Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Victorians: The Victorian Timeline
Review a comprehensive timeline featuring primary events from 1837-1901. Enhance study by investigating the Victorian painting and using the printable activities provided.
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Channel 4: Victorian Children
The question of "what was it like for children living in Victorian England" is answered in this website teacher resources are included.
BBC
Bbc: History: Women's Work in Victorian England
A good examination on how many women in Victorian England supported their families with jobs outside the home and how this helped the British economy. Archived.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Victorian Era
The material objects, buildings, and texts arranged in this primary source set illustrate the variety of Victorian design while revealing some of the unique cultural characteristics of the period.
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University of Nevada: The Victorian Period
A brief explanation of the major characteristics of the Victorian Age.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Victorians
Learn about Aston Hall during the Victorian Age! Reference page includes background information, Victorian artefacts, and a Victorian quiz.
BBC
Bbc: Victorian Britain
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.
Victorian Web
Brown University: Victorian Web: The Role of the Victorian Army
Information is provided about the Victorian Army and its role in protecting the British Empire.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Dickens of a Time: Discovering the Victorian Period
Before reading Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, students examine different aspects of Victorian Life in London through a variety of research projects requiring hands-on computer activities.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Visions
From eccentric inventions to fears of invasion; from social degeneration to visions of the apocalypse - these articles research literary depictions of the future and how they reflect contemporary fears of social, technological, and...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Middle Class
Throughout the course of the 19th century, the middle classes expanded rapidly. Those moving up the social scale had to learn new modes of behavior and ways of life. These articles research how this sector of society was reflected in the...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Gender and Sex
A series of articles that research how gender roles were defined in the 19th century, and how they were represented in the literature of the period.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Technology
The 19th century saw a rapid technological change, together with paradigm shifts in scientific understanding. These articles research how authors responded to the new possibilities afforded by technology and science.
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British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1800s Food
View a series of extracts from ninetheen-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people in England ate during this century of change. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the Victorian period,...
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University of Wisconsin: Victorian England: An Introduction
One page article summarizes many important characteristics of the Victorian Age such as religion, ideology, social responsibility, imperialism, and education.
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Eras of Elegance: The Victorian Era (1837 1901)
Gives an overview of the Victorian era, and information on what distinguishes it from other periods in history. Covers religion and spirituality, advances in science and technology, the arts, fashion, food, sports, and leisure pastimes....
Britain Express
Britain Express: History: The Victorian Age: Chartism
A history of the Chartist Movement in England from its origins in 1838 with the "People's Charter," to its demise in 1848.
BBC
Bbc: History: Women and Urban Life in Victorian Britain
A six part article in which the various roles women played in Victorian England are discussed. The author explores the idea that women had a "mission" in Victorian life.
BBC
Bbc History: History Trails: Victorian Britain: Ideals of Womanhood
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...
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Victoria Research Web
Track the Victorian Age through this informative research site. This site contains several links to help bridge your knowledge of Victorian research. Don't miss out.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Works of Lit
From the Romantic poetry of Blake, Shelley, and Keats to the Victorian novels of Dickens, Eliot, and the Bronte sisters, and beyond to fin de siecle works by Wilde, explore 55 of the most famous works of literature from 1780-1901.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Authors
From William Blake and John Keats to Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters, explore 23 iconic authors from the Romantic and Victorian periods.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel
These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians London
From Wordsworth's Westminster Bridge to Blake's Chimney Sweepers; from Dickens's pickpockets to Jack the Ripper; and from Wells's War of the Worlds to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes; discover the diverse ways in which writers in this...