Lesson video

Hello.

Welcome back to another lesson with me, Mrs. Chaudhary.

I'm so excited to be learning with you today.

We're going to carry on learning all about Elizabeth II and what her life was like.

So let's find out what new things we'll be learning in our lesson today.

So far in our lessons, we have learnt about Elizabeth and what she was like as a baby.

We've learnt about the royal family and we've learnt about a very important event in her life called the abdication and how her father became the king.

Now, in this lesson, we are going to be learning about how Elizabeth's education changed when she became first in line to the throne.

So I wonder how did Elizabeth's education change when she became heir to the throne? Hmm, do you have any ideas how it might have changed? Well, I'm really excited to learn with you as we find out more about how her education changed.

So let's get started.

So as always, we have some keywords that we're going to learning throughout our lesson.

We're going to be finding out what these keywords mean.

In this lesson, we have four keywords.

We have four keywords.

So as always, let's do a bit of my turn and your turn to get to know these words a bit better.

Let's start with the first one, wealthy.

My turn.

Wealthy.

Your turn.

Great.

Good try.

The second one is educate.

My turn.

Educate.

Your turn.

Good job.

The third one is law.

My turn.

Law.

Your turn.

Brilliant.

And the fourth and final one is religion.

Religion.

My turn.

Religion.

Your turn.

Great.

So let's find out what these four keywords mean throughout our lesson.

There are two parts to this lesson.

The first part is about Elizabeth's primary education, just like how you are in primary school.

And the second part is about how Elizabeth prepared to become queen.

Let's begin first by finding out about Elizabeth's primary education.

What do you think her primary education was like? Do you think it was like yours or do you think it was a bit different? Do you think she was in a class with lots of other children and she had a teacher and she had to go to school? Or do you think there was something else different for someone who would one day become a queen? Hmm.

To help us answer this question, let's look back at our timeline that we look at in every lesson.

So if we remember, Elizabeth was born in 1926.

In 1952, a little while later, she became queen.

And a long time later, in 2022, Elizabeth died.

Now as we find out about Elizabeth's education, we are going to be focusing on her childhood, because this is when her primary education happened.

So this is the part of her life that we are going to be looking at today.

It's quite early on.

It was a long time before she became queen, but it was some time after she was born.

But Elizabeth never actually went to a school.

She was always educated at home.

There's a picture of Elizabeth as a young girl.

This is what she would've looked like whilst she was being educated at home.

Hmm.

Educate.

I think that's one of our key words today.

Let's find out what it means.

Well, educate means to be taught something.

So for example, when you go to school, your teacher educates you.

Your teacher teaches you.

It's another word for to be taught.

It was normal at the time for girls from wealthy families to be educated at home.

Wealthy.

That's another one of our key words.

Well, wealthy means to have a lot of money.

And as Elizabeth was a part of the royal family, her family was very wealthy.

So girls from wealthy families would be educated at home.

They wouldn't go to a school at all.

There's a picture of Elizabeth at a fancy dress party with some of her wealthy friends.

That's a really old photograph.

We've looked at some of those before.

And it's in black and white, so that's how we know, that's a clue that it's a very old photograph.

And it's a fancy dress party, so they're all in costumes.

If we look really closely at the photograph, even their costumes are quite old-looking, aren't they? They're from a very long time ago.

I'm not sure whether I'd wear a costume like that to a fancy dress party anymore.

Even the way their hair is done is a bit different to how we do it today.

Elizabeth had governesses, teachers who educated her at home.

So a teacher who educates someone at home is called a governess.

There's a picture there of Elizabeth on a tricycle with one of her governesses.

Her governesses taught her to speak, read, and write French.

French is a language.

You might have heard some of the words before from the French language.

Words like, (speaking French).

Do you know another language? Can you speak another language? Well, I can speak Bengali and I can speak Urdu and Arabic as well.

Well, there are lots of other languages like Spanish, Italian, Russian, Yoruba.

There are lots of languages.

But Elizabeth was taught to speak, read, and write French, and she would use it later on during her visits to other countries.

When Elizabeth got older, she went on a royal tour of Canada.

She spoke French while she was there.

There's a photograph of Elizabeth in Canada with her family.

You can see them being greeted.

They're being met by all the people in the back.

All these people have come to meet the royal family.

Elizabeth is at the back there standing behind her mother.

So let's do a check for understanding to see how we are doing.

Listen very carefully and try to complete this sentence.

Elizabeth's teachers were governesses who taught her at A, school; B, home; or C, the park.

Where did Elizabeth's teachers, the governesses, teach her? Pause the video and have a think.

Elizabeth's teachers, or governesses, who taught her at home.

That's right.

If we remember, wealthy girls from wealthy families would be taught at home.

That was normal at the time.

Great for having a go.

Great, let's have another check for understanding.

Is this statement true or false? Elizabeth learnt to speak French.

Is that true or false? Pause the video and have a think.

What did you think? Did Elizabeth learn to speak French? Well, that statement is true.

That's correct.

Elizabeth learnt to speak French from her governesses.

Okay, let's do the second part of our check for understanding.

Which one of these is right? Elizabeth used French to speak to people in England, or B, Elizabeth used French to speak to people in Canada.

Which one of these do you think is right, A or B? Pause the video and have a think.

Elizabeth used French to speak to people in Canada.

That's right.

She went to visit people in Canada with her parents, didn't she? She went to an official visit, and there she used her French to speak to the people.

Great, well done for having a go at that.

So Elizabeth also learnt to ride horses.

And this is a picture, a photograph of Elizabeth with her riding teacher, Mr. Owen.

You can see she has a smaller horse and her teacher Mr. Owen has a much larger horse.

Can you ride a horse or have you ever tried? I've tried riding a horse before and it's quite difficult.

You do need a teacher to show you how to do it and to be safe.

Elizabeth also joined the Girl Guides.

They went camping and learnt how to cook food on a fire.

The Girl Guides was like a club.

It's a club with just girls and they'd learnt things to do outdoors, like camping and learning how to cook on a fire and how to make a fire.

If you see this photograph, you can see the girls outdoors learning how to cook outdoors on a fire.

And they've got very special uniforms on and you can see they're outside.

So are you part of a club or do you have any hobbies outside of school? Because this was one of Elizabeth's hobbies, but do you have a hobby or another interest or a club that you go to? Great.

So as well as being part of the Girl Guides and learning how to ride a horse, she also became a very strong swimmer and joined the Sea Rangers.

The Sea Rangers were a part of the Girl Guides that were mainly about swimming and sailing.

So she learnt to be a really good swimmer from being a part of the Sea Rangers.

And this is a photograph of Elizabeth leaving one of her swimming lessons.

You can see her at the back, standing at the back, and she's smiling at the camera.

So let's have another check for understanding, because we've learnt quite a bit so far.

Answer this question.

Which of these did Elizabeth not learn? A, how to swim.

B, how to ride a horse.

Or C, how to use an iPad.

Pause the video and have a think.

Elizabeth did not learn how to use an iPad, that's right, because there were no iPads at that time.

But she did learn how to swim because she was part of the Sea Rangers and she did learn how to ride a horse because she had a teacher called Mr. Owen.

So let's do an activity to see what we've learnt so far.

I'd like you to complete these sentences using the words below.

I'll read the sentences out to you and you can think about the words at the bottom and how they might help you fill in the gaps.

Elizabeth's family were very.

It was normal for wealthy families to their children at home.

Elizabeth learnt to ride a and to.

She also learnt to speak.

This was all before she knew she would become someday.

Pause the video and try to fill in the gaps.

So let's see how we've got on trying to complete these sentences.

Let's complete them together.

Elizabeth's family were very wealthy, that's right.

They were very wealthy.

And wealthy is another word for having a lot, a lot of money.

It was normal for wealthy families to educate their children at home.

Elizabeth learnt to ride a horse and to swim, that's right.

She learnt to ride a horse with Mr. Owen and she learnt to swim at the Sea Rangers.

She also learnt to speak a language.

And what was that language? French.

That's right.

She also learnt to speak French.

And remember, she spoke French when she went on a visit to Canada, that's right.

This was all before she knew she would become queen someday.

Great for having a try at that activity.

It was really fun learning to do that with you.

Let's carry on with our learning.

So we've learnt all about Elizabeth's primary education, and this is all the learning that she did before she found out that she would one day become queen.

But let's find out now about how her education changed when she found out that one day she would become queen.

Well, what do you think? How do you think her education changed? What sort of things do you think she started to learn about? Do you think she started to learn some new things or do you think she learnt things like what we learn about today? Let's find out.

Well, after her father became king, Elizabeth became heir to the throne.

And if we remember, heir means that somebody will one day become the next king or queen, and we found out that Elizabeth would one day become queen.

This meant that her education changed a lot because she had to learn how to become queen one day.

Do you think being a king or queen is an easy job? Or do you think it's quite a tricky job and there's lots of things that you have to do? We are going to find out a lot more about what it's like to be king and queen later on in our lessons.

Elizabeth now had to study law, and as you remember, law is one of our keywords today.

Laws are the rules that exist in a country.

So there's very special rules that exist in a country.

If you break a law, then you can get in a lot of trouble.

Take a look at this photograph.

Who can you see with all the children in the photograph? That's right, they're policemen and they're the ones who make sure that everybody follows the law.

What are some examples of law we have today? Can you think of any laws that we have today? Let's find out some laws that we have today.

Oh, the first one is paying for things you want in a shop.

That's right.

It is a law.

It's a rule in our country to pay for things you want in a shop.

You have to make sure you give the money before you leave the shop.

And only adults are allowed to drive.

That's another law that we have in this country.

Only adults can drive.

Children cannot drive a car.

Paying for your bus ticket, that's another law.

So all adults, all grownups have to pay for their bus ticket.

That's a very special rule that you have in this country.

Elizabeth also had to study history and learn about other kings and queens before her.

This is a photograph of Queen Victoria.

She was a queen from quite some time before Elizabeth's parents became king and queen.

She's much older than Elizabeth's parents.

Learning history helped her learn from their good and bad choices.

So when the time came for her to be queen, she would make good choices.

So Elizabeth learnt all about good and bad choices from all the other kings and queens before her so that when she becomes queen one day, she'll be able to think, "Oh, I better not do that, because when that queen did that, it wasn't a very good idea." So learning about the past helps us make decisions about what we're going to do now.

As heir to the throne, Elizabeth also had to learn about religion.

That's another one of our key words today, religion.

Religion is believing in a god and praying.

The Archbishop of Canterbury taught Elizabeth all about religion.

If you remember, we spoke about the Archbishop of Canterbury in our last lesson, we learnt all about how he was the head of the Church of England.

And do you remember when he said that he saw Elizabeth pulling her grandfather by his beard? Well, he's the man who taught Elizabeth about religion.

Now, Elizabeth was a Christian.

What examples of religions can you think of? Hmm.

Well, we have Christianity, which is what Elizabeth believes in because Elizabeth was a Christian.

We also have Islam.

So Muslims believe in Islam.

And we also have Judaism.

So Jewish people believe in Judaism.

There are lots of other religions too, like Hinduism and Sikhism and lots of other religions that maybe you know as well.

But Elizabeth was a Christian and she followed Christianity.

So let's do a check for understanding.

What did Elizabeth learn about from the Archbishop of Canterbury? What did Elizabeth learn about from the Archbishop of Canterbury? Did she learn A, history, did she learn B, religion, or C, law? Pause the video and have a think.

Elizabeth learnt religion from the Archbishop of Canterbury, because remember, he was the head of the Church of England.

So he was the one who taught about religion, who taught her about Christianity, which was the religion that Elizabeth believed in.

So let's do an activity to see what we've learnt in our lesson today.

So I'd like you to organise these things, these words and statements, to show when Elizabeth learnt them before or after becoming an heir.

So did Elizabeth learnt these things before or after becoming heir to the throne? We've got to learn how to ride a horse, law, history, swimming, speaking French, religion, and finally, camping.

Pause the video and sort these words.

Welcome back.

How did you get on with that task? Well, let's have a go at doing it together.

Hmm.

Before becoming an heir, Elizabeth learnt how to ride a horse.

That's right.

That was before becoming an heir.

After becoming an heir, she learnt law.

She learnt law.

And if you remember, laws are rules that exist in a country.

She also learnt history, which is about the past.

And it's like our lesson that we are having today.

Our lesson today is all about history and something that happened in the past.

So Elizabeth started to learn about history after becoming an heir.

And why did she learn history? That's right, because she wanted to learn about the past mistakes that the past kings and queens made so that she could become a better ruler when she one day becomes queen of England.

She learnt to swim before becoming an heir.

Remember, she was part of the Sea Rangers where she learnt to swim, and she was a very good swimmer.

We saw a photograph of her leaving her swimming lesson with her sister.

She learnt to speak French before becoming an heir, and before her father became king, they went on a trip to Canada where she spoke French with the people.

And she also learnt religion after becoming an heir, and it was the Archbishop of Canterbury who taught her all about religion.

And camping.

When she was part of the Girl Guides, she learnt how to camp and how to be outdoors.

But she learnt that before becoming an heir.

We have now come to the end of our lesson.

You have done brilliantly doing lots of check for understandings and also completing all of the tasks.

So let's summarise our lesson.

We learnt that Elizabeth was educated at home like many wealthy girls at that time.

Do you remember we saw a photograph of her with her wealthy friends at a fancy dress party? Well, we learnt it was normal for them to be educated at home and be taught by their governesses.

We also learnt that she learnt French from her governesses and used it when she went on a royal tour of Canada.

So when she went to visit Canada with her family, she spoke French.

She also learnt to ride horses and joined the Girl Guides and Sea Rangers.

So she learnt to be outdoors.

She learnt to camp outdoors, and she was a very, very good swimmer.

These are lots of things she learnt before becoming heir to the throne.

But when she became heir to the throne, Elizabeth's education changed to prepare her to become queen.

Elizabeth had to study law and history.

So she had to study rules of the country, and history, so about people in the past, especially past kings and queens.

And the Archbishop of Canterbury taught her about religion.

So she learnt about Christianity as she was a Christian.

You have done really well in our lesson today, and you've really paid attention and followed as we learnt all about how Elizabeth's education changed as she became heir to the throne.

Well, I'm super excited to see you again in our next lesson.

So I look forward to seeing you then.

Goodbye.