_L_wTOAIjQNSqIeb-4mbEvbPK9M8/edit?usp=drive_link

There will be an in-class essay on Tuesday November 14, 2023 on The Ill-Made Knight and Richard III.

There are a number of documentaries on Richard III and the fate of the two Princes on Youtube.  The one I referenced in class is called Richard III The New Evidence.  There are also a number of news reports and short films on the discovery of the body of Richard III and how they proved that the body they found was actually Richard III.  There is also come coverage of the re-burial of Richard III.

The Final In-Class Essay:  Please write a standard Humanities department essay: 4-5 paragraphs, 6-8 sentences each paragraph.  Please use quotes from the story to illustrate your points and ideas.  Use parenthetical notation to list the page of the quote.  I am interested in your opinions in the essay, so feel free to use “I” statements.  

The main lead character in both The Ill-Made Knight and Richard III have definite points of view about themselves and the world around them.  Please discuss in your essay how each of these men feel about themselves and how these feelings have helped or hindered them in their lives.  Which path in life did they choose and how was this choice affected by their own feelings?  Which character is successful in following the path they have chosen?  Is there any punishment for their choices?  Do they, in the end, fulfill their destiny?

Trimester Two - Victorian Times

Please read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and fill out the worksheet for the story.  This, meaning the story and the worksheet, is due Thursday December 7, 2023.  The worksheet is linked here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CU1f_YNwHe8_I1lQKC7RbGxhVufpAPju-SLx_eZkL6w/edit?usp=drive_link

Essay I - A Christmas Carol - Due Thursday December 14, 2023

Please write a standard Humanities department essay: 4-5 paragraphs, 6-8 sentences each paragraph.  Please use quotes from the story to illustrate your points and ideas.  Use parenthetical notation to list the page of the quote.  I am interested in your opinions in the essay, so feel free to use “I” statements.  

Marley introduces in the reading and to the reader his mission, which is Scrooge's "reclamation."  In your essay discuss how Dickens uses Scrooge's past, present and future, as well as the wider Victorian world to help Scrooge get his "reclamation."  What are the lessons Dickens uses to teach us about how you should live your life both at Christmas time but all year round?  Why does he choose Christmas as the time for all of this to take place both for Scrooge and us the readers?

Please start reading Alice in Wonderland and fill out the worksheet for the story.  This, meaning the story and the worksheet, is due Tuesday January 16, 2024.  The worksheet is linked here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HuHlbZExRVInljIQct6NRB5XQ2nu8N-1x-ucl6nm5gA/edit?usp=drive_link

Designing Mill/Urban Housing Project

This is a multi-part project...first you have to write up a list of problems that need to be resolved where there is a large working class population and its effect on the city that they have moved into for their jobs.  You should start by writing the list of the problems...it should have a least five items on it and include ideas on how you can fix these problems with your housing design.  Remember what we talked about in class when writing up your list and be sure to brainstorm ideas that can resolve the problems.  This is due Thursday January 11, 2024.

Designing Mill/Urban Housing Project- Part II

Using your list of problems I want you to start to sketch out the Housing project.  Please on providing housing for 100 workers and a home for the Overseer and his family.n You may want to explore Victorian Mill housing in England and the housing available for working people in the 19th century.  There are websites and pictures to look at for information, just make sure you are looking at England and not "New England."  You have to produce two drawings, one of the front of the housing and the second a floor plan of the interior house labeling each room and space in the house.  There are pads of paper behind my desk and boxes of crayons and pencils in my room on the window sill or in the closet.  These drawings will be due Thursday January 18, 2024.  

Essay II - Alice in Wonderland - Due Thursday January 25, 2024

Please write a standard Humanities department essay: 4-5 paragraphs, 6-8 sentences each paragraph.  Please use quotes from the story to illustrate your points and ideas.  Use parenthetical notation to list the page of the quote.  I am interested in your opinions in the essay, so feel free to use “I” statements.

Choose three characters to analyze in Alice in Wonderland.  As this is a story written for children, who might these characters be based on in real life?  What lessons, if any, do these characters teach the reader?  What did you think of how Alice resolved the problems and events that she encountered in Wonderland? What might that teach young readers?

For Thursday January 25, 2024, please read the prologue and through chapter 8 of the Moonstone.

The Story of India class assignment:  After you watch episode 6 of the Story of India...Please write a one page reaction to the documentary...what did you think of the actions of the British in India?  How do you think India would be viewed back home in England?  This is due Tuesday January 30, 2024.

Reading The Moonstone:  As you continue to read The Moonstone, please fill out the worksheet linked below...take note on the characters...who are they, what is their relationship to the Household, the family and the Moonstone.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v34EHHcmTJ3Eax8QGuSihKSg_PbkXPORgaiJLl_wb0M/edit?usp=drive_link

Please read chapters 9-15 for Thursday February 1, 2024

Please read chapters 16-23 (or to the end of the 1st book) for Thursday February 8, 2024

Please read Chapters 1-8 of The Story Second Period ( The First Narrative) for Thursday February 15, 2024

Continue to read The Moonstone - you must be finished by Tuesday March 5th for the final in class essay.

The Final In-Class Essay:  Please write a standard Humanities department essay: 4-5 paragraphs, 6-8 sentences each paragraph.  Choose one prompt to write your essay.  Please use quotes for paraphrases from the story to illustrate your points and ideas.  Use parenthetical notation to list the page of the quote.  I am interested in your opinions in the essay, so feel free to use “I” statements.  

1. During the Victorian Era, social class was a very important element in society, with this in mind, discuss the role of social class in the relationships between the characters in the book The Moonstone. Also, consider the importance of these social classes in society in general.   You might consider the relationship between Betteredge and Mrs Verinder, or between the members of the household staff and Rosanna, or Sergeant Cuff, Mr. Bruff, Miss Clack, Mr. Luker and Ezra Jennings as other characters who interact with The Verinders.

2.  Mr. Betteredge loves the book Robinson Crusoe, which is a story about a man who is living on a deserted desert island.  Why do you think he loves this book so much?  How does this book affect Mr Betteredge in performing his duties in the Household?  What does this attraction to the book tell us about Gabriel Betteredge?

Trimester Three: Modern Times

Please read pages 1-11 of the First World War book and using the timeline in the back of the book, write out an annotated timeline of the events you think were important in the lead up to the outbreak of the First World War.  This is due Thursday March 28, 2024

Please start reading the second part of the Introduction in the First World War book, pages 11 - 29.  Be prepared to discuss the events discussed in this part of the reading and make sure that you look at all of the entries that are mentioned in the text that are also in the book.  Pages are given for those entries.  Please have this completed by Thursday April 4, 2024.

For Thursday April 4th's class:  Please read the World War I Poets book.  Choose three poems that you like and write a paragraph for each one explaining what it is about and why you liked the poem.  Please have this for class on Thursday when I will collect your work.

Due Thursday April 11, 2024:  Essay on Siegfried Sassoon's Declaration

Linked below is a statement made by Siegfried Sassoon to Parliament regarding the state of the war.  Please read the statement, and with your notes, the poems and the Documentaries, discuss the life of the WWI British soldier...what was their lives like...what hardships did they face, how do you think they would respond to Sassoon's declaration, and what do you think of it?  Please write a standard essay as always and see Erin if you have any questions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kj7VEnT17aHTRuwWtSh5hmtD3TzrFqUMx6bQpxvPRvg/edit?usp=drive_link

Empire of the Sun:  Please start reading Empire of the Sun and fill in the Note/Work sheet as you read.  There are three sections to the book: Section One is 120 pages long, Section Two is 84 pages long and Section Three is 63 pages long...so Section One  and Section Two will be due Tuesday April 23, 2024, which will give you the vacation to get the bigger part of the book done.  Section Three will be due Tuesday April 30.  The Note/Worksheet for Section One is linked below and is due April 23, 2024.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BZVPqKn9lcsDQzbQl54QGKlSDbCigQDdlgYkjLg1ICo/edit?usp=drive_link

Worksheet for Section Two is due Tuesday April 30, 2024 and is linked below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WPVj0yKRhX2VTB2LzTsOIDdKrx5B7z6Ry0Z4d9xTDr4/edit?usp=drive_link

Section Three of Empire of the Sun will be due Tuesday April 30, but there are no questions.  You will incorporate this section into the in-class essay for this book on May 2, 2024.

Essay:  Please write a standard Humanities department essay: 4-5 paragraphs, 6-8 sentences each paragraph.  Choose one prompt to write your essay.  Please use quotes or paraphrases from the story to illustrate your points and ideas.  Use parenthetical notation to list the page of the quote.  I am interested in your opinions in the essay, so feel free to use “I” statements. This is due May 9, 2024

1.  Empire of the Sun is about Jim's/Jaime's experiences after finding himself alone in Shanghai as the Japanese are taking over China.  Shanghai was his home, but now it has become a war zone.  Discuss how Jaime survives without his parents.  Who does he meet?  What does he learn about how to survive?  What observations about life is he learning as he navigates this new world?

2.  In desperate and lonely situations, things or possessions take on new meanings.  Discuss the things that Jim collects during his time alone...what meaning do these things have for him?  What is their importance to him and his survival?  Why does he get rid of them before he returns to the Lunghua Camp? Include in your discussion what airplanes in particular mean to Jim.

3.  Write an analysis of the Film Empire of the Sun...how is it different from the original text?  What changes were made to the story when put on film?  What changes to Jim did you noticed in the film that you did not notice in the book?  Which version did you prefer?  Why?

Here is a link to a pdf version of 1984: https://files.libcom.org/files/1984.pdf

1984 Reading schedule:

Please start reading 1984...you should have read through page 92 (part one) by May 14, 2024.  Please find the questions sheet linked below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wDNQbb1Qi2tavpSuVNiKtJ3H5Y4dAK3UxGfV73SkvXk/edit?usp=drive_link

In Class Assignment:  Thursday May 16, 2024

Please watch episode 15 of the World At War series, which is  called Homefront Britain.  As you watch it, I would like you to take notes on what you think were some of the sites or scenes that would have influenced George Orwell when writing about Airstrip One in 1984.  After the episode is finished, please write a one page (minimum 3 paragraphs) analysis of how these scenes would have influenced the world created in 1984.  Please email me the assignment...or leave it in my desk.  My email is erine@school-one.org.   Also, please note that I have linked a pdf of the book above...the link will re direct you to the Book.

1984 Section Two reading and questions are due Thursday May 23, 2024.  The questions are linked below

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13zDmPxsk9jE6P6AzQuZeUAV-Tl_t_JpUTNs75zpMUpA/edit?usp=drive_link

Please have 1984 completed by Tuesday June 4, 2024.  You will write an in class essay on that day so please bring your book to class.

Please check and make sure you have returned all of the books from this year by June 4, 2024....check under your bed and all around your house and room...it is very costly to replace books!!!!   Cary and I thank you!!!!