Students discuss past cultures and the history of ideas in seventeenth century science. They answer a list of questions and prepare for a debate on the subjects of science and religion and views on how the universe was created.

This site from the Victorian Web provides a summary of Edwin Chadwick's report on the sanitary conditions of the working class in 19th century England. Links are also provided for additional information on this subject.

A visit to a Victorian Family where they "Will show you how a middle-class Victorian family lives."

This resource provides an elaborate overview of the life, works, and times of Charlotte Bronte. Content ranges from the genre, plot, and theme found in "Jane Eyre," to the position of middle-class women of Bronte's time, to the Boer War....

Looks at child labor in industrialized England during Victorian times. Links are provided throughout the article for additional information on related subjects.

From Romantic poetry to Gothic horror, from depictions of poverty and industrialization to portrayals of the middle classes, and from crime fiction to fin de siecle decadence: the literary works of the Romantic and Victorian periods...

These articles research how writers responded to the social inequalities of Victorian society.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A pictorial history flipchart with information about the life of Florence Nightingale and her work in the Crimea War.

This list is a list of resources that can be used for Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol". Included are articles on the setting, analysis of the text, and links to additional teaching resources.

This teacher's guide to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is written to help students who are reading this book for class work.

This resource provides information about child labor and the Industrial Revolution.

Biographial note on William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), English journalist, novelist. Includes disucssion of his famous novel, VANITY FAIR (1847-48), a tale of two middle-class London families.

Read the full text of "The Whirlpool" by Geoge Gissing about upper-middle-class families following the collapse of a bank.

Read the full text of "Born in Exile" by George Gissing about an intellectually superior man born into a lower class environment. The novel is said to mirror the author's early life.

This site from The Victorian Web provides an elaborate overview of the life, works, and times of Charlotte Bronte. Content ranges from the genre, plot, and theme found in "Jane Eyre," to the position of middle-class women of Bronte's...