This document provides instructions for a webquest on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It includes 7 questions that require the reader to: 1) Identify Tiny Tim's disease, 2) Explain what a Union Workhouse was like based on two provided links, 3) Identify the main ingredients and container of Plum Pudding and Smoking Bishop, 4) Create a timeline of 6 important events in Charles Dickens' life from a provided website, 5) List 5 hardships faced by child laborers in Victorian Times, 6) Explain how the parlor game "Twenty Guesses" was played, and 7) Print their answers to receive a surprise.

1. Complete this webquest on our story and learn more
about Charles Dickens, Victorian times, and Ebenezer Scrooge!
1. Tiny Tim was a little boy who had an illness which made it
difficult for him to walk without a crutch. What disease did
he have?
2. When Scrooge is asked to donate money to the poor, he
refuses and asks, “Are there no prisons? And Union
workhouses?” What is a Union Workhouse? What was it
like? What did they eat? (Be sure to visit both
links for lots of information)
3. Plum Pudding and Smoking Bishop are two
treats mentioned in A Christmas Carol. What are
their main ingredients? What did they make it in? (Scroll
down the left-hand side, you’ll find it)
4. Visit this website and select six or more important events
in Charles Dickens’ life. Place the events on a timeline in
correct order.
5. Create a list of at least 5 hardships that child laborers
(Working Children) faced during Victorian Times.
6. Back then, parlor games where played at holiday
gatherings. Scrooge watches as his nephew and guests
play, “Twenty Guesses.” Explain how
one of these games are played.
7. Once you have answered all of the
above questions – print your answers
and then click here for a surprise!!!