large buildings full of machines where people work making things are called factories

chimneys extend out of the roof of a building, they carry smoke from a fire  inside the building and allow it to be released into the sky

a spire is a tall, narrow,  pointed structure usually on top of a church tower

Factories in Britain during Victorian times

History

Victoria's 'melancholy' childhood

Victoria's accession to the throne

Victoria's proposal and marriage to Albert

Victoria's children

Victorian society

The Great Exhibition

Victoria, Scotland and John Brown

Victorian childhood

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?

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Only adults worked in factories in Victorian times.

large buildings full of machines where people work to make things

carries smoke from a fire inside a building upwards and out to the sky

a tall, narrow, point, usually on top of a church

Select all the problems of living in Victorian cities and towns.

All artists painted pretty pictures of cities in Victorian times. 

Gustave Doré's engraving 'Over London - By Rail' shows a {{ }} image of London.

William Wyld's painting 'Manchester from Kersal Moor' shows a {{ }} image of Manchester.

If you have a lot of money and own many expensive things, you are...

In Victorian society, classes were based on how wealthy people were.

What job did the ‘navvies’ in the painting do?

Who was the Queen at the time of Victorian society?

Classes in society were small groups, like classes at school.

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