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The Victorians
Websites to visit
Website 1
Discover all aspects of Victorian life, from the period's staggering achievements to its deep social problems, with slide shows, posters, diaries, newspaper accounts and sound clips.
Website 2
Fascinating facts about Queen Victoria and Victorian times. (For information about the Queen, Victorian inventions and more, click on the left menu.)
Website 3
Browse a scrapbook - complete with diary entries, photos and film clips - all about the life of Queen Victoria.
Website 4
Test your sense of Victorian manners with an online game.
Website 5
Take a tour of a workhouse.
Website 6
Listen to case studies of convicted Victorian criminals and learn more about crime and punishment in Victorian Britain. (Click on "Case Studies".)
Website 7
Find out about Victorian children at work, school and play, with animations, quizzes and activities.
Website 8
Follow a day in the life of a Victorian family, see lots of original artifacts and play with Victorian toys online.
Website 9
Travel back in time and explore the rooms of a Victorian home. (Move your mouse over each scene to find out more about everyday life.)
Website 10
Victorian food facts, recipes to try at home and video clips of how to prepare some Victorian meals.
Website 11
Explore a Victorian grocery store.
Website 12
Create a Victorian village with model buildings to print out and construct.
Website 13
Meet Disraeli, Gladstone and other Victorian leaders on an animated timeline of 19th century politics. (Click on "Launch the timeline" then "Start" and then "1800". To move up the timeline, use the triangle arrows at the top and bottom of the pop-up box.)
Website 14
Take a virtual tour of the Houses of Parliament today. (Scroll down and click on "Victoria Tower" to visit a section of Parliament that was built during Victoria's reign, after a fire destroyed many of the old buildings in 1834.)
Website 15
Watch a video about a day at the Great Exhibition, 1851.
Website 16
See examples of Pre-Raphaelite works of art, Britain’s first modern art movement. (Scroll down and click on the thumbnails to see larger versions, or find video clips of art historians talk about two key Pre-Raphaelite paintings.)
Website 17
Try your luck as a Victorian cotton entrepreneur, take a quiz on women's rights or find out about life for Victorian children. (Click on "British History" and click on Victorian topics.)
Website 18
Watch animations of Stephenson's Rocket and other Victorian inventions. (Click on "Victorian Technology and Innovation" then one of the animations.)
Website 19
Find out how the famine affected people of Northern Ireland.
Website 20
Online guides to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, Elizabeth Fry and George Stephenson, with games and quizzes.
Website 21
Meet Charles Dickens in an animated look at his life.
Website 22
Find out about events in Dickens' life and the Victorian period with an interactive timeline. (Click on the "Flash Version" link then maximize the pop-up box.)
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About this book
History of Britain
The Victorians
- From slums and steelworks, to the British Empire and the Great Exhibition, this book tells the story of life in Victorian Britain.
- Full of intriguing facts, illustrations, detailed reconstructions, paintings and maps.
- Includes links to websites to find out more information via the Usborne Quicklinks Website.
Ruth Brocklehurst
When she wasn’t out riding her bike or making things out of loo rolls and scraps of fabric, Ruth Brocklehurst spent much of her childhood reading – especially historical novels and whodunits. Since joining Usborne in 2000, she has written and edited countless books on everything from craft activities and history, to creative writing, space exploration and dinosaurs. If she could go back in time she’d like to meet Mary Queen of Scots.
Reader Reviews
A good read
This is a brilliant book with lots of information. I especially liked reading the bit about trains and their development. I definitely recommend it!
Emily, 13th December 2014
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