1936 - a momentous year for Elizabeth | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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How is an uncle related to you?
- A sister of your mother or father
- A brother of your mother or father ✓
- The mother of your mother or father
What is a throne?
- A special chair sat on by the king or queen ✓
- A special bed slept on by the king or queen
- A special house that the king or queen live in
Who is allowed to sit on the throne?
- A prince or princess
- A duke or duchess
- A king or queen ✓
Order these events that happen in a normal day.
- Firstly
  
  ⇔
  
  you go to school ✓
- Next
  
  ⇔
  
  you return home ✓
- Lastly
  
  ⇔
  
  you wake up in the morning ✓
Where do kings and queens usually live?
- A country house
- A palace ✓
- A cave
Elizabeth had one sister. Was Elizabeth older or younger than her sister?
- Older ✓
- Younger

What is an heir?
- An heir is someone who will be the next prince or princess.
- An heir is someone who will be the next king or queen. ✓
- An heir is someone who will be the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
What does the word 'abdicate' mean?
- to give up being king or queen ✓
- to give up being a prince or princess
- to become king or queen
Where did Elizabeth live when her uncle was the king?
- Windsor Great Park ✓
- Buckingham Palace
- Hyde Park
How did Elizabeth and her family feel when Edward VIII abdicated the throne?
- Happy and excited
- Shocked and surprised ✓
- Silly and giggly
After Edward VIII abdicated the throne, who became King of the United Kingdom?
- Charles III - Elizabeth's son
- George VI - Elizabeth's father ✓
- Elizabeth II
Put these events into the order that they happened.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Elizabeth's grandparents died.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Edward VIII became King of the United Kingdom.
- 3
  
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  When Elizabeth was 10 years old, Edward VIII abdicated the throne.
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  Elizabeth's father - George VI - became King of the United Kingdom.

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In 1936 Elizabeth was 10 years old and her uncle was king: Edward VIII.
Because Edward was king, his children, if he was to have any, would become the next king or queen after him.
Elizabeth and her family led a quiet family life, spending time at their country house in Windsor Great Park.
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated, shocking Elizabeth and her family.
Elizabeth's father was now the king, George VI, and Elizabeth would now become queen when he died.

Pupils may assume that Elizabeth was always going to be an heir.

The abdication had to happen in order for Elizabeth to be an heir.