PPT-The Victorian Period (1832-1901)

Collection Notes 6 Victorian Period 18321901 Collection Notes from your text What social and political factors affected life in Victorian England What did Victorians value How did discoveries in science affect peoples beliefs. 1830-1900. London becomes most important city in Europe. Population of London expands from two million to six million. Shift from ownership of land to modern urban economy. Impact of industrialism. Increase in wealth. 1830-1902. A Time of Change. London becomes most important city in Europe. Population of London expands from two million to six million. Shift from ownership of land to modern urban economy. Impact of industrialism. Period and Oscar Wilde. 1832-1900. England. Victorian Period. Queen Victoria took throne in 1837 (at 18). Long reign, died in 1901 (at 82). England became wealthiest nation . British Empire expansion . Danielle Gunkel Apex . 6. See Background information in Speaker Notes below. Dainty Work for Pleasure and Profit. Addie E. Heron. Chicago: . Danks. , 1891. Image Retrieved from: . http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/agents/case6.html. Queen Victoria (1837-1901). Division of the era in time: three periods:. 1830–1850: period of relative instability, unrest, social protests, Chartist movement in the centre, discontent after the first Reform Bill. Matt Joyce. 3. rd. Period. Ms. . Munley. Table of Contents. Renaissance – 1485- 1680. Enlightenment – 1650- 1800. Romanticism – 1798 – 1870. Realism – 1820-1920 . Victorian Period – 1837- 1901. Optimism and the Belief in Progress. Britain's power, wealth, and self confidence . encouraged optimism and a belief in progress. Ideal family life . (symbolized by the royal family itself) was central to Victorian culture. AP English Lit. & Comp.. Victorian Britain. W. hen you hear “the Victorian era,” what comes to mind?. You might think of women in high-neck dresses, or the Queen of England.. During the Victorian era Britain was economically and culturally the world’s most powerful nation.. Queen Victoria. Reigned from 1837-1901. The industrial revolution. Benefits for the Middle Class. New towns. New goods. New wealth. New jobs. “The hungry forties”. On the whole, the Victorian era was characterized by economic depression. On an average, there were 1.5 million unemployed workers and their families on poverty relief.. Why are you wearing that???. Lesson Questions. How did people dress before 1900?. What is the Victorian Age?. What is the Edwardian Age?. Why does fashion change? . How did people dress in the Roaring Twenties?. 1830-1901 The Victorian Age The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Norton E The Young Victoria http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1040843545/ http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3175810329/ file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Cheryl/My Documents/My Pictures/Queen Victoria_IMDB.ht period of Queen Victoria's . reign. June . 1837 until her death . January 1901. It . was a long period of peace, prosperity, "refined sensibilities" and national self-confidence for the United . Kingdom. The following is an overview of the major periods in British literature we will be studying.. Please take notes on the timeline provided to you.. Your timeline will serve as a frame of reference as we move forward in the course.. Dr. Betül ALTAŞ. AN AGE OF EXPANSION. England. . changed. as . much. as it had in . all. of . its. . previous. . history. . . England. . reached. . its. . height. as a .