The elephant man

The Victorian Era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign

Victoria's reign lasted for 63 years

During this time many artistic styes, literary schools, as well as social, political and religious movements flourished.

The Victorian Era was also a time of tremendous scientific progress and ideas

Some great novelists such as Emily, Anne and Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Oscar Wilde and Charles Dickens, come from this era

Stagecoaches, canals, steam ship and the railways became very popular and facilitated trade and industry

A great engineering feat in the Victorian Era was the sewage system in London

19th century Britain saw a huge population increase accompanied by rapid urbanization stimulated by the industrial revolution

There were thousands of domestic servants in London and many children also had to work to help their poor families

Queen Victoria died in the year 1901

What do you think happens in the Elephant Man? Say whether or not you think these sentences are true or false.

The Elephant Man is a true story

The Elephant Man was abandoned by his mother at birth

People treated the Elephant Man like an animal

The Elephant Man is a bad person

Children like the Elephant Man

The Elephant Man finds a wife

The Elephant Man goes to live in a hospital

The Elephant Man has a trunk growing out of his face

The Elephant Man lives to be an old man

The Elephant Man is murdered