the king or queen of a country is its monarch

a feeling of sadness is described as melancholy

Victoria's 'melancholy' childhood

History

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.

Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?

a coronation is an official ceremony where a king or a queen receives their crown

the prime minister is the leader of the government in the United Kingdom

the group of people who pass laws and run the country are called the government

a law is a rule that must be followed by everyone in the country

Victoria's accession to the throne

people with different parents but the same grandparents are cousins

something or someone that has a pleasing and healthy appearance can be described as handsome

when two people marry, they promise to spend their life together, in a ceremony that is watched by other people

when someone asks someone else to marry them they propose

Victoria's proposal and marriage to Albert

when people write about their life they sometimes write in books called diaries

when a woman is pregnant she is going to give birth to a baby

chloroform was used in Victorian England to reduce pain

Victoria's children 

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

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

an invention is something new that has never been created before

something to do with the present or current time is described as modern

an exhibition is a public show of art, crafts, products, or skills

The Great Exhibition

Europe is a continent that is between Asia and the Atlantic Ocean and is north of the Mediterranean Sea

a piece of land with a large house on it is called an estate

Victoria, Scotland and John Brown

mines are deep holes dug in the ground to find precious materials like coal or metal

someone who sweeps the soot out of chimneys is called a chimney sweep

sources are things from the past that historians look at to try and find out what life was like at that time

Victorian childhood

when a country controls other groups of people or other countries, it has an empire

South Africa is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa

a diamond is a precious gemstone found deep under the earth's surface that has taken millions of years to form

miners are people who work in mines, digging for coal, metals or precious stones like diamonds

Alice Kinloch and the Victorian British Empire

India is a country in southern Asia surrounded on three sides by the Indian Ocean

the female leader of an empire is called an empress

a person who has a job working in someone else's home is a servant

a ruler's household includes all the people who support a ruler and live in the same building as them or very near to them

Victoria, Empress of India

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

Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?

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