Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Matthew Arnold
Academy of American Poets entry for Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), the Victorian era poet and critic. Includes link to full text of the poem "Dover Beach."
British Library
British Library:dreamers and Dissenters: Filth and Fever
A brief account of British history where learners examine the causes and effects of filth and fever during the Victorian era in England.
Victorian Web
Victorian Web: Pre Raphaelites an Overview
Victorian Web provides an overview of the Pre-Raphaelite era. Includes links to different subtopics of Pre-Raphaelite art,literature, and culture.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Have you ever studied Lord Tennyson's work? This site features information on the life and work of this famous Victorian writer.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Poems of Tennyson and Noyes: Pictures in Words
This is a great and informative site. This lesson uses Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and Noyes's "The Highwayman" to teach vivid imagery and figurative language. Don't miss out.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
In-depth lesson plans for teaching Lewis Carroll's adaption of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" for younger children, named "The Nursery Alice." In addition to providing learning objectives and guiding questions, this page includes...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Operetta
This Wikipedia site offers excellent information on the artform of the operetta, including its history, important contributors, and hyperlinked terms.
Curated OER
"Five Cents a Spot": Image of Victorian Boarders, How the Other Half Lives, 1888
Victorian boarders.
NBC
Nbc Learn: Chemistry of Water
This video/lesson series explains how the structure and behavior of H2O in liquid form gives water its properties, and make it a chemical essential for life. Also in this collection: a Victorian-era depiction of the water molecule; news...
Fundación Cientec
Cientec: La Dama De La Lampara Florence Nightingale (1820 1910)
This is a biography of Florence Nightingale, the English leader in the reform of hospitals during the Victorian era.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Child Labour?
Delves into the history of child labor, the causes, and child labor laws.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics&victorians Popular Culture
From circuses and 'freak shows' to broadsides and novels, from pleasure gardens and music halls to chapbooks and penny dreadfuls, Georgian and Victorian Britain offered the public a rich range of affordable entertainments. Read more...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Herbert Spencer
(1820-1903) Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal theorist of the Victorian era.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Robert Browning
(1812-1889) Poet of the Victorian era, married to Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens, (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870), was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
(1820-1880) English novelist during the Victorian era that wrote books such as Middlemarch and The Mill on the Floss
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India of the British Raj until her death. Her...
Other
Literature Network: Lord Alfred Tennyson
What do you know about Lord Alfred Tennyson? Explore this site featuring a brief but informative summary of his life and work.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Ruskin
An English author, poet and artist, although more famous for his work as art critic and social critic. Ruskin's thinking on art and architecture became the thinking of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Wesleyan Grove
Wesleyan Grove is a Methodist camp meeting established in 1835. Its grounds, which are open to the public, feature a large number of Victorian era gingerbread cottages. As one of the earliest camps of this type, its features were...