Introduction | Task | Process| Sources for Research | Group Responsibilities| The Final Product | Evaluation | Conclusion

Task

The year is 1880 and you and colleagues are investigative reporters for Puck Magazine. The Editor in Chief has assigned you to write a magazine article on the social and economic problems that affect London, Manchester and other urban centers as a result of the Industrial Revolution.  Since it is the job of a newspaper reporter to inform its readers, the Board of Directors of Puck has given you an unlimited expense account to investigate this controversial topic.

Your investigative report will help readers to arrive at their own conclusions about whether or not Great Britain should introduce legislation to assist cities affected by industrialization.

Public opinion is fast becoming an important factor in British politics.  Politicians and the public alike take notice of what is being reported and written in newspapers. 

Figure 1Queen Victoria, Prime Ministers Disraeli and Gladstone, and the homeless of London