Role Play Inspirations

In this excerpt from Household Words, Volume I page 253, the poem gives more insight into the life of an orphan during this time. It put into clearer context what Jo would be like during this Victorian period. This portion helped to write a scene for Jo. 

In this piece from Household Words Volume XIII, Gibbet Street talks of the thieves of London residing on this street. Surrounded by various luxurious places such as theaters and upscale shops. Gibbet Street is the one place that the bands of robbers call home. This helped tremendously to put the streets of London into context for the role play. Specifically for the presentation when we focused on crime and theft in the streets and Gibbet Street brought the Victorian street culture to life.

This piece from Household Words helped to put together our power point about the streets and put into context the effects of urbanization in the Industrial Revolution. 

All the Year Round Volume IX provided an excerpt about the Dress of Paris during the Victorian Era. The wealthy dressed elaborately, colorfully, and expensively. One would find people of all social classes occupying the street of London. For our role play we tried to exemplify what more wealthy women would be wearing by sporting clothing items just as long skirts, a blazer and sweater to represent jackets, and long boots. This enhanced the role play by showing what wealthy women might look like walking down the street.

Dawn Kelly