Students
will identify characteristics of Victorian life and the Victorian
household
Students
will develop a vocabulary to discuss the style characteristics of
the Victorian home
Students
will create a timeline of technology and transportation developments
during the Victorian Era
Give students 5 to 10 minutes to write on the following prompt:
Describe
the scariest haunted house you can imagine. First, describe
what it looks like from the outside. Then when you go inside
what does it look like and how does it smell? What do the
sofas, tables, beds, etc. feel like? What do you hear?
When you go into the kitchen, what does the food taste like in your
haunted house? Use all your senses to describe the scariest
haunted house? You can draw some parts of the house, but you
must write a description.
Use
provided overhead
transparencies or PowerPoint
presentation and the EZ Content Blueprint "Some
Glimpses of Victorian Life" to introduce Victorian life.
Students should take notes on the introduction to Victorian Life.
Use Activity 1: Characteristics
of Style Memory Game
Flash cards and
memory game to learn and practice the style characteristics of Victorian
homes.
Use Activity 2: Technology
and Transportation Timeline
Timeline activity
to see how developments in transportation and technology affected
the Victorian Era.
Closing Assessment
Pose the following questions to students:
1.
Why were Victorian houses so elaborately decorated?
2.
What was the role of women in the Victorian household?
3.
What developments in technology and transportation led to the
rise of suburbs and explain how they helped?
Participation in writing prompt
Participation in note taking
Completed Activities 1 and 2
Correct answers to closing questions
