During the Victorian Era from 1837 to 1901, society in England was strictly stratified into three classes. The upper class did not have to work and enjoyed a life of luxury, fine clothing, education, and leisure activities. The middle class had some amenities but had to work harder than the upper class. The working/lower class lived in poverty, wore ragged clothes, were not educated, and had to perform difficult manual labor for long hours with little pay. Overall, the higher one's social class, the less one had to work and the more access they had to comforts, privileges and power.

1. The Victorian Era:
Social Classes
1837- 1901

2. Different Levels of Society
• Upper Class Upper
• Middle Class Class
• Working Class
Middle
Class
Working Class

4. And OBVIOUSLY…

7. Working/Lower Class

8. In Conclusion…
• At the end we realized that the higher society people worked less
and still had more money. The wore fine clothes and experienced
and enjoyed things lower class couldnt, they also didnt have to
work much.They higher class was also the only class where women
completed education and signified availability for marriage.
• The middle class was just in the middle and had some of the
luxuries the higher class did, but not all. They wore regular clothes,
had limited money and would have to work harder then the higher
class.
• The lower class had the least accessories of life. They wore second -
hand and often torn clothes, they were not allowed to participate in
any entertainment or sports. They had to work the most but
however given the least or no money.

9. Bibliography
• Pictures:
Title Picture:
Victorian Era. Photograph. A Victorian Passage. By John Crowell. Web. 28 Nov.
2011. <http://www.gymnasium-meschede.de/projekte/projekt12-
05/Englisch/social_aspects.htm>.
Working Class:
Photograph. Victorian Bishopgate.jpg - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. C. Lodge.
Web. 29 Nov. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victorian_Bishopgate.jpg>
Midddle Class
Wise, Daniel. Making of a Homemaker. 1855. Photograph. Smithsonian
Institutional Libraries, New York. Smithsonian Institution Libraries Homepage. Web.
29 Nov. 2011. <http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/making-homemaker/intro.htm>.
Upper Class:
Strömer, Jonathan, and Daniel Matuschke. "Social Classes." The Victorian Age.
Web. 28 Nov. 2011. <http://www.gymnasium-meschede.de/projekte/projekt12-
05/Englisch/social_aspects.htm>.