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