VICTORIAN
Museum
By Estela, Ainhara, Noa and Ainhoa
ENTER
About the museum
Hello! This is our museum about the Victorian era. In this museum, we show many different situations between 1837-1901 approximately. You will also see the history and data from the many rooms and situations of this era.
We hope you like it!'
+ Info
Gallery
Work and Industry
Mines
Factories
Gallery
Gallery
Child labor
North and South
Gallery
Gallery
poverty and charity
Poverty
Institutional Charity
Oliver Twist
Contrast
The Home and the Middle/Upper Class
Manners and Behaviour
Home and Family Life
Clothes and Appearance
Free Time and Social Life
Social Advances and Problems
The Railway
Inventions
Contamination
Diseases
THAT'S ALL!
THANKS FOR WATCHING
By Estela, Ainhara, Noa and Ainhoa
Pollution
Pollution in the Victorian era was one of the most visible and deadly consequences of the Industrial Revolution.This had a major impact in Great Britain between the XIX and XX century. Coal was the main cause of this situation, this caused a toxic smog to form in the cities.
Industrial factories
Oliver Twist was published between 1837 and 1839, during the eight of the Industrial Revolution in Endgland.The factories were dark, dirty and dangerous. Workdays were 12 to 16 hours and the salarys weren't enough and too low, soo children were force to work. There weren't any safety. The factories and the industrial system of the XIX century generated extremly poverty and child explotation, a contex that Charles Dickens denounces in Oliver Twist through the life of an orphan boy who suffers the consequences of an unjust society.
Diseases
Institutional Charity
Diseases were the leading cause of death.The principal deseases were: ·Cholera ·Tuberculosis ·Typhoid fever ·Scarlet fever ·Smallpox ·Typhus. This happened generally because of the poor hygiene, the pollution, poverty...
Clothes and Appearance
Clothes showed social class.The upper-middle class wore clean, elegant and modest clothes. Women wore long dresses and simple accessories. Men wore suits and formal clothes. Margaret dresses were simply but correctly. Her clothes showed that she was respectable and educated, not rich or extravagant.
GALLERY
Home and Family Life
In the upper-middle class, the home was very important.Houses were clean, comfortable and well decorated. Family life was calm and ordered. Margaret Hale lived in a nice house. Her home was a place of education, values and respect. She learned how to behave correctly and help her family.
Inventions
The inventions of the Victorian era were primarily:The telephone The electric light bulb The fax machine The flush toilet The phonograph.They revolutionized communication, medicine and transportation. These inventions in Oliver Twist don't appear in a positive way; instead, they intensified poverty and social inequality.
The Railway
The railway was one of the greatest Victorian inventions. It was created on the century XIX, it connected cities, helped industry grow and allowed the rapid transport.The railway symbolized proggres, however, in the history of Oliver Twist he never gets benefits from it because of his difficult life.
Poverty
As the Industrial Revolution grew, many people moved to cities like London, causing overcrowding. Conditions were terrible in the poor districts called slums. People lived in misery, with no sanitation or clean water. Work was rare or poorly paid. Desease and hunger were normal and child poverty was out of control.
Images and information from Poverty and life in London in the Victorian Era.
GALLERY
GALLERY
Manners and Behaviour
Good manners are very important for this social class.People must be polite, calm and respectful. Margaret is kind, intelligent and serious. She speaks carefully and shows respect to others. She also learns how to behave in social situations, like visits and dinners.
GALLERY
Related to Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, in 1838, is a direct critique of this system. It shows:1. Charity failure, the workhouse: Oliver is born in the workhouse -Ch 1- and his life is hunger and abuse. When he asks for more, he is "sold" because the system wants to get rid of poor people -Ch 2-. 2. Street danger: The system forces Oliver to run away. Instead of a better life, he is trapped in Fagin's criminal world -Ch 5-, because criminals offer safety and food that the "legal" system denies him. Oliver's story stands out that Victorian "charity" created criminals. The cruelty of the workhouses prepared children to join thieves like Fagin and Bill Sikes.
Images and information from Charles Dickens' book - Oliver Twist.
History
Imagine walking through a city in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era, between 1837 and 1901. Society was divided: the rich lived in luxury, the middle class was growing, and many workers lived in difficult conditions. The Industrial Revolution changed everything: factories, trains, and cities grew very fast, but there was also hard work and children working. Women’s life was mainly at home, taking care of the family, although at the end of the century some women started to have more opportunities. People were interested in science, education, and literature, and some writers told stories about social problems. At the same time, the United Kingdom was a large empire with colonies around the world, which brought power but also inequality. Living in that time was full of contrasts: progress and difficulties, luxury and poverty, science and tradition.
Why the Victorian era?
Mines
During the Industrial Revolution, coal mines were essential to powering factories, trains, and cities. England was entirely dependent on them. They have 12-14 hours workday. Dark, cramped, and poorly ventilated spaces, with contsant risk of: cave collapse, gas explotions and suffocation. And that's not even mentioning the miserable salarys.
They've zero labor rights. Many miners died young or were left with serious lung diseases. One of the most frequent causes of death at that time, apart from diseases, were work accidents and the aftereffects they left.
Free Time and Social Life
Free time activities were quiet and cultural.People liked reading, walking, visiting friends and talking. Margaret enjoyed reading and long conversations. She also visited other families and went to social meetings. These activities helped her understand society and other people.
The contrast: True charity and workhouses
Oliver's story contrasts the institutional charity, -workhouse- with genuine compassion -Brownlow and Rose Maylie-.The official system treats Oliver like an object -for 5 pounds-. But Rose Maylie and Mr. Brownlow see him as an innocent person and give him the love and protection that the institutions didn't give him. The kindness of people like Nancy, who risks her life to save Oliver even though she lives with criminals, also highlights that humanity could be found even when the system failed completely.
Images and information from Charles Dickens' book - Oliver Twist.
Citations and references
The majority of this information is from Google pages about the Victorian Era and through reading the book of Oliver Twist. I also used the translator for a few words.
The images are from Google and from the book, too.
Institutional Charity
The main system for poor people was the Poor Law in 1834 and the workhouses. These places kept you, although in very poor conditions. The objective was doing life very disgusting with forced work, small meals, families separated... so that people would prefer to find any job before asking the state for help. Society saw poverty as a moral failure, not an economic one.
Images and information from the Institutional Charity including the Poor Law and the people lives in workhouses.
GALLERY
Strikes seen in "North and South"
Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South published in 1855) is a fundamental piece of Victorian realism that uses romance as a bridge to explore the violent birth of the industrial world.
In Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, the strikes symbolize the clash between industrial capitalism and workers' rights.
- They arose from wage cuts and harsh working conditions in Milton.
- Unionized workers versus employers defending their authority.
- The conflict culminated in a riot that exposed social inequality.
Child labor
The child labor was an important issue in the Industrial Revolution. We can see it in the book, althoug doesn't show directly the children working in a industrial factorie or a mine, but we can see children doing arduous task to get something to eat in they workhouses and we also see Oliver working like an apprentice to Mr. Sowerberry with only nine years old, while is being minstreatment by Noah. The child labor wasn't only the problem. Soo many times that chlidren who hasn't a work has to steal or join to street bands to survive. This was another thing we can see in "Oliver Twist", when Fagin manipulate and train children to steal, and then he keeps the profits to himself. During the Industrial Revolution most children strated to work or steal from only the age of five or six.
- Society forces poor chlidren into work.
- There is no protection for children.
- The system breeds crime and suffering.
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Transcript
VICTORIAN
Museum
By Estela, Ainhara, Noa and Ainhoa
ENTER
About the museum
Hello! This is our museum about the Victorian era. In this museum, we show many different situations between 1837-1901 approximately. You will also see the history and data from the many rooms and situations of this era.
We hope you like it!'
+ Info
Gallery
Work and Industry
Mines
Factories
Gallery
Gallery
Child labor
North and South
Gallery
Gallery
poverty and charity
Poverty
Institutional Charity
Oliver Twist
Contrast
The Home and the Middle/Upper Class
Manners and Behaviour
Home and Family Life
Clothes and Appearance
Free Time and Social Life
Social Advances and Problems
The Railway
Inventions
Contamination
Diseases
THAT'S ALL!
THANKS FOR WATCHING
By Estela, Ainhara, Noa and Ainhoa
Pollution
Pollution in the Victorian era was one of the most visible and deadly consequences of the Industrial Revolution.This had a major impact in Great Britain between the XIX and XX century. Coal was the main cause of this situation, this caused a toxic smog to form in the cities.
Industrial factories
Oliver Twist was published between 1837 and 1839, during the eight of the Industrial Revolution in Endgland.The factories were dark, dirty and dangerous. Workdays were 12 to 16 hours and the salarys weren't enough and too low, soo children were force to work. There weren't any safety. The factories and the industrial system of the XIX century generated extremly poverty and child explotation, a contex that Charles Dickens denounces in Oliver Twist through the life of an orphan boy who suffers the consequences of an unjust society.
Diseases
Institutional Charity
Diseases were the leading cause of death.The principal deseases were: ·Cholera ·Tuberculosis ·Typhoid fever ·Scarlet fever ·Smallpox ·Typhus. This happened generally because of the poor hygiene, the pollution, poverty...
Clothes and Appearance
Clothes showed social class.The upper-middle class wore clean, elegant and modest clothes. Women wore long dresses and simple accessories. Men wore suits and formal clothes. Margaret dresses were simply but correctly. Her clothes showed that she was respectable and educated, not rich or extravagant.
GALLERY
Home and Family Life
In the upper-middle class, the home was very important.Houses were clean, comfortable and well decorated. Family life was calm and ordered. Margaret Hale lived in a nice house. Her home was a place of education, values and respect. She learned how to behave correctly and help her family.
Inventions
The inventions of the Victorian era were primarily:The telephone The electric light bulb The fax machine The flush toilet The phonograph.They revolutionized communication, medicine and transportation. These inventions in Oliver Twist don't appear in a positive way; instead, they intensified poverty and social inequality.
The Railway
The railway was one of the greatest Victorian inventions. It was created on the century XIX, it connected cities, helped industry grow and allowed the rapid transport.The railway symbolized proggres, however, in the history of Oliver Twist he never gets benefits from it because of his difficult life.
Poverty
As the Industrial Revolution grew, many people moved to cities like London, causing overcrowding. Conditions were terrible in the poor districts called slums. People lived in misery, with no sanitation or clean water. Work was rare or poorly paid. Desease and hunger were normal and child poverty was out of control.
Images and information from Poverty and life in London in the Victorian Era.
GALLERY
GALLERY
Manners and Behaviour
Good manners are very important for this social class.People must be polite, calm and respectful. Margaret is kind, intelligent and serious. She speaks carefully and shows respect to others. She also learns how to behave in social situations, like visits and dinners.
GALLERY
Related to Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, in 1838, is a direct critique of this system. It shows:1. Charity failure, the workhouse: Oliver is born in the workhouse -Ch 1- and his life is hunger and abuse. When he asks for more, he is "sold" because the system wants to get rid of poor people -Ch 2-. 2. Street danger: The system forces Oliver to run away. Instead of a better life, he is trapped in Fagin's criminal world -Ch 5-, because criminals offer safety and food that the "legal" system denies him. Oliver's story stands out that Victorian "charity" created criminals. The cruelty of the workhouses prepared children to join thieves like Fagin and Bill Sikes.
Images and information from Charles Dickens' book - Oliver Twist.
History
Imagine walking through a city in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era, between 1837 and 1901. Society was divided: the rich lived in luxury, the middle class was growing, and many workers lived in difficult conditions. The Industrial Revolution changed everything: factories, trains, and cities grew very fast, but there was also hard work and children working. Women’s life was mainly at home, taking care of the family, although at the end of the century some women started to have more opportunities. People were interested in science, education, and literature, and some writers told stories about social problems. At the same time, the United Kingdom was a large empire with colonies around the world, which brought power but also inequality. Living in that time was full of contrasts: progress and difficulties, luxury and poverty, science and tradition.
Why the Victorian era?
Mines
During the Industrial Revolution, coal mines were essential to powering factories, trains, and cities. England was entirely dependent on them. They have 12-14 hours workday. Dark, cramped, and poorly ventilated spaces, with contsant risk of: cave collapse, gas explotions and suffocation. And that's not even mentioning the miserable salarys.
They've zero labor rights. Many miners died young or were left with serious lung diseases. One of the most frequent causes of death at that time, apart from diseases, were work accidents and the aftereffects they left.
Free Time and Social Life
Free time activities were quiet and cultural.People liked reading, walking, visiting friends and talking. Margaret enjoyed reading and long conversations. She also visited other families and went to social meetings. These activities helped her understand society and other people.
The contrast: True charity and workhouses
Oliver's story contrasts the institutional charity, -workhouse- with genuine compassion -Brownlow and Rose Maylie-.The official system treats Oliver like an object -for 5 pounds-. But Rose Maylie and Mr. Brownlow see him as an innocent person and give him the love and protection that the institutions didn't give him. The kindness of people like Nancy, who risks her life to save Oliver even though she lives with criminals, also highlights that humanity could be found even when the system failed completely.
Images and information from Charles Dickens' book - Oliver Twist.
Citations and references
The majority of this information is from Google pages about the Victorian Era and through reading the book of Oliver Twist. I also used the translator for a few words.
The images are from Google and from the book, too.
Institutional Charity
The main system for poor people was the Poor Law in 1834 and the workhouses. These places kept you, although in very poor conditions. The objective was doing life very disgusting with forced work, small meals, families separated... so that people would prefer to find any job before asking the state for help. Society saw poverty as a moral failure, not an economic one.
Images and information from the Institutional Charity including the Poor Law and the people lives in workhouses.
GALLERY
Strikes seen in "North and South"
Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South published in 1855) is a fundamental piece of Victorian realism that uses romance as a bridge to explore the violent birth of the industrial world.
In Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, the strikes symbolize the clash between industrial capitalism and workers' rights.
Child labor
The child labor was an important issue in the Industrial Revolution. We can see it in the book, althoug doesn't show directly the children working in a industrial factorie or a mine, but we can see children doing arduous task to get something to eat in they workhouses and we also see Oliver working like an apprentice to Mr. Sowerberry with only nine years old, while is being minstreatment by Noah. The child labor wasn't only the problem. Soo many times that chlidren who hasn't a work has to steal or join to street bands to survive. This was another thing we can see in "Oliver Twist", when Fagin manipulate and train children to steal, and then he keeps the profits to himself. During the Industrial Revolution most children strated to work or steal from only the age of five or six.