9) Before the Victorian era, most of Britain’s population couldn’t read or write and had limited access to education. Queen Victoria believed that education should be for all, and by the end of her reign, going to school became compulsory for all children, rich or poor. 19th Century ph...
Rich and poor families In the Victorian times many families had 10 or more children. Rich children wear great clothes and shoes in their feet. They went to school or had lessons at home. Poor children looked thin and hungry and they had to work. Why did children had to work? Many Victo...
A. They can learn the differences between rich and poor children. B. They can learn something about Christmas customs. C. They can take home the toys made by themselves. D. They can get interesting Victorian style lessons. E. [细节理解题。根据Victorian Toys局部“During the session the chil...
Queen Victoria looked at all the children and smiled. "Your grandmother has told me that you are good children," she said. "You can play with my grandchildren and stay to tea." 维多利亚女王看着孩子们笑了。 她说:你们的祖母告诉我,你们都是好孩子。 你们可以和我的孙子孙女玩,然后留下了一起喝...
The Rich And The Poor While very few children actually attended school, there were two different realities: the rich and the poor. Children from rich families received homeschooling. In homeschooling, children would be taught by a governess, or a female teacher. The only notable thing here is...
There was a big difference between rich and poor in Victorian times. Rich people could afford lots of treats like holidays, fancy clothes, and even telephones when they were invented. Poor people – even children – had to work hard in factories, mines or workhouses. They didn’t get paid...
During the 19th century,rich children had more factory-made toys to choose from:dolls and doll's houses,tea-sets and toy shops with toy fruit,vegetables, meat,hats and medicines.Other popular toys were sailing boats and Noah's Arks. Many children from poor families lived in poor conditions...
Twenty years ago, just one in nine children were assessed as having a clinically recognisable mental health problem, that figure is now one in five - rising to nearly one in four for those aged 17-19. After higher benefits, the mostdeprivedcite improved mental and physical hea...
Topics addressed include a biographical overview of her life, Jeune's identity and scholastic reception within the larger context of other contemporary Victorian women prose writers, and her focus on the themes of fallen women, New Women, and poor children in her writing.DAVIS...
The four main class distinctions of the time were the upper class, which consisted of royalty and the very wealthy: the middle class, represented by educated professionals; the working class, dominated by those with sparse to no education; and the underclass, the very poor. It was extremely ...