ACC Context
Cards (5)
- Context regarding the industrial revolution* Coal* Britains population grew* Increase in poverty* A shift to powered special purpose machinery, factories and mass production* 18th century* Agricultural to industrial* Produce up to 3 times more energy* The demand for coal increased
- Context regarding victorian london* The victorian period follows the life and reign of queen victoria* In many ways, her reign was a 'golden age' for britain as the british empire expanded* Population had grown to 4.5 million* Londons poverty and housing issues also expanded* Well known buildings were constructed during this time
- Context regarding the poor law and workhouses* In 1834, a new poor law was introduced, some people welcomed because they believed it would:
- reduce the risk of looking after the poor
- Take beggars off the streets
- Encourage poor people to work hard to support themselves
* Poor were housed in workhouses and children would receive schooling* Work for several hours each day* Some people spoke out against poor law, calling the workhouses 'prisons for the poor' that determined the most vulnerable in the society* There were riots as they hated and feared the threat of the workhouses - Context regarding victorian prisons* 15 million prison admissions- some serving short sentences of less than 1 month* Prisons were damp, unhealthy, unsanitary and overcrowded* The prison treadmill was a treadmill with interior steps into two cast iron wheels* Treadmills were used as a method of exerting hard labour* Individual cells in the late 19th century* Victorian punishments were strict and severe* Prisons became the main form of punishment in this period
- Describe the form of a christmas carol- novella + ghost story* The chiristmas carol is a novella and a ghost story* It was traditional for ghost stories to be read at christmas time and this short novella form meant that the whole tale could be read aloud in one sitting