Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/ (this is hereafter referred to as the homepage)
Click on “Britain’s Industrial Revolution,” then the “Who Wants to be a Cotton Millionaire?” game.
Play the game twice and alter your decisions the second time. In your notebook or in a new document, respond to the following prompt after you’ve played: (1) How did the various decisions you made affect your level of success?
Return to the homepage and click “Daily life in Victorian Britain.” Click on “Tudors and Victorians: Dressing Up” and dress up the characters. (2) Which period of dress seems preferable (and why)? (3) Also, how do you see Victorian middle-class values reflected in their dress?
Click on “Welfare and health in Victorian Britain” and open the “Muck and Brass” simulation game. As with the cotton millionaire, play the game a couple of times to see how different decisions you make affect your results, and respond to the same prompt: (4) how did the various decisions you made affect your level of success? (5) Also, did you find this decision-making simulation more or less of a challenge than being a cotton millionaire? Explain.
With the remainder of your time, you are free to explore the other parts of the website. Return to the homepage and click on the various links and see what looks interesting to you. There are several good visuals, videos and articles. (6) Look at anything that strikes your fancy (how very Victorian!) and record any five interesting facts or tidbits you discovered.
Whatever you do not finish during this class period will be homework. Please hand in your responses tomorrow in class.
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