This lesson engages students in reading and research related to the Victorian Era. Students will analyze this time period's influence on the writings of Charles Dickens. Then students will analyze how today's authors incorporate social critiques into their works.

Concepts

author's purpose, poverty, social issues, charles dickens, great expectations, literature

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Additional Tags

motive, 19th century, utah education network, utah education network: what makes the writer write?, victorian era, what makes the writer write?, author

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)