History Homework

Read: Life in Victorian England, chapters 1-4
Do: You are a journalist for a newspaper in London. For next week, you are each going to read aloud a newspaper article that you write! Before writing your article, strategize on what are the main things you want to cover. Make this fun, but informative too. Be sure to include lots of facts!
Ellie B: Queen Victoria’s family background (Why was SHE made queen, who was her father/mother/etc)
Abby: Queen Victoria’s marriage (what’s the love story here? J)
Kayla: Queen Victoria’s children (what did she think about children, pregnancy, who were they, who would they become)
Nicki: Queen Victoria’s husband, Albert (tell me about him, his likes/dislikes, what he is known for…)
Hannah: The class system in Victorian England (what was the class system? What were the classes called? What kinds of things identified differences between these classes?)
Ellie W: Victoria’s role as Queen (like what she did, what she accomplished…)

***Begin thinking about:
On December 10, we are going to have a Victorian day. We are going to have tea time, so come dressed up in your Victorian attire! Start looking if you don’t have something to wear. While we have tea, each one of you is going to do a brief “show and tell” and fill us in on the latest tea time topics of the day. You are, in a very proper and knowledgeable way, be an expert on one of the following areas (yours is listed below). Because you are such an expert, you are going to bring at least one item that you will use to demonstrate or explain your topic (“show and tell” idea). As you begin your reading on Victorian England this week, you might want to start taking notes on how you are going to do your show and tell and tea time conversation. You can use any type of prop, but you must use it to then go into detail about your particular topic. J
-The Ideal Victorian Family: Abby
-Changes in science: Ellie W.
-Literature: Hannah
-The Great Exhibit: Kayla
-The Image of the Monarchy: Nicki Jackson
-Technological advances: Ellie B.