Starter quiz
- In 1876, Victoria became the Empress of...
- 'India' ✓
- Queen Victoria was also Empress of Great Britain.
- True
- False ✓
- India was part of the British Empire until...
- 1847
- 1947 ✓
- 2007
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- Abdul Karim was a loyal servant to Queen ______ for 14 years.
- 'Victoria' ✓
- Abdul Karim was treated ______ by some of the other servants.
- fairly
- unfairly ✓
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- Queen Victoria's royal household included...
- servants who helped her. ✓
- the Prime Minister who helped her.
- everyone in the country.
- everyone in the British Empire.
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Exit quiz
- Queen Victoria died in...
- 1801
- 1901 ✓
- 2001
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- Victoria was queen for ______ years.
- 23
- 43
- 63 ✓
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- Match the keyword to the correct definition.
- education⇔the act of learning ✓
- laws⇔the rules of a country that all people must follow ✓
- When Victoria ruled, the British Empire...
- got bigger ✓
- got smaller
- stayed the same
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- When Queen Victoria died, then Queen Elizabeth II became queen.
- True
- False ✓
- How did new laws help Victorian children?
- They got free toys.
- They got free education. ✓
- They didn't work at a young age. ✓
- They didn't go to school.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Queen Victoria died in 1901 having reigned for 63 years; only Elizabeth II reigned for longer.
- By the time of Victoria's death, Britain had changed a great deal.
- Britain's empire had continued to grow, with Britain controlling land across six of the world's continents.
- Laws now protected children from working at a young age, and gave them the right to free education.
- Laws had been passed to clean up dirty cities and to build new sewers and water supplies.
Common misconception
That when Queen Victoria died, then Queen Elizabeth II became queen.
There were other monarchs in between Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II was the next female monarch but she did not become queen until 50 years after Queen Victoria died.
Keywords
Laws - laws are the rules of a country that all people must follow
Education - education is the act of learning
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