English · GCSE · Nineteenth-Century Novel
A Christmas Carol: the poor in 1840s Britain
gcse-enli-3-1-2-acc-xFree8:02Heddy Score 2 of 7, below the standardPlays from youtube-nocookie.com. No YouTube cookies until you press play.
What you need to know
- Workhouses and the Poor Law shaped the lives of the poor in the 1840s
- Dickens wrote the story partly to argue for help for poor children
- Contemporary ideas about too many poor people are mocked through Scrooge
In this clip
1:28–5:52A Christmas Carol: language, symbols and the narrator's voicegcse-enli-3-1-2-acc-m5:52–13:54A Christmas Carol: the poor in 1840s Britaingcse-enli-3-1-2-acc-xHeddy ScoreSeven checks every clip must pass before students see it: trusted, on the map, accurate, focused, accessible, safe, and proven by students.2/7, Below the standard
- Trusted source · passed. The creator's own upload, live and playable here.
- On the map · not judged yet. A teacher watched it: it mainly teaches this map topic.
- Spec-true · not judged yet. Accurate, and right for the current UK specification.
- Focused · passed. One idea, short enough to watch in one go.
- Accessible · not judged yet. Good captions, clear sound and pictures.
- Safe for children · not judged yet. Right for 11 to 16 year olds, with no sales pitch.
- Proven · not judged yet. Earned from our students: they learn from it, find it helpful and watch it to the end.
Our students
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Our own students' answers. These are what move ★7 Proven.Why we picked it
Higher-grade analysis of A Christmas Carol's methods and Victorian context; suits confident GCSE students.
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