Focus on understanding poverty through the Cratchit family in “A Christmas Carol.”
Do Now Activity:
Label an image of the Cratchit Christmas.
Reflect on why Dickens included the Cratchit family.
Main Task:
Examine consequences of rapid urbanisation during the Victorian Era.
Discuss how the Cratchit family’s situation reflects the realities of many working-class families.
Explore how the Cratchit family’s home reflects living conditions of the poor.
Discuss how Dickens critiques social and economic disparities through the Cratchit family.
Independent Exploration:
Study an extract from “A Christmas Carol.”
Answer questions related to the extract.
Discussion on Malthusian Views:
Overview of Thomas Malthus’ theory on population and poverty.
Link Scrooge’s attitudes towards the poor to Malthusian and social Darwinist views.
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