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Downton Abbey

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Downton

Abbey is a fictional story set in England about an aristocratic English family and the servants who live and work in their home.

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The time period in which the story takes place is 1912 to 1919. They call this time in English history

the “Edwardian Age.”

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The characters live in Yorkshire, England in a large castle. Yorkshire is about 200 miles from London.

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Meet the Family

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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

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Lord Grantham takes care of Downton

Abbey. He is married to Cora, and is the father of Mary, Edith and Sybil.

His dog is named Isis (she’s a girl dog)

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The Sisters

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Lady Mary is the oldest sister. She has to marry a gentleman because she is an aristocrat and does not have a job.

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An aristocrat is a rich person who owns property and who may also have a title and servants to take care of them.

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They take care of the estate, hunt, go to parties and do charity work.

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Lady Edith is the middle sister. She is often jealous of her older sister and sometimes they argue.

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Lady Sybil is the youngest sister. She has modern ideas and wants to work and earn a living. She does not want to be an aristocrat.

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Lady Sybil learns how to be a nurse and helps wounded soldiers get better when war breaks out.

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Lady Sybil and the chauffeur are both interested in politics. They fall in love and get married after the war.

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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

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Lady Grantham is Lord Grantham’s mother and the girls’ grandmother. She likes to give advice to her granddaughters.

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Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

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Lady Cora is the mother of Mary, Edith and Sybil. She was born in America. She became a countess when she married the Earl.

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Matthew Crawley and Mrs. Crawley

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Mrs. Crawley is the mother of Matthew, who is a lawyer.

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Matthew was not an aristocrat until a cousin died. Now he is going to inherit the estate and be very rich.

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When war comes, he goes to fight and gets hurt. But the family helps him get better.

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Then Matthew and Mary fall in love.

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Meet the Servants

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Carson, the butler, is in charge of all the servants.

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Mrs. Hughes is the housekeeper and makes sure the maids do their job.

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Mr. Bates is Lord Grantham’s valet. He helps him dress and take care of things.

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O’Brien is the lady’s maid to Lady Grantham. She helps her dress and helps her when she is sick.

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Mrs. Patmore is the cook. Daisy is her helper.

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The servants are kind. They teach Sybil how to cook.

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Anna is a housemaid and she also helps the daughters dress.

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Thomas and William are footmen. They serve dinner and tea.

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People like

Downton Abbey because the times were so different in the old days. But everyone can relate to stories about love, work, and family. The end!

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History 1912-1914

1912

William Taft is President of the U.S. and George V is the King of England.

The empress of China is forced to abdicate, ending 2000 years of imperial rule. The Republic of China is formed.

The first cherry blossom trees are planted in Washington, DC.

The cruise ship the Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks, 1513 people die and 700 survive.

Baseball stadiums open around the U.S.

Ladies wear long dresses and corsets.

Beatrix Potter is writing children’s books.

The music of Irving Berlin is popular.

Freud and others form a committee to study psychoanalysis

1913

Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28

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President of the U.S.

The U.S. starts federal income taxes

Women demand the right to vote

War breaks out in Eastern Europe

The Lincoln Highway opens: first U.S. paved coast-to-coast highway, from Times Square, NY to Lincoln Park, San Francisco.

Ghandi

stands up for rights in India

Charlie Chaplin starts making movies

1914

Henry Ford produces Model T cars using the assembly line method.

World War I begins: Germany, France, Britain, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Russia, etc.

First traffic light installed (Cleveland, Ohio)

U.S. Post Office uses an automobile to collect and deliver mail

Dada art movement

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History: 1915-1917

1915WW1 continues all over Europe

Germany torpedoes the British ocean liner the Lusitania and 1113 people die (many other ships)

Ku Klux Klan becomes active in Georgia

Albert Einstein publishes scientific theory of relativity

1916

Norman Rockwell’s first Saturday Evening Post cover

Coca cola is sold in markets

Babe Ruth sets baseball records

Woodrow Wilson is re-elected President

Child labor laws pass

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U.S. enters WW1 by declaring war on Germany

Tsar Nicholas abdicates his throne in Russia and is imprisoned with his family by the Bolsheviks

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History: 1918-1919

1918

After being denied asylum in Britain, the Tsar and his family are murdered by revolutionaries in Russia.

U.S. and Britain give women the right to vote.

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daylight savings time in U.S.

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airmail postal service in U.S.

Deadly Spanish Flu

World War 1 ends

Puccini’s operas become popular in U.S.

Claude Monet paints water lilies paintings

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Prohibition of alcohol in U.S.

Grand Canyon made a national park

Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Italy

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U.S. air passenger service starts

Race riots around the U.S.

U.S. born Lady Astor is elected first female member of British Parliament

Bauhaus design movement begins

Records and

victrolas

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