On the reference page of the course web site:
Mitchell, Sally, ed. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1988.
Weinre, Ben and Christopher Hibbert, eds. The London Encyclopaedia. New York : St. Martin's Press.

On the electronic reference page:
The Victorian Web
Dictionary of Victorian London

On the Victorian culture page, the books by Altick, Gilmour, Houghton and Tucker all treat a variety of topics, from attitudes (esp. Houghton) to categories like religion (Altick) or the religious life (Tucker) and so on.

Organize your presentation as you would an expository essay.

• Begin with an overview
• Delineate key features of the topic. I suggest that you focus on three or four.
• Provide examples to illustrate these features. These can literally be visual illustrations, but
  you can also simply give examples.

Other hints

• When discussing social practices avoid generalizing too much. Practices varied widely depending on the status and wealth, or poverty, of the individuals involved. If you are discussing education, for example, you might report both on education for the well-to-day and education for the poor.
• You can confine yourself to the social milieu of the novel under discussion, but make it clear that you are doing so.