THE VICTORIAN AGE, 1832-1901

Students will be in charge of producing the didactic material for this unit. They will research reliable and pertinent information that they will present online and handouts in class.

Requirements.

Your post should provide readers with a comprehensive look at Queen Victoria and her reign according to the topic you are assigned to write about. Collect your research from Internet and library resources. Helpful websites are listed for you below.

The Victorian Web
http://www.victorianweb.org

(This should be your basic source)

Queen Victoria
http://www.pbs.org/empires/victoria/majesty/index.html

Victorian Age
http://www.bartleby.com/224/

Your post should contain all of the following:

• 5 pieces about major points relating to the designated topic (1 to 2 paragraphs for each piece)
• 1 image (cartoon, photo, etc.) focusing on the assigned topic (also videos)

List of topics.

• The Victorians at Home and in Public: Victorianism, Upstairs and Downstairs, Double Moral Standards.
• Political History: Corn Laws, Reform Acts, Women’s Suffrage, the British Empire and International Relations
• Social History: Public Health, Conditions of Life and Labor, Race, Class, and Gender Issues
• Religion: Evangelical Movement, Tractarian Movement, Catholicism, Atheism, Agnosticism.
• Science: Darwin, Edison, Faraday, Maxwell, Graham Bell
• Technology: Industrial Revolution, Railways, The Exposition of 1851, Photography

You can–and should–add to the list as your research produces other names and events

Evaluation.

• Focus: the topic is very clear when you first look at it.
• Main Ideas: the main ideas are appropriate to the topic and are presented correctly.
• Supporting Details: appropriate and accurate details support each main idea.            
• Purpose: the purpose of the post is clearly accomplished.                              
• Drawings and Illustrations: all illustrations, photographs, and drawings add to the purpose and interest of the post.                                 
• Mechanics: there are no errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, or spelling.       
• Layout and Design: the organization, design, use of color, and use of space help to make the post interesting and to communicate the message.                                        
• Neat and Presentable: the post is very neat and presentable.