1. Victorian London Monday: Welcome Back!
Bring HOTB books this week! Read Ahead! Answer ?’s
IQ test answer
Lesson: Victorian London
Go over Test
Study Reminder: Read Chs. 1-2
Will go over project details more tomorrow but can be doing questions/vocab/organize movie groups

3. Timeline 1837—Victoria becomes queen (reigned 64 years)
greatest period of colonial expansion
period of British dominance
Great Britain— World’s Banker
London replaces Paris as the hub of civilization.

5. Left to right : Alice, Arthur, The Prince Consort, The Prince of Wales, Leopold (in front of him), Louise, Queen Victoria with Beatrice, Alfred, Victoria and Helena

6. Queen Victoria at her Diamond Jubilee

7. 1852—Dr. Watson is born. 1855—Sherlock Holmes is born
1852—Dr. Watson is born. 1855—Sherlock Holmes is born. 1859—Darwin’s Origin of Species published/Arthur Conan Doyle is born. 1901—Death of Victoria; Edward VII becomes king. 1930—Doyle dies.

8. Science
Railroad— began running in Great Britain around

10. Science
Communication—telegraphy—introduced in the mid 19th century

11. Society The Servant Class: The Middle Class:
1881—2 million (15% of population) =personal servants
The Middle Class:
growing
better housing, health, education
longer lives
leisure

12. The City Itself London = center of industry, trade, finance, culture
Division:
West End: Upper Class
(221B Baker Street)
East End: Lower Class

15. Environment Dirty! Streets: covered in manure
Sewers: not available until the 19th century

16. The Thames River Today

17. Environment
1858: Parliament adjourned due to awful odor of the Thames River.
Fog: Most homes burned coal (London is historically susceptible to fog.)

18. Currency One pound = $5 (today’s market) One pound = 20 shillings
(one shilling = .25)
Sir Henry Baskerville inherits 740,000 pounds.

19. Literature: 2 Themes nature and certainty of progress
rationalization of Christianity

20. Significant Victorian Authors
Robert and Elizabeth Browning
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
George Eliot
Christina Rossetti
Charles Dickens