Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/alices-adventures-in-wonderland

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
2. What is the university affiliation?Mathematics don at the University of Oxford
3. What is the year of first publication?1865
4. What is "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" about?It follows Alice as she falls down a rabbit hole into a world where animals talk and everyday rules are turned upside down.
5. Why did the book change the way children read?It moved away from strict moral lessons and instead focused on delighting and entertaining readers with imagination.

Literary Nonsense: A genre characterized by playful language, illogical narratives, and absurd characters, often challenging conventional reasoning.
Didacticism in Literature: The tendency for literary works to convey moral instruction, a style largely eschewed by Carroll in favor of entertainment.
Victorian Literature: The body of literary works produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), often marked by social commentary and detailed realism.
Anthropomorphism: The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object, a prevalent feature in Wonderland's inhabitants.