Comparing queens

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Monarchs - NEW LOOK

Objectives

History

  • To use pictures to make comparisons between Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, and what life was like during the Elizabethan and Victorian reigns.
  • To decide whether it would have been better to live in Victorian or Elizabethan times and explain why you think this.

Enquiry question
What was similar and what was different about the two queens?

Outcomes
Children will:

  • Use images to compare Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, and what life was like in Elizabethan and Victorian times.
  • Write explanations about why we think it would have been better to live in either Victorian or Elizabethan times.

You Will Need

Scissors
Glue
Crowns (see Session 1)
Coloured pens or pencils