Education of Victorian Britain

Who had education system in their hands?

• Church and teachers

• Philanthropists and teachers

• Philanthropists and church

Ragged schools were developed by

• John Pounds

• poor women

• uneducated women

• Thomas Guthrie

Ragged schools were

• focusing on sports and religion

• set up to provide free basic education

• a form of private schools

Girls didn't go to school.

• True

• False

At the end of Victorian era literacy rates

• increased

• decreased

• remained the same

Girls were taught:

• Geography

• sewing

• history

• maths

• drawing

Education at this time varied greatly between both social classes and genders.

• False

• True

Private schools weren't male-only and they didn't cost money to attend.

• False

• True

Private schools were heavily focused on subjects like maths.

• True

• False

Dame schools were set up by women who were wealthy.

• True

• False