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Britain at the time of Victoria's death

I can describe how Britain had changed by the time of Queen Victoria's death.

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Year 2

Britain at the time of Victoria's death

I can describe how Britain had changed by the time of Queen Victoria's death.

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Key learning points

  1. Queen Victoria died in 1901 having reigned for 63 years; only Elizabeth II reigned for longer.
  2. By the time of Victoria's death, Britain had changed a great deal.
  3. Britain's empire had continued to grow, with Britain controlling land across six of the world's continents.
  4. Laws now protected children from working at a young age, and gave them the right to free education.
  5. Laws had been passed to clean up dirty cities and to build new sewers and water supplies.

Keywords

  • Laws - laws are the rules of a country that all people must follow

  • Education - education is the act of learning

Common misconception

That when Queen Victoria died, then Queen Elizabeth II became queen.

There were other monarchs in between Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II was the next female monarch but she did not become queen until 50 years after Queen Victoria died.

For extra challenge, ask pupils to correct the false statements in Task A.
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Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
In 1876, Victoria became the Empress of...
Correct Answer: India, india
Q2.
Queen Victoria was also Empress of Great Britain.
True
Correct answer: False
Q3.
India was part of the British Empire until...
1847
Correct answer: 1947
2007
Q4.
Abdul Karim was a loyal servant to Queen for 14 years.
Correct Answer: Victoria, victoria
Q5.
Abdul Karim was treated by some of the other servants.
fairly
Correct answer: unfairly
Q6.
Queen Victoria's royal household included...
Correct answer: servants who helped her.
the Prime Minister who helped her.
everyone in the country.
everyone in the British Empire.

6 Questions

Q1.
Queen Victoria died in...
1801
Correct answer: 1901
2001
Q2.
Victoria was queen for years.
23
43
Correct answer: 63
Q3.
Match the keyword to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:education,the act of learning

the act of learning

Correct Answer:laws,the rules of a country that all people must follow

the rules of a country that all people must follow

Q4.
When Victoria ruled, the British Empire...
Correct answer: got bigger
got smaller
stayed the same
Q5.
When Queen Victoria died, then Queen Elizabeth II became queen.
True
Correct answer: False
Q6.
How did new laws help Victorian children?
They got free toys.
Correct answer: They got free education.
Correct answer: They didn't work at a young age.
They didn't go to school.

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