See why it was so important for people like Scrooge to change their ways and give to the poor when they could. Why do you think it took so long to make an education law?

Read more about the working conditions for most people in London.

Scroll down to "The Poor" and read more about the Poor Law and the Workhouses that Scrooge mentions when talking to the charity workers who try to get him to make a donation (the Thin and Portly Do-Gooders). Who took care of the poor before the Poor Law was enacted? Why do you think the poor tried to avoid going to the workhouses?

These are the original illustrations used in Charles Dickens' book A Christmas Carol. Some of the pictures show images of things we haven't read about yet, but they may be useful in getting some ideas for any of the three choices for the project.

See some fashions from the Victorian Era, including items people wished they could wear, and what they had to wear.

Click on the picture to see more male fashions of the time, but these were for the rich.