What was life like during the Victorian era? Images of crowded factories and lavish palaces may come to mind—and both would be accurate. Learn more about Britain during the 64-year reign of Queen Victoria with a series of informational...

In this English folk music worksheet, students read an article pertaining to the history of folk music in England from the times of the Industrial Revolution until the 1970s.

An overview of historians' views of the causes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and of the inventions, inventors, and industries that propelled it.

A series of lectures on the Industrial Revolution, written by one of the most famous economic historians of the nineteenth century.

Explains who the Chartists were and their first efforts to try to persuade the British Parliament to enact reforms for the working class. Their three petitions failed to move Parliament but increased the resolve of others to push for...

Discusses how Chartism took hold in Britain and the people who championed the movement.

Describes the three Charter petitions that the Chartists presented to Parliament between 1839 and 1848 and the government's response to each one.