Some peoplespoke out againstthe new Poor Law,calling theworkhouses‘Prisons for thePoor’.He was critical ofthe ‘poor laws’,which he feltencouraged largefamilies by helpingthe poor too much.In addition to this,it was commonlythought that thepeople were poorbecause theylacked moral fiberand were lazy.Wealthy womenwere not allowedto work at thistime, and wereresponsible forrunning the house.Sir Thomas Malthusbelieved that theVictorian populationwas growing too fastand quickly to be ableto support itself andthis would eventuallylead to famine anddisease. by the end of thecentury it hadbecome the biggestannual celebrationand took on theform that werecognise todayPoor Lawswereintroducedin 1984There waslittlesympathy forthe plight ofthe poorWorkhouses werewhere poor peoplewho had no job orhome lived. Theyearned their keepby doing jobs inthe workhouse. The Victorianera is theperiod ofQueenVictoria's reignSome peoplespoke out againstthe new Poor Law,calling theworkhouses‘Prisons for thePoor’.He was critical ofthe ‘poor laws’,which he feltencouraged largefamilies by helpingthe poor too much.In addition to this,it was commonlythought that thepeople were poorbecause theylacked moral fiberand were lazy.Wealthy womenwere not allowedto work at thistime, and wereresponsible forrunning the house.Sir Thomas Malthusbelieved that theVictorian populationwas growing too fastand quickly to be ableto support itself andthis would eventuallylead to famine anddisease. by the end of thecentury it hadbecome the biggestannual celebrationand took on theform that werecognise todayPoor Lawswereintroducedin 1984There waslittlesympathy forthe plight ofthe poorWorkhouses werewhere poor peoplewho had no job orhome lived. Theyearned their keepby doing jobs inthe workhouse. The Victorianera is theperiod ofQueenVictoria's reign

Victorian Context bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
  1. Some people spoke out against the new Poor Law, calling the workhouses ‘Prisons for the Poor’.
  2. He was critical of the ‘poor laws’, which he felt encouraged large families by helping the poor too much.
  3. In addition to this, it was commonly thought that the people were poor because they lacked moral fiber and were lazy.
  4. Wealthy women were not allowed to work at this time, and were responsible for running the house.
  5. Sir Thomas Malthus believed that the Victorian population was growing too fast and quickly to be able to support itself and this would eventually lead to famine and disease.
  6. by the end of the century it had become the biggest annual celebration and took on the form that we recognise today
  7. Poor Laws were introduced in 1984
  8. There was little sympathy for the plight of the poor
  9. Workhouses were where poor people who had no job or home lived. They earned their keep by doing jobs in the workhouse.
  10. The Victorian era is the period of Queen Victoria's reign