English 10 Honors: Victorian Era: Research Resources

Topics

Class emphasizing The Importance of Name and Title

• Guiding Question: What was the class structure during the Victorian Era? How does the importance of name and title reflect that structure?

Gender Roles: Emphasizing the roles each gender plays (make sure to include information on “the gentleman”)

• Guiding Question: What were the gender roles in this time period? What was a “gentleman”?

Courting, Romance, Marriage, and Family Structures

• Guiding Question: What were the expectations in the process of creating a family? Did it differ amongst class?

Education

• Guiding Question:  What was education like in the Victorian Era? Who had access to education? Why?

The Aristocracy vs Capitalism

• Guiding Question: What is the aristocracy in the Victorian Era? How did capitalism play a role in society? Who did it affect and how?

Social Discourse & Morals

• Guiding Question: What were the social expectations and morals at the time? Who dictated them? What were the consequences in not following those morals?

Art, Fashion, and Important Pastimes

• Guiding Question: How did art, fashion, and hobbies play a role in society? Who partook in what kinds of activities? Who had access to what kinds of activities?