Introduction
The Victorian Era started in 1837, when Queen Victoria became queen, and ended in 1901, when Queen Victoria died.
Imagine yourself being divided into social class systems and not being able to speak to anyone who is not in your social class. In today's world there are still social class systems, but unlike the Victorian Era where each social classes couldn't interact with each other and they had certain rules to follow.
During the Victorian Era the class systems were determined by the connections of family, how they acted, how they spoke, their education, and their values. Each social class system would live different lifestyles with their own rules. For example, people from one class system couldn't act how the other social classes acted.
Task
You are a traveler who just landed England. You need to do research to understand how the inhabitants lived and what social classes there are so you can be able to stay in England for a certain period of time. After gathering information, you will go to the queen and take a quiz to determine whether you can stay or not.
Your assignment is to write a paragraph with a minimum amount of four sentences about the four social class systems of the Victorian Era. You must include a brief description about each social class system to get the full amount of points and turn it in at the end.
Process
Here are some links provided for you to complete your paragraph.
http://www.ask.com/question/victorian-class-system
http://www.ehow.com/info_8477255_social-classes-victorian-period.html
http://www.lsrhs.net/departments/history/CrawfordS/MEHsite/IndRev/IRpdfs/VicSocialClassnotes.pdf
http://www.hierarchystructure.com/victorian-england-social-hierarchy/
http://www.english.uwosh.edu/roth/VictorianEngland.htm
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/Class.html
http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/intro98/ray_student_page/group_2/class-S.htm
You may use other websites if needed to find your information, but the majority of what you will need is going to be found on these sites.
Hint for your paragraph: What are the different social class systems? Which people made up the classes? Are there any subclasses?
Evaluation
Quiz
1. What were the social class systems?
2. Who were considered part of the upper class?
3. Who were considered part of the middle class?
4. Who were considered part of the working class?
5. What were the middle class values?
6. Who inherited the land in the upper class and what were the expectations for the other children?
7. At what age were the men highest paid in the working class?
8. What were the under class reffered as?
9. What types of diseases did the working class develop?
10. What were the subgroups of each class systems?
Conclusion
Congratulations! You have completed the WebQuest for the social class systems of the Victorian Era! :) Turn in you paragraphs and quiz to the queen.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/victorians/poor/workingclass.html- Go here to see more pictures
Credits
The Victorian Period
http://faculty.unlv.edu/kirschen/handouts/victorian.html
Victorian England Social Hierarchy
http://www.hierarchystructure.com/victorian-england-social-hierarchy/
What Was the Social Class System in the Victorian Age?
http://www.ask.com/question/victorian-class-system
Social Classes of the Victorian Period
http://www.ehow.com/info_8477255_social-classes-victorian-period.html
Victorian ERA Social Class
http://www.lsrhs.net/departments/history/CrawfordS/MEHsite/IndRev/IRpdfs/VicSocialClassnotes.pdf
Victorian England: An Introduction
http://www.english.uwosh.edu/roth/VictorianEngland.htm
Class Structure
http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/intro98/ray_student_page/group_2/class-S.htm
Social Class
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/Class.html
Victorian Era
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/feist/24.jpg
Late Victorian Era Fashion Plate
Victorian Era
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608001669331554229&pid=1.7
Victorian Era
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01699/pauper2_1699274c.jpg
The British Library
http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/victorians/poor/workingclass.html
