Group D Class in Victorian Society

Group Members:
Jennie G.
Christie L.
Nicole L.
William T.

- Parts 1 and 2
- victorian era, sciences and popular literature dominated the attitudes of the general public.
- Scientists and writers derived the idea of assigning similar stereotypical characteristics to the Irish, Blacks and peasants.
- The were considered unreasonable, iratiotional and childlike.
- Britain in the Victorian era was obsessed with social class, only the upper class could afford education.
- On average, income of aristocrat would be approximately 30 000 pounds and average income of typical soldier would be 25 pounds
-Parts 3
- children from the upper class educated by governess
- women 'married up' to gain money and titles. Important because inheritence the received after the death of their father was usually small
- parties and dancing amongst upper classes were what they did in leisure time
- upper class women had a lot of free time, women in other classes had to help out with family business.
Parts 4
- In a victorian society the different social classes were determined by inequalities in power, authority, wealth, working and living conditions, life-styles, life-span, education, religion and culture.
- the working class, middle class and upper class were in widespread usage. Those who lived in povery, the under class were referred to as the sunken people
- the upper class maintained control over the political system, depriving the working class and middle class of influence in political process. The working class became hostile to the aristocracy as well as the middle class
Part 5
-Britain had a relatively good economic condition in the Victorian era but this wealth was divided unequally
- Britain produced a third of the world's coal and owned about one third of the world's total manufactures.
- Industrial revolution spurred on a huge population growth which produced a lot of unskilled workers and kept wages at a bare minimum.
- produced a large social class known as the working class. These people lived in relatively poor conditions

Bibliography:
(www.wikipedia.org/ - Victorian Era)
(www.victorianweb.org/ - Economic Contexts)