Name:______Date:______Period:______A Christmas Carol Internet Scavenger Hunt
Charles Dickens
1. Go to the website: www.logicmgmt.com/1876/intro.htm 2. Read the introduction. 3. Now navigate through the menu items to find the answers to the following questions. 4. Bold words are clues for where to look.
Look under the “Family Gallery”: o What does Laurence, a member of the family, do for a living?
o How much does he make in US dollars?
o What do Sarah and Elizabeth have in common?
o Who is the most important paid member of the household staff and what does she do for a living?
Look Under “Tour Our Home”: o What is the most formal room in the house?
o Why is it rude for a gentleman to offer his seat to a lady in the parlour?
o What would you find in a water closet? Name:______Date:______Period:______A Christmas Carol Internet Scavenger Hunt
Look Under “A Typical Day” o Where do the children eat dinner?
o At what age is Richard expected to leave home for boarding school?
o How much time do children spend with their parents on a typical day?
o What is rule #4 for the school day in a Victorian Education?
Look Under “Victorian Etiquette” o Name a breach of Victorian Etiquette that involves gloves.
Look Under “Victorian Christmas” and then “Traditions”: o Christmas pudding is a tradition that is started how long before Christmas each year?
o For Traditional Holiday Fare, what was the choice of holiday food and how was it cooked for people of the lower classes?
Go the main page and look under “Victorian Period Overview.” Explain what life was like for the upper and lower classes during the Victorian Era. o In the period overview, what characterized the Victorian Age?
4. & 5. Go to www.charlesdickenspage.com
Look in Fast Facts.
o When was Charles Dickens born?
o Describe the defining moment in Dickens’ life. Name:______Date:______Period:______A Christmas Carol Internet Scavenger Hunt
6. Look in Dickens & Christmas
o When was A Christmas Carol written?
o What was Tiny Tim’s ailment (illness)?
7. Look in “The Novels” then click on---Christmas Carol
o How long did it take Dickens to write A Christmas Carol?
o Who paid for the publishing?
o Why were the profits low although many books were sold?
8. Look for the section titled, “Fifteen Bob A Week”
o What was the slang term for shilling (name for money in England)?
o How much money in shillings would Bob Cratchit have paid for a Christmas feast?
9. Look under the section titled “Ignorance and Want” and read the paragraph.
o What do ignorance and want stand for?
o Why was this important to Dickens?
10. Look under Dickens’ London and answer the following questions:
o What was the Victorian concept of poverty?
o What is a workhouse? Name:______Date:______Period:______A Christmas Carol Internet Scavenger Hunt
11. Go to http://www.gradesaver.com/a-christmas-carol/study-guide/major-themes/
Read the information under themes. Describe in your own words a theme within A Christmas Carol. An example of the theme would be similar to the moral of the story. Explain!