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?