society is a large group of people who share the same ruler, laws and resources

classes are groups of people based on the job they do or how much money they have

If you have a lot of money and own many expensive things then you are wealthy

Victorian society

History

Victoria's 'melancholy' childhood

Victoria's accession to the throne

Victoria's proposal and marriage to Albert

Victoria's children

Factories in Britain during Victorian times

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?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

a large group of people who share the same ruler, laws and resources

groups of people based on the job they do or how much money they have

True or False. Wealthy means someone doesn’t have much money.

Who was the ruler of the United Kingdom when Victorian society existed?

Select all the people that can be seen in the painting called ‘Work’.

A painting called ‘Work’ was painted in...

Queen Victoria wrote that babies looked….

How many children did Victoria and Albert have together?

Victoria and Albert's first child was a girl who was born in…

Which of Victoria and Albert’s children became king after Victoria died in 1901?

True or False. Chloroform became quite popular because Queen Victoria used it.

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