children, women and classes in Victorian Times

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Victorian Times 

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Victorian Era

Slide 2 - Mind map

Position of women in Victorian Times
*Poor women had to work

*Bad living conditions

* no rights to vote, husband was the boss
Difference between the classes:
*Rich women were supposed to be "the Angel of the House"
*Well-furnished houses & enough food, servants
* no rights to vote, husband decided on everything

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Slide 4 - Video

What about children?
What was the position of children during the Victorian Era?
In the different classes?
Girls/boys
Health-wise?

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Slide 6 - Video

rich children
raised by a nanny & spoiled 
hardly any contact with their parents
not allowed to eat at the same table
educated
needed to marry a person from the same class

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PP in your reader on Victorian Times
19th century society
Optimism, for the middle & upper classes
Pessimism for the lower classes & poor people
Industrial + economic growth Economic recession: surplus of labour
- Bad living conditions lower classes/poor
- Reform bills to improve situation labourers (child labour)
Max. 48 hours if 9 years old
Chimney sweepers
 Emancipation: women's rights
Sufragettes: women's & votes
1918 :allowed to vote if 30 years old
1928: 21 years old
Right to vote for women & lower classes
World Power: the British Empire
Queen of Britain
Empress of India
Imperialism: GB doubled its size
The Sun never sets on the British Empire!
Anglican Church, very religious + high morals Religious doubts, Darwin "Origin of Species", no longer only Adam and Eve story, but evolutionary ideas

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Lower classes 
- Bad living conditions lower classes/poor 
- Reform bills to improve situation labourers (child labour)
Max. 48 hours if 9 years old
Bit of education...
Bad health circumstances

Sufragettes: women's & votes
1918 :allowed to vote if 30 years old
1928: 21 years old
Right to vote for women & lower classes

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Women's rights
Emancipation: women's rights
in GB called Sufragettes: rights & votes for women 
1918 :allowed to vote if 30 years old
1928: 21 years old
Right to vote for women & lower classes

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Types of jobs for poor women
servants
nanny's
governesses
prostitutes

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Slide 13 - Video

What was Great Britain named in the 19th century
A
The Empire where the sun never sets
B
Old America
C
The Indian Empire
D
The Commonwealth Empire

Slide 14 - Quiz

What do you know about Darwin?
A
He has invented a new type of religion
B
His has written the evolutionary theory
C
He was the Prime Minister from 1850-1854
D
He was Queen Victoria's brother-in-law

Slide 15 - Quiz

What was positive for Great Britain and its inhabitants in Victorian Times?

Slide 16 - Open question

Who is this person?

Slide 17 - Open question

Which writer are we going to start with?
The Brontë sisters:
Charlotte, Emily and Anne

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A quick guide to the Brontë sisters 
What type of girls were these Brontë sisters:
little contact/shy
Emily sharp characters
Did not opt for marriage, governess
es
wrote under a pseudonym
s

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Wuthering Heights
- Lockwood: new tentant, curious and uninvited, but visits WH twice
- Mr Heathcliff : landlord of WH and TG, bit harsh + unfriendly + no manners
- Difference between these two houses: 
wild and sheltered
up hill+ in valley 
passionate + quiet

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Slide 23 - Video

Wuthering Height exerpt
* lezen in je reader
* vragen maken in je reader

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