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This is Queen Victoria... and this is Queen Elizabeth.
What is the relationship between these two queens? Are they sisters? Are they aunt and niece? Look at the family tree and try and work it out!
Victoria
1819-1901
Edward VII
1841-1910
5 sisters and 3 brothers
Edward VIII
(abdicated 1936)
George V
1865-1936
George VI
1895-1952
2 brothers and 3 sisters
3 brothers and 1 sister
Elizabeth II born 1926
Princess Margaret
1930-2002
Victoria is our queen’s ________________________________.

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True or False?
1.
Queen Victoria was born in 1819.
2.
She was queen from 1837 to 1901. She was only eighteen years old in 1837.
3.
Queen Victoria spoke German before she learned English.
4.
She had nine children, forty grandchildren and thirty-seven great-grandchildren.
5.
In her time, the population of Great Britain more than
doubled.
6.
Life changed a lot in her time: the railways started, factories started and the cities got much bigger.
7.
Albert Square in Manchester is named after her husband
Prince Albert.
8.
There is a statue of Queen Victoria in Piccadilly Gardens and a statue of her husband in Albert Square. to double = to become twice (two times) as big
Our class has ten students. Our teacher wants to double it: he wants twenty students
Pictures from: http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=82421&rendTypeId=4 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1945000/images/_1948219_queen_elizabeth2.jpg

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True or False?
Fill in the gaps with the best verb. Decide if the sentences are true or false. spoke had changed doubled was is
1.
Queen Victoria _____ born in 1819. learned was was started got is started
2.
She _____ queen from 1837 to 1901. She _____ only eighteen years old in 1837.
3.
Queen Victoria _____ German before she _____ English.
4.
She _____ nine children, forty grandchildren and thirtyseven great-grandchildren.
5.
In her time, the population of Great Britain more than
_____.
6.
Life _____ a lot in her time: the railways _____, factories
_____ and the cities _____ much bigger.
7.
Albert Square in Manchester _____ named after her husband Prince Albert.
8.
There _____ a statue of Queen Victoria in Piccadilly
Gardens and a statue of her husband in Albert Square. ictures from: http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=82421&rendTypeId=4 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1945000/images/_1948219_queen_elizabeth2.jpg
to double = to become twice
(two times) as big
Our class has ten students. Our teacher wants to double it: he wants twenty students.

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Do you know this statue of Queen Victoria in central Manchester?
Where can you find it?
Picture from http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/6a/Queen-victoria-statue-piccadilly02.JPG

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Other pictures of Queen Victoria
1. With her husband.
What are they doing?
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom
2. As a young woman
Look at this picture and the woman in the statue. What is the same? What is different?
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom

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Teacher’s notes
These activities are designed to introduce learners to Queen Victoria and to find out a little about her reign. They are flexible and can be used whenever appropriate in your classroom situation. They lend themselves to family vocabulary, past tenses, present continuous and present simple. They meet many of the ESOL core curriculum reading criteria at Entry 1 and partly at
Entry 2, for example in decoding unknown words (Rw/E2.3a)
Answers: Look at the Victoria is our queen’s great-great-grandmother. She was queen from 1837 to 1901. She was only eighteen years old in 1837.
The true and false activities are all true!
The statue of Queen Victoria is in Piccadilly Gardens – interestingly her husband Prince Albert is in Albert Square
In the first picture Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are re-enacting their wedding.
Here’s a little info from Wikipedia to scene for you!
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June
1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22
January 1901. Her reign lasted sixty-three years and seven months, longer than that of any other British monarch. In general, the period centred on her reign is known as the Victorian era.
The Victorian era was at the height of the Industrial Revolution, a period of significant social, economic, and technological progress in the United
Kingdom. Victoria's reign was marked by a great expansion of the British
Empire; during this period it reached its zenith, becoming the foremost
Global Power of the time.
Victoria was almost entirely of German descent. She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover. Her son King Edward VII belonged to the
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
.

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