{"id":1789,"date":"2021-03-17T21:08:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/?page_id=1789"},"modified":"2022-08-05T20:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T20:25:57","slug":"olivertwist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/pw\/language\/olivertwist\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Plot of <\/em>Oliver Twist<\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Oliver is an orphan living in a workhouse. He is treated badly and runs away to London, where he meets Jack Dawkins and Fagin. Unfortunately, Oliver does not realise he is living with a criminal gang and gets arrested when they steal from wealthy Mr Brownlow.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Brownlow takes Oliver home and looks after him, but Fagin sends gang members to kidnap him, and forces Oliver to help with a burglary at another house. It goes wrong and Oliver is shot.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the gang and Mr Brownlow are both uncovering Oliver&#8217;s past and true identity.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 2px solid #99CC00\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Discover<\/span> more about Charles Dickens,<br \/>\nhis work and the period he lived in<br \/>\nthrough\u00a0the Library catalogue<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/dewey15.nled.org.uk\/ORL01\/#!dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in school<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 OR\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/#!dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at home<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Author &#8211; Charles Dickens<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/topics\/z7d7gwx\/articles\/z4j32sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who was Charles Dickens?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickens-online.info\/charles-dickens-biography.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A short biography of Charles Dickens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomestories.com\/asset\/view\/Charles-Dickens-Animated-Story-of-His-Life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Dickens animated life story<\/a> (Awesome stories)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N9dB9BZWDBU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(The video above may not be visible in school.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Themes &#8211; universal ideas<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Causes of crime, fear, good versus evil, identity, poverty.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>More to explore &#8211; motifs, symbols, context, setting<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>19th century London, baby farms, child labour, clothing, countryside, crime and punishment, funerals, Industrial Revolution, names, orphans, pets, police, social reform, street children, Victorian Britain, workhouses.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Did you know?<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Dickens wrote his novels to be published as a serial. Two or three chapters would appear each month in a periodical (magazine). <em>Oliver Twist<\/em> appeared gradually over two years between February 1837 and April 1839.<\/p>\n<p>The Poor Laws were updated in 1834. <em>Oliver Twist<\/em> starts to be published in February 1837, which suggests how worried Dickens was about their effect.<\/p>\n<p>You can discover more about the Motherwell Poorhouse at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workhouses.org.uk\/Dalziel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Workhouse<\/em> website<\/a> and through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk\/story\/life-in-the-poorhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CultureNL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Further reading<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border: 2px solid #99cc00\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Discover these titles and more<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em>through the Library catalogue<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/dewey15.nled.org.uk\/ORL01\/#!dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in school<\/a>\u00a0 OR\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/#!dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at home<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you enjoyed <em>Oliver Twist<\/em>, try these titles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktrust.org.uk\/book\/d\/dodger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Dodger<\/em><\/a> by Terry Pratchett tells the story of the Artful Dodger as a 17 year old as he wanders around London, rescuing a young girl from a beating, helping himself to the occasional pocket and bumping into famous people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=7306&amp;brKey=1072191079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Victorian workhouse : the diary of Edith Lorrimer, England 1871<\/em><\/a> by\u00a0 Pamela Oldfield is a diary of one young girl&#8217;s life. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=7306&amp;brKey=1072191079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktrust.org.uk\/book\/c\/coram-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Coram Boy<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamilagavin.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamila Gavin<\/a> tells the story of how one man tried to save more children in Victorian England. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=3142&amp;brKey=1394596428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library copies available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Sally Lockhart series<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philip-pullman.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philip Pullman<\/a> is about a young woman working as a detective in Victorian times. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=3516&amp;brKey=1385747203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library copies available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovereading4kids.co.uk\/book\/950\/Montmorency-by-Eleanor-Updale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Montmorency<\/em><\/a> by Eleanor Updale is also set in the 19th century and tells the story of a thief who ends up as an even more successful thief following a horrendous accident. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=6771&amp;brKey=1642374720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=5537&amp;brKey=1640066226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Great expectations<\/em><\/a> by Charles Dickens is about another young boy who grows up to be a wealthy man thanks to an unnamed benefactor. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=8618&amp;brKey=1282699086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesdickenspage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Charles Dickens Page<\/em><\/a> is full of additional information about the author.<\/p>\n<p>The British Library&#8217;s<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/people\/charles-dickens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Dickens<\/a><\/em> pages include lots of interesting background about his works and images from their own collection.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Literacy and Language<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Dickens&#8217; characters often have strange names, but when you look closer, you might notice something: the names are often full of puns that suggest what the character&#8217;s personality is like. Sometimes they can be difficult to spot because English vocabulary has changed since Dickens&#8217; was alive.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Numeracy<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Coins have changed since the 19th century. Sovereigns and guineas are mentioned in the book.<\/p>\n<p>How much are these coins worth? Can you find any other names for coins in the 19th century?<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Health and Wellbeing<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One of the most famous scenes in <em>Oliver Twist<\/em> involves Oliver asking for more food.<\/p>\n<p>The workhouse diet allows the boys &#8220;<em>three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll on Sundays<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Can you find out exactly what gruel is?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/eat-well\/food-guidelines-and-food-labels\/the-eatwell-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eatwell Guide<\/a> describes a healthy diet across one week. Can you identify the sort of foods that are missing. Does this suggest Oliver has a healthy diet?<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Rights Respecting Schools<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/?attachment_id=2138\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"113,117\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rrsa4squarelogo.png\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2138 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a> <strong>Article 12<\/strong> requires respect for the views of the child.<\/p>\n<p>Are Oliver&#8217;s opinions ever considered? What would he have disagreed with?<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Developing the Young Workforce<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2141\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/pw\/language\/dracula\/dyw2logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\" data-orig-size=\"134,118\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DYW2logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2141 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>Oliver is very successful in his work for the undertakers.<\/p>\n<p>What skills and qualities help him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plot of Oliver Twist Oliver is an orphan living in a workhouse. He is treated badly and runs away to London, where he meets Jack Dawkins and Fagin. Unfortunately, Oliver does not realise he is living with a criminal gang and gets arrested when they steal from wealthy Mr Brownlow. Mr Brownlow takes Oliver home &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/pw\/language\/olivertwist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"parent":890,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1789","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3685,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1789\/revisions\/3685"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}