Year 6 History 13.1.21

The Victorians (1837-1901) • L.O:

Queen Victoria • Queen Victoria was probably the most famous queen of all as she was the ruler of a huge kingdom!

• She is so famous that a period of history is named after her – The Victorians. https:// www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/ks2-queen-victoria-the-ultimate-victorian/z79vhbk

• If you follow the family tree you can see that Queen Victoria was Queen Elizabeth 2nd’s great, great grandmother.

• Until 2015, Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch (64 years). Our Queen has now taken that title. In 2021, Queen Elizabeth 2nd will have been on the throne for 69 years!

Queen Victoria’s Life • Queen Victoria was born on 24th May 1819 in London.

• Her father, Edward, Duke of Kent, died in 1820, when she was only a baby.

• She lived in a palace with her mother but this did not mean that they were rich.

• She didn’t go to school and someone taught her at home.

• She did not have many friends and was very lonely.

Queen Victoria’s Family • Victoria had two cousins called Albert and Ernest, but she did not meet them until she was 17 years old.

They had come over from Germany to see her.

• She married Albert in February 1840.

• In 1841, they had a daughter together and she was also called Victoria.

• A year after that, she had a son called Albert Edward.

• In total she had 9 children!

Queen Victoria’s Family • Queen Victoria had four sons and five daughters.

• The names of her children were Victoria, Albert, Alice, Alfred, Helena, Louise, Arthur, Leopold and Beatrice.

• Alice, Alfred and Leopold all died before Queen Victoria did.

Being a Queen • Queen Victoria became queen when King George VI died in June,1837.

• On the 28th June,1838, Victoria was crowned queen.

• The ceremony is called a coronation and it went on for 5 hours!

• Everyone was very tired by the time it had finished.

Life in mourning • In 1861, Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband, died at the age of only 42.

• The queen was so sad that she did not go out and see people.

• She wore black clothes for the rest of her life as a sign of mourning.

Queen Victoria’s Timeline 1819 24th May : Princess Victoria born.

1837 Victoria becomes Queen.

1840 Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert.

1840 First national postal service introduced.

1842 The Mines Act stops children under 10 from working in the mines.

1844 The Factory Act stops children between 8 and 13 working more than 6.5 hours a day.

1848 First Christmas tree introduced by Prince Albert.

1851 The Great Exhibition opened at Crystal Palace by Prince Albert.

1858 The telegraph system was introduced between England and United States of America.

1861 Prince Albert dies of typhoid.

1863 The first underground railway is opened in London.

1867 The right to vote is widened to include most men.

1876 Alexander Bell invents the telephone.

1880 The Education Act makes compulsory schooling for all children between 5 and 10.

1901 Queen Victoria dies. Her son, Edward VII, becomes King.

Simple Timeline 1840 • Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert

1819 • Princess Victoria is born

1861 • Prince Albert died of Typhoid

1837

1848

1901

• Victoria becomes Queen

• The First Christmas Tree was introduced

• Queen Victoria dies

•Challenge 1-Create a double page spread including information on her life, her relationship to our Queen and the effect you think she had on people’s lives (see next slide for subheadings and sentence starters).

•Challenge 2-Create a double page spread including information on her reign, her family tree, including her relationship with Queen Elizabeth 2 nd and the impact of her reign.

•Challenge 3-Create a double page spread including information on her reign, her family tree, including her relationship with Queen Elizabeth 2 nd and the impact of her reign on Victorian people as well as our lives today.

•Additional challenge-Find out about places around the world that are named after Queen Victoria.

•https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zfdkhbk •https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/victorian-britain/queen-victorias-reign/ •http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/victoria.htm •https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/queen-victoria/

• Subheading ideas: • • • • • • • • • • • • •

A timeline of Queen Victoria’s life.

Queen Victoria’s life.

Queen Victoria was born on…

Childhood.

Queen Victoria lived in a…

Married Life.

Queen Victoria married…

Family Life Queen Victoria and her husband had….children. There names were…

A royal family tree.

Queen Victoria is Queen Elizabeth 2nd’s …

Effects on people’s lives.

Queen Victoria had a positive effect on people’s lives because…