Webquest – What happened during the Victorian era?

WEBQUEST N°1: Famous Victorians

Difficulty level: 
PART 1:
Tâche: Repérer des informations dans un document écrit.
Niveau Visé : A2
 Acquis  En cours d’acquisition  non acquis

Explore the site http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/famous.htm to find out more about this

period and try to fill out the following information.
Let’s discover who these men were:

Name ?.........................................................
..

Real name

Date of birth

Jobs

Nationality

Title of a famous book

Date of publication

Date of death
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Name? …………………………………………………….

Date and place of birth

Date and place of death

Family

Job

Famous novels (books)

Name?...............................

Date of birth

Date of death

Job

Creation

Name? …………………………………..

Date of birth

Job

Trips

Discovery

PART 2: Get ready to speak about famous Victorians.

Tâche: Etre capable de raconter une histoire ou décrire un événement, une personne.
Niveau Visé : A2
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WEBQUEST N°2: The British Empire

Difficulty level:  
PART 1:
Tâche: Repérer des informations dans un document écrit.
Niveau Visé : A2
 Acquis  En cours d’acquisition  non acquis

Explore the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/introduction/ to find out more

about the British Empire and try to fill the following information:

What was the British Empire? Give a definition:

……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
What was the other job of Queen Victoria?
……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
Countries of the British Empire?
……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
The future name for the British Empire:
……………………………………………………

“In Victorian classrooms, children could easily find the countries of the Empire on a map because they
were coloured pink or red”.
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- Look at Charles Dickens’ London and find out the following information:
- Name of the river: ………………………………………………………………………………….
- Name of the Abbey: …………………………………………………………………………………
- Name of the Queen’s Palace: …………………………………………………………………...
- Name of a famous monument in London: …………………………………………………………..

- Who was Charles Dickens?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Tâche: Etre capable de raconter une histoire ou décrire un événement, un objet, une expérience.
Niveau Visé : A2
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WEBQUEST N°3: Inventions

Difficulty level:  
PART 1:
Tâche: Repérer des informations dans un document écrit.
Niveau Visé : A2
 Acquis  En cours d’acquisition  non acquis

Explore the site http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/inventions.htm to find out more about these

inventions and try to fill out the following information:
What was easier for people to do during the Victorian era? ..................................................

........................................................................................................................................................

Find five inventions created during the Victorian Times:

1) ............................................................ 4) ........................................................

2) ............................................................ 5) ........................................................

3) ............................................................

Look at the dates and find the inventions:

1838 = ..................................................... 1843 = .................................................

1864 = ...................................................... 1895 = .................................................

Look at the following inventions: find the dates and the names of the inventors:

............................... ........................ ................... ....................

………………………… ………………………… ………………………… ………………………..

.................. .......................

………………………… …………………………
PART 2: Get ready to speak about the inventions of the nineteenth century.

Tâche: Etre capable de raconter une histoire ou décrire un événement, un objet, une expérience.
Niveau Visé : A2
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WEBQUEST N°4: The workhouses

Difficulty level:   
PART 1:
Tâche: Etre capable de localiser des informations recherchées ou pertinentes pour
éventuellement réaliser une tâche.
Niveau Visé : B1
 Acquis  En cours d’acquisition  non acquis

Explore the site http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/workhouses.html to find out more about the

workhouses during the Victorian era.
Read the first paragraph and try to give a short definition for a workhouse:

..........................................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................................

Who lived in the workhouses? Find four groups of people:

1) ...................................................................... 2) .................................................................

3) ...................................................................... 4) .................................................................

What did a workhouse give to these people?

1) ...................................................................... 2) .................................................................

3) ...................................................................... 4) .................................................................

Answer the following questions:

1) Did men, women and children live together in a workhouse? yes O no O

2) Did children learn how to read and write? yes O no O

3) Why did poor people have to wear a uniform? They had to wear a uniform because .............

........................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................................

Who was Barnardo? ......................................................................................................................

PART 2: Get ready to speak about the workhouses.

Tâche: Etre capable de restituer une information avec ses propres mots éventuellement à partir de
notes.
Niveau Visé : B1
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WEBQUEST N°5: Working children

Difficulty level:    
PART 1:
Tâche: Etre capable de localiser des informations recherchées ou pertinentes pour
éventuellement réaliser une tâche.
Niveau Visé : B1
 Acquis  En cours d’acquisition  non acquis

Explore the site http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/children/working.htm, to find out more about a

child’s life in the nineteenth century and try to fill out the following information:
1) Explain why the working conditions of children were difficult:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2) Give four examples of jobs children did during the Victorian era:
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3) Click on the following link and get information about the laws which protected children:
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/factories.html
Rephrase the sentences using “had to” “could “or “couldn’t”.

1833 Factory Act,

a. From 1833, children under 9 ………………………………….. work in textile factories.

b. Children under 13 ……………………………………. work more than 48 hours a week.
c. Children under eleven …………………………….. receive two hours education a day.
d. They ……………………………………. go to school.

1834 The Poor Law

e. Orphans ………………………………. be alone in the street.

f. Poor people ……………………………………….. work to eat.

1842 Mines Act: Write more sentences on your own…

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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PART 2: Get ready to speak about British children’s lives during the Victorian era.
Tâche: Etre capable de restituer une information avec ses propres mots éventuellement à partir de
notes.
Niveau Visé : B1
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Let’s recap! Listen to your classmates and get ready to fill in the blanks with the missing
information. Ask them questions if you need more details…

1. Webquest n°1: Famous Victorians http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/famous.htm

Title of his book: …………………………………………………

Date of publication: …………………………………………………

Lewis Carroll

Titles of his novels: …………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………..

Charles Dickens

Job: ………………………………….

Creation: ………………………………….

Sir Robert Peel

Job: …………………………………..

Name of his theory: …………………………………………….

Charles Darwin

2. Webquest n°2: The British Empire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/introduction/

Queen Victoria was the Queen of Britain, Canada and other

small countries. She was also …..................................................

Dickens’ London:

- Name of the River in London: …………………………

- Name of the Abbey: ……………………………………
- Name of the Queen’s residence: ………………………..
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3. Webquest n°3: The inventions http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/inventions.htm

Complete the Victorian invention timeline:

Dates Inventions Names of the inventors

1843

1846

1850

1873

1876

1879

4. Webquest n°4: The workhouses http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/workhouses.html

- What was a workhouse?
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Who went to workhouse and why?
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Who was Dr. Thomas Barnardo?
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5. Webquest n°5: Working children

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/children/working.htm

- Give two examples of difficult jobs that children had to do in the 19th century:
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- Explain how difficult the working conditions were:
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- Give the names of the laws and explain them in one sentence:
 1833: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
 1834: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
 1842: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
 1844: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….