1. Great Expectations Web Quest

2. Charles Dickens
Feb 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870

3. Warren’s Blacking Factory
A shoe polish (“blacking”) factory where Dickens glued labels onto bottles of polish.
He endured harsh conditions, was lonely and felt abandoned.
Dickens never forgot the humiliation and alienation he felt during this time (many of his novels feature orphans and abandoned children).

4. Victorian England Class Structure
List of Victorian Occupations

5. Victorian Gentleman Typically born into wealth/receive inheritance
Clergy, members of Parliament, Army Officers considered gentlemen
Very strict social code emphasized kindness and manners

6. Prisons of Victorian England
BREAKFAST,..8 ounces of bread, 1 pint of gruel DINNER,..Four days in the week, 8 ounces of bread, 1 pound of potatoes, or 2 ounces of cheese, if potatoes fail. Two days, 8 ounces of bread and 3 ounces of cooked meat, without bone. One day, 8 ounces of bread and 1 pint of soup. SUPPER,..8 ounces of bread, 1 pint of grue
BREAKFAST,..10 ounces of Bread DINNER,..11 ounces ditto SUPPER,..11 ounces ditto

7. Children in Prisons http://vcp.e2bn.org/
Name: William Doyle Age: 17 Date of Offence: 22nd September 1863 Offence: Setting fire to a stack of wheat the property of one Jonathon Seymour at the parish of Luton on the 11th Sept Sentence: 6 Years Penal Servitude
Name: Frederick Greene Age: 13 Offence: Stealing Drapery goods Sentence: 3
Name: George Heddings Age: 15 Offence: Stealing A pair of boots Sentence:  3yrs Reformatory School

8. Serial Novels

9. Your thoughts: Why do we read Great Expectations in 2016?
Questions/clarifications?