Lesson Plan

British Library: Dickens's Oliver Twist:poverty, the Poor Laws and the Workhouse

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In this instructional activity, students will explore aspects of the social and economic background underpinning Oliver Twist and discover Charles Dickens's preoccupations with these subjects not only as a novelist but also as a campaigner.

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Concepts
compare and contrast, oliver twist
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Additional Tags
1834 poor law amendment act, early 19th century london, industrial revolution, rookeries
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional