SOTW 4 Assignments (most rely on further research/reading)

Chapter 1: In what ways did the lot of ordinary people improve during the Victorian era? Show me a good plan before you write.

Chapter 2 Read the poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’. Write an ‘eye witness’ account of the incident for a newspaper.

Chapter 5: Research the life of Samuel Mudd and write a brief biography. Show me a detailed plan before you write.

Chapter 8: What were the advantages and disadvantages of the coming of the railways to Britain? Think hard about the structure, and show me a plan before you write.

Chapter 16: “Carnegie… was no better than an outlaw… [he] had stolen the work of others and taken it for himself.” Discuss. This is an ‘on the one hand… on the other hand’ essay. Try to use a hook this time.