FILE 4 MISSION 2 S'exprimer sur un sujet de civilisation : la vie des enfants pauvres à l'ère Victorienne Victorian England date ................................................................................. SEQUENCE EPI DISCOVER THE TOPIC and GET PREPARED Who's who ? LABEL the pictures . Queen Victoria Oliver Twist 1 2 Charles Dickens 3 What do you know about them ? WRITE 1 , 2 or 3 a. He is a poor orphan in Victorian England. b. He was a famous British writer and novelist of the 19th century. c. She was Queen of England from 1837 to 1901. d. He is the main character of a novel. e. He mainly wrote about the condition of poor people in Victorian times. f. She had the longest reign in the history of England. g. She gave her name to a very long period in British history. How much do you know about the Victorian period ? TAKE this short quiz to find out . a. The Victorian era took place in the UK ❏ b. The Victorian period lasted from 1750 to 1800 ❏ c. King Henry VIII ❏ The Victorian period was named after the USA ❏ France ❏ from 1837 to 1901 ❏ Queen Elizabeth II ❏ from 1945 to 1975 ❏ Queen Victoria ❏ d. The Victorian period was marked by a return to agriculture ❏ Oliver Twist the Industrial Revolution ❏ the increase of the British Empire ❏ .............................................................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Charles Dickens ....................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 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The Victorian period = The Victorian era = The Victorian age = The Victorian times VERBS TO REMEMBER (to) be named after : nommer en l'honneur de ADVERBS TO REMEMBER mainly : principalement NOUNS TO REMEMBER a novel : un roman a novelist : un romancier an orphan : un orphelin a queen : une reine a king : un roi a reign : un règne an era : une ère the empire : l'empire the increase : l'augmentation , l'accroissement READING [ Je peux prélever des informations ciblées dans un document écrit informatif ] PAIR WORK READ the document and COMPLETE this information chart about Queen Victoria Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1837-1901) and Empress of India (1876-1901) . Her reign was the longest of any monarch in British history and came to be known as the Victorian era. Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward and Princess Victoria Mary Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Saafield.She was born on the 24 May in 1819. her father died eight months after she was born. She was born at Kensington Palace , London. Victoria was part of a family of Germans who came from Hanover. Victoria's first language was German . At three years old she learnt to speak English and French. Later she learnt to speak Hindustani because she was ruler of India as well. Victoria didn't go to school . She was taught at home . As well as learning languages , Victoria studied history , geography , and the Bible. She was taught how to play the piano and learnt how to paint . Victoria came to the throne when she was only eighteen years old , on June 20 , 1837 . Her coronation was a year later on June 28 , 1838. At the age of twenty-one , Victoria married her cousin , Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha , a German Prince. They had nine children . Queen Victoria reigned for sixty-three years . She is Britain's longest ever serving monarch. Her husband died in 1861 at the age of forty-two. She mourned his death for ten years and wore black for the rest of her reign. Queen Victoria had many homes : she lived in Buckingham Palace , Windsor Castle , Osborne House ( on the Isle of Wight ) and Balmoral Castle ( in Scotland ) . She was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace . Queen Victoria loved singing and she enjoyed painting and drawing . She loved going to the opera. She died on 22 January, 1901 at Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight . She was eighty-one years old . SOURCE : http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/poor.html NAME date of birth position / job length of her reign her age when she became Queen her parents : her father her first language her mother why ? SCHOOLING : place subjects her family : date of marriage number of children reason why she always wore black clothes her main residence in London her hobbies name of her husband date of death SPEAKING - INTERACTING [EOI] [ Je peux demander des informations ] CLASS WORK REORDER the words in the questions below. VICTORIA / WHO / ? / QUEEN / WAS / ..................................................................... BORN / ? / SHE / WHEN / WAS / ................................................................................ DIE / ? / SHE / DID / WHEN / ..................................................................................... BECOME / ? / WHEN / SHE / QUEEN / DID / ................................................................ OLD / SHE / HOW / WAS / BECAME / ? / WHEN / SHE / QUEEN / ................................................................................................................................................................................................. LONG / REIGN / ? / HOW / HER / DID / LAST / .................................................................................................................. PARENTS / ? / WERE / HER / .............................................................................................................................................. DID / LANGUAGE / SPEAK / SHE / WHAT / ? / .................................................................................................................. SCHOOL / ? / GO / WHERE / TO / SHE / DID / .................................................................................................................... ? / SUBJECTS / STUDY / SHE / WHAT / DID / .................................................................................................................... MARRIED / SHE / GET / WHEN / DID / ? / ........................................................................................................................... HUSBAND'S / ? WAS / NAME / WHAT / HER / ..................................................................................................................... MANY / CHILDREN / SHE / HAVE / ? / HOW / DID / ............................................................................................................. LIVE / ? / WHERE / SHE / DID / ............................................................................................................................................. CLOTHES / ? / ALWAYS / SHE / WHY / DID / WEAR / BLACK / .......................................................................................... HOBBIES / ? / WERE / HER / WHAT / .................................................................................................................................. [ Je peux synthétiser les informations essentielles d'un document pour répondre à un questionnement sur un personnage historique ] CLASS WORK ANSWER your classmate's questions about Queen Victoria
