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FAMOUS PEOPLE
LESSON 7:
Boudica and
Winston Churchill
BOUDICA
Boudica was born
around the time of the
Roman invasion in
Britain in 43 AD and
became the Queen of
the Iceni tribe.
BOUDICA
They lived in this area of
Britain shown on the map
but in 61 AD her husband,
Prasutagus, died and left
half of his land to the
Romans and the other half
to Boudica’s daughters.
BOUDICA
Boudica was angry
about the Romans
getting her land so
she formed an
army to fight back.
BOUDICA
She destroyed three
Roman towns where the
British towns of
Colchester, St Albans and
London are today, killing
70,000 Romans and their
supporters.
BOUDICA
Eventually she was
defeated and captured by
the Roman general
Paulinus in a famous
battle called ‘The battle
of Watling street’.
BOUDICA
Instead of being taken
prisoner, Boudica took
poison to kill herself
so the Romans
couldn’t take her back
to Rome as a prize.
S U M M A RY: S O W H Y WA S
B O U D I C A FA M O U S ?
Boudica was
famous for standing
up to the Roman
invaders and almost
driving them out of
Britain.
INTERESTING FACTS
Queen Victoria had a stature built of
Boudica and placed next to the houses of
Parliament.
Many people think Boudica had red hair, but
the only mention of this is from a man called
Cassius Dio, who called her ‘Tawny-haired’
150 years after she died!
WINSTON CHURCHILL
Winston Churchill
was born on the
30th November
1874 to a rich
English family.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
It was soon clear that he
liked adventure, so in
1899 he became a writer
for a newspaper covering
a war called the ‘Boer
War’ in Africa.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
He had many
adventures,
including getting
captured and
escaping on a stolen
horse!
WINSTON CHURCHILL
When the First World
started in 1914, the
government gave
Churchill the title ‘First
Lord of the Admiralty’
and put him in charge
of the navy.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
But Churchill’s greatest
triumph was as the
British Prime Minister
from 1940 to 1945,
when the country was
fighting Germany in the
Second World War.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
He led the
country through
some very
difficult times
such as ..
WINSTON CHURCHILL
.. the retreat from
Dunkirk, when the
British army was
saved by 933 small
ships.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
.. the Battle of
Britain, when the
Royal Air Force
protected the
country from
German planes ..
WINSTON CHURCHILL
.. and D-day, when
160,00 soldiers
landed in France to
start to defeat the
Germans.
S U M M A RY: S O W H Y WA S
W I N S TO N C H U RC H I L L FA M O U S ?
He was famous because he
led and inspired British
people during one of the
worst times in their history,
leading to the defeat of
Nazi Germany.
INTERESTING FACT
Winston Churchill was
well known for a
famous speech called
‘the Few’, about the
brave pilots in the
Battle of Britain.
He loved cigars!
QU I C K QU I Z : W H O D I D W H AT ?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
W H O F O U G H T T H E RO M A N S ?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
W H O F O U G H T T H E RO M A N S ?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
WHO LIKED CIGARS?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
WHO LIKED CIGARS?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
W H O WA S C A P T U R E D A N D
ESCAPED?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
W H O WA S C A P T U R E D A N D
ESCAPED?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
W H O WA S S U P P O S E D T O H AV E
HAD RED HAIR?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
W H O WA S S U P P O S E D T O H AV E
HAD RED HAIR?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
W H O M A D E A FA M O U S S P E E C H
ABOUT ‘THE FEW’?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
W H O M A D E A FA M O U S S P E E C H
ABOUT ‘THE FEW’?
BOUDICA?
OR
WINSTON
CHURCHILL?
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