Starter quiz
- Victoria was very popular when she became queen.
- True ✓
- False
- Which statement is true?
- Victoria was 58 when she became queen.
- Victoria was 38 when she became queen.
- Victoria was 18 when she became queen. ✓
- Victoria was 8 when she became queen.
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- At her coronation, Victoria received a….
- sword
- ring
- crown ✓
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- Victoria had a ______ in Westminster Abbey.
- party
- coronation ✓
- birthday
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- A prime minister is the ______ of a government.
- 'leader' ✓
- ______ are important rules that must be followed by everyone in the country.
- 'laws' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the word to the correct definition.
- propose⇔when someone asks someone else to marry them ✓
- cousins⇔people with different parents but the same grandparents ✓
- marry⇔a ceremony when two people promise to spend their life with each other ✓
- Put the events into the correct order.
- 1⇔Victoria and Albert met.
- 2⇔Victoria described Albert as ‘handsome’ in her diaries.
- 3⇔Victoria became queen.
- 4⇔Victoria proposed to Albert.
- 5⇔Victoria and Albert got married.
- Victoria and Albert were in love from the beginning of their marriage.
- True ✓
- False
- Victoria and Albert got married in the year...
- 1740
- 1840 ✓
- 1940
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- Before they married, Albert was ______ Albert of Saxe-Coburg.
- 'Prince' ✓
- When Victoria wrote about her wedding day, she said: “Oh! This was the ______ day of my life!”.
- worst
- longest
- happiest ✓
- saddest
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Before Victoria became queen she had met her cousin Albert several times, and described him as 'handsome'.
- Although she did not marry him straight away, once Victoria was queen she proposed to Albert.
- Victoria and Albert were in love from the early days of their marriage.
- On their wedding day in 1840, Victoria wrote in her diary that 'This was the happiest day of my life!'
Common misconception
That Victoria and Albert only married because they were made to do so, not because they loved each other.
Victoria and Albert had a strong connection from the first time they met. Written evidence tells us that the two were very much in love and their marriage was a happy, loving relationship.
Keywords
Cousin - people with different parents but the same grandparents are cousins
Handsome - something or someone that has a pleasing and healthy appearance can be described as handsome
Marry - when two people marry, they promise to spend their life together, in a ceremony that is watched by other people
Propose - when someone asks someone else to marry them they propose
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