Four-page Illustrated notes covering 19th century attitudes to race, religion, gender roles, and homosexuality. Useful to develop and deepen an understanding of the origins of some modern attitudes. Suitable for KS3/4. Good starter to lead into group work comparing contemporary experiences, and continuity and change in experiences through time.
Key points covered:
Race: eugenics, attitudes to people from “black”, “oriental” and “celtic” backgrounds;
Religion: anti-Semitism, enthusiasm for Islam, fear of Roman Catholicism;
Women: “the fairer sex”, education, domestic abuse, divorce, property rights;
Homosexuals: “unnatural”, capital punishment, “social death”, Oscar Wilde.
Includes five-page set of photographs, which can be used as discussion prompts. The images are provocative.
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