Name:

Ms. McLoughlin

November 20 & 21, 2012

Period:

What was it like to live in Victorian England?

Victorian Research: Quiz Grade

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History & Social Conditions

The Rise of the Prison

http://vcp.e2bn.org/justice/page11361-types-of-punishment-imprisonment.html

1.  How many Victorian prisons were built or added to between 1842 and 1877?

http://vcp.e2bn.org/gaols/page11628-account-of-the-punishment-of-a-prisoner.html

2.  What did the governor remark about the prisoner? “I consider this prisoner…to be ______?”

Social & Health Concerns

http://www.victorianweb.org/science/health/health8.html

3.  Why did the poor often have to “make do with cold meals”?

http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vindust.html

4.  What did children who were “coal bearers” do?

5.  Between what ages did children start becoming chimney sweeps?

6.  In what book did Charles Dickens write about “street children”?

Union Workhouses: An Attempt to Help Poverty

http://www.judandk.force9.co.uk/workhouse.html

7.  What did they do to you when you arrived in a workhouse? What did they make you wear?

8.  What was a typical dinner in a workhouse?

Victorian Lifestyle: Etiquette, Clothing, & Entertainment

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/costume/nunn14.html

9.  What did Victorian boys wear until the age of 3 or 4?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/leisure/

10.  What is one thing Victorian children did for leisure (fun!)?

http://www.victorianstation.com/ettiqstlady.htm

11.  How did a lady behave when walking down the street?

http://victorianstation.com/ettiqstgentle.htm

12.  What should a gentleman do if he bumps into someone?

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/costume/nunn2.html

13.  Name one sporting activity that a wealthy man would participate in.

http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vsport.html

14.  Name one “Outdoor Game” children played.

http://www.victorianstation.com/leisurewater.htm

15.  Why didn’t most women experience “real swimming” until the 20th century?