Timeline of a Memorable Monarch - Changes over Victoria's Lifetime

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Victorians Long live the Queen

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Objectives

History

Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the changing power of monarchs using case studies such as Victoria.
Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

English

To communicate understanding using a range of written formats.

Lesson Planning

Review Queen Victoria's reign and understand how to represent key events on a timeline.

Teaching Outcomes:

To use a range of sources to compare experiences within the Victorian era.
To describe the impact of changes made on lives of Victorians.
To organise historical information on a timeline.

Children will:

Use a range of sources to compare experiences within the Victorian era.
Describe the impact of changes made on the lives of Victorians.
Present the key events of Victoria’s reign as an illustrated timeline.

Planning

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

Reference books about the Victorians

Weblinks

Background information on Victorian life from aboutbritain.com
Links to famous Victorians and resources from bbc.co.uk
Royal Museums Greenwich and history.com for timelines of key events in the Victorian era