Victorian England

Category	Title		Description
Jobs	Work		Read and look here to learn more about lower and middle class jobs in London.
	Social Class		Find out what jobs were associated with which classes. Scroll down to the "Social Class" section.
Education	Schools		Look at the different types of schools for children in Victorian England. Look at the pictures. Which class of students went to which schools?
Entertainment	Victorian Leisure		What did people do with their free time? Click on the objects on the right of the website to learn more.
	Victorian Fun and Games		Explore a little more of what Victorians did in their free time.
Housing-Interior	Slide Show: Victorian Interiors		Click on the link located on the right side of the website. It will be beside a young woman reading a book. Look at the furnishings. Do these furnishing belong to someone who was poor or had money? What else can you tell from these pictures?
	Victorian Room Panorama		Look around this room. What can you tell from these artifacts?
	How the Other Half Lives		Look at this room. Who do you think lives here. Click on the A, B and C scrolls on the right of the picture to learn more.
Housing-Exterior	Was There Much Difference Between the Homes of the Poor and the Homes of the Rich?		Scroll down to Background to learn more.
	Dufton's Yard		Look at this photo. Who do you think lives here. Click on the A, B, and C scrolls to learn more. (Hint--privy means toilet or bathroom)
	The Rookery		Take a look at this neighborhood. Would you like to live there? Why not? Click on the scrolls to learn more.
	Piccadilly Mansions		Look at the photograph on this webpage. Who do you think lived there? Look at the surroundings. Are they nice? Who do you think lives here? What makes you say that?
Life Expectancy	Mortality		Scroll down to look at the table that says Gentry, Tradesmen, Labours. Which class (upper, middle, lower) go into each catagory? Why do you think the gentry live longer than the labours?
Diet	Workhouse Diet		What did the poor eat? Was it enough? Read what a person in one of the six workhouses had to eat. Make sure you read it left to right. Click on this link to find out.
	Bricks & Brass Meals		Find out how well the middle and upper classes ate. Be sure to read about 19th century families only.
Salary	Salary		How much money did one make each year? Scroll down to "Money--Typical Incomes" to find out.
Clothing	Historical Costume Game		Can you sort out your stays from your stockings and your britches from your ruffs? Play the game and see if you can dress the Victorian and Tudor ladies and gentlemen correctly.
	Themes Gallery: Clothing		Who wore what and when in the Victorian era? Click on the items on the left to learn more about these clothing articles.
Children	Children in Victorian Britain		What did children from poor families do? Click on Learning at the website to watch the movies and find out more.
Daily Life	In A Workhouse		What was life like in a workhouse? Look at the photographs or read some of the rules to get a sense of what to expect living in a poorhouse.
	In a Upper Class Home		What's their typical day like? Do you think it's easy or hard?
	What do the Servants Do All Day?		Find out what a household servant was required to do on a typical day. Scroll down to Feature Article to read more.
Library Resources	394.2 KAL	Victorian Christmas	Describes the elaborate Yuletide customs of the period between 1837 and 1901, when Queen Victoria ruled Britian, and discusses how these customs were adopted and sometimes changed in the United States during the same period.
	941.081 SWI	Victorian England	Text and illustrations describe several facets of Victorian England, explaining their effects on the people of the time; covers topics such as Queen Victoria, industrialization and population growth, politics, the middle class, protests, reform and science.
	747.2 KAL	Victorian Home	Takes a look at the various rooms in a grand Victorian house, explaining the design and purpose of each and describing the furniture, lighting, and decorations used in the context of daily life during the second half of the nineteenth century.
	823 YAN	Life in Charles Dickens England	Describes the people and conditions of life in England during the time of Charles Dickens and examines how those conditions are reflected in his work.