This activity encourages students to explore the real-life context of Oliver Twist, using a range of sources to find information about crime in 19th-century London. Students will work in groups to discover: the types of crimes that existed in London in the 19th century; children's involvement in crime; and why crime held such a fascination for Charles Dickens and the wider public. [PDF]

Concepts

close reading, crime and punishment, oliver twist

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Additional Tags

analysis, british library:dickens's oliver twist:the criminal world of 19th-century london, information retrieval, newgate calendar, synthesis, victorian london

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional