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Year 2
Victoria's children
I can describe some of Queen Victoria's experiences of being a mother.
New
New
Year 2
Victoria's children
I can describe some of Queen Victoria's experiences of being a mother.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Victoria wrote about her pregnancies in her diaries: she didn't like being pregnant and wrote newborn babies were ugly.
- Victoria and Albert's first child, a girl they named Victoria, was born in November 1840.
- Victoria and Albert had nine children together; her first son, Albert Edward, became king when Queen Victoria died.
- When her 8th and 9th babies were born, Queen Victoria used special new medical invention called chloroform.
- Thanks to Victoria, chloroform became quite popular, which helped many other women when they were having babies.
Keywords
Diaries - when people write about their life they sometimes write in books called diaries
Pregnant - when a woman is pregnant she is going to give birth to a baby
Chloroform - chloroform was used in Victorian England to reduce pain
Common misconception
That inventions are always things like machines, robots, computers and so on.
Inventions come from ideas, and people can have ideas about so many different situations in life. The invention here for example is a type of pain relief for childbirth, a medical invention.
You may have pupils in class that have recent experience of a new younger sibling being born in their family. Ask them to share their experiences by talking about them with other pupils.
Teacher tip
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
- Depiction or discussion of sexual content
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
How did Victoria describe her cousin Albert?
scruffy
boring
kind
Q2.
Albert was Victoria’s…
brother
uncle
Q3.
In 1839, Victoria asked Prince Albert to her.
Q4.
Albert was a prince from....
France
Spain
England
Q5.
When Victoria met Albert, she was….
7
27
37
Q6.
What did Victoria think of her wedding day?
It was a very boring day.
It was a very long day.
It was a very sad day.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What word did Queen Victoria use to describe babies?
small
cute
loud
Q2.
How many babies did Queen Victoria have?
Q3.
Victoria and Albert’s first baby was a boy.
True
Q4.
Victoria and Albert named their first baby….
Q5.
Queen Victoria used a special new medical invention called chloroform when she had her…
1st and 2nd babies
4th and 5th babies
Q6.
A doctor that helped Queen Victoria was called Dr John…
Ice
Rain
Sun
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