Welcome back. I hope that you had a restful and fin break.
Journal Prompt: Discuss your hopes in the new year. Please write about three different things- including one that is not about yourself.
I gave you notes on the characteristics of the Victorian Age.
I broke you into 5 groups to complete the following:
Directions: Please
research the topic that you group was given.
Your end product should be a powerpoint presentation. Know your audience- try and make it
multimedia and visually interesting. You
will present these at the end.
Topic 1: Living in the Victorian Age
What was day to day like during this time? Please look at social, political, and domestic
problems. Some possible ideas: electoral reform, Corn laws of 1846, Rights
of women, future of Ireland. Please do part of this as a narrative describing
the conditions of a single person, describing what daily life was like for you.
Topic 2: Religion and science
Please research evangelicalism, The Oxford Movement, YMCA,
Darwin, Social Darwinism. What was the
conflict between the two? Did this have
an impact on the literature of the time?
What were some of the advancements in science that cause tension in the
church?
Topic 3: Victorian poetry
Who were the major poets of this time? What characteristics do these poems
share? Find three examples and present
to class with a picture for each that corresponds with the central theme.
Topic 4: Victorian Fiction
Please explain romanticism, realism, and naturalism. Please choose 3 literary works. For each, what specifically made them Victorian?
Topic 5: Victorian Fashion
Please present the different fashions of the time. As this is visual, please make sure to
include drawings/pictures.
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