mines are deep holes dug in the ground to find precious materials like coal or metal

someone who sweeps the soot out of chimneys is called a chimney sweep

sources are things from the past that historians look at to try and find out what life was like at that time

Victorian childhood

History

Victoria's 'melancholy' childhood

Victoria's accession to the throne

Victoria's proposal and marriage to Albert

Victoria's children

Victorian society

Factories in Britain during Victorian times

The Great Exhibition

Victoria, Scotland and John Brown

Alice Kinloch and the Victorian British Empire

Victoria, Empress of India

Britain at the time of Victoria's death

In ‘Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?’ pupils build on their chronological and substantive understanding in a depth study of Queen Victoria and Victorian Britain. In ‘Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?’ they compare two significant individuals from different periods to develop this further.

In ‘Significant rulers from the past: what can their stories tell us?’ pupils continued to develop their chronological understanding whilst being introduced to various substantive concepts that relate to ruling. In ‘Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?’ pupils build on this in a depth study of a significant individual and the period in which they ruled.

This unit teaches students about life in Britain from 1837-1901. They learn about key events like Victoria's accession, the railways, and the Great Exhibition. The unit explores how her reign defines the period, technological advances, and connections within Britain and globally.

Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction of scary, confusing or unsettling events or characters placed in danger, including creation of a scary atmosphere through the use of music and sound.

Depiction or discussion of upsetting content

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

deep holes dug in the ground to find precious materials like coal

someone who sweeps the soot out of chimneys

Match the keyword to the correct definition.

Lots of poor Victorian children had to go to...

Only Victorian children that lived in cities had to work.

Children worked in mines because they were...

Burning coal in fireplaces made the chimneys...

A piece of land with a large house on it is called an ...

Why couldn’t Queen Victoria travel to Europe as planned in 1842?

Queen Victoria lived in Buckingham {{ }} in London, England.

Victoria and Albert were planning to go on holiday in Europe.

Victoria and Albert went on holiday to Scotland instead.

Victoria and Albert bought Balmoral estate.

Victorian childhood

Lesson outcome

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