Microsoft Excel 2010 Advanced Trainer Nadine Dixon Thursday 30 th January 2014 Queen Victoria & the Victorian times By Caitlin Cushion

Who was Queen Victoria Queen Victoria was the queen of England in She was the only child of Edward, duke of Kent. Her father sadly died shortly after her birth. At the young age of 18, Victoria was heir to the throne following her 3 uncles who were ahead of her in succession – George IV, Fredrick Duke Of York, and William IV – had no legitimate children who survived. What would you of felt like if you were told you were going to be king or queen at the age of 18?

Queen Victoria’s life After Victoria was heir to the throne, she married to a young man called Albert. Prince Albert was queen Victoria’s cousin, who was from Germany. They had 9 children! Their names were, Victoria, Edward, Alice, Alfred, Helena, Louise, Arthur, Leopold and Beatrice. When Victoria first became queen, some people thought that she was a bit too young to rule over the country, but other people thought that she was a really good ruler and was more powerful in leadership than the kings that had been in the past while they were in charge of the country.

The death of queen Victoria & her family In 1861 her mother sadly passed away and later on in that year her husband, prince Albert, died with typhoid fever. Since Victoria’s mother and husband passed away, queen Victoria never showed herself in public for 3 years and for the next 40 or so years of her life, she wore black. At the age of 84, queen Victoria died and the people of England hung black cloths out of their windows to show their respect for her.

What was the food & lifestyle like in the Victorian times In the Victorian times, the wealthy and rich enjoyed a good and easy lifestyle, but for the poor Victorians had a rough and hard life, often ending up in the workhouse or early death! For clothing in those times, everyone would dress appropriate to their age or to what the occasion was based on. What they ate depended on weather they were rich or poor! Did you know that the Victorians had the idea of that all children should go to school?!

Victorian Christmas In the Victorian times, Christmas was hardly celebrated! People in the work house didn’t even think of Christmas as a holiday! But then, near to the end of that century things began to change. Ever since Queen Victoria married her German husband, she would celebrate Christmas every year with her whole family, a Christmas dinner, presents and a Christmas tree. Soon, everybody started to think of Christmas as a fun, family bonding holiday that they all celebrated each year! Do you all know that each year we have a Christmas tree, well guess what, it all wouldn’t of happened if it wasn’t for Queen Victoria because her and her family actually started the tradition of having a Christmas tree in your house every Christmas!

Florence Nightingale In the Victorian times, there wasn’t any hospitals there was only normal doctors to help people who were really sick. In the year 1853 there was a new hospital in London that was run by a very kind, talented, young woman named Florence Nightingale. She was born in1820 and died in During the Victorian times, there was a war going on, and loads of soldiers got wounded. As there weren’t any hospitals in those times, not many of them survived. Until Florence became an amazing nurse and life saver! She saved lots of peoples lives during the war, in her own hospital, with her own skills! In the hospital, when it turned dark, each night, Florence would walk through the ward with a burning oil lamp. So that’s where Florence got the nickname, lady with the lamp.

Victorian school In the Victorian times, Queen Victoria had the idea of children going to school. Near to the end of the 18 th century the wealthy children began to go to school so it wasn’t a lot of children who attended school in those days as the poor children just had to stay behind and work all day cleaning and making clothes. In those days, during school the children would learn subjects like we do now. The classrooms were a bit smaller than the ones that we have now and they had a big blackboard on the wall for the teacher to write on. They also had maps around the classroom and a globe for geography lessons, abacus for children to work out sums and they sat in rows of chairs going rite through the classroom. For the teachers they were usually men but later on more women were trained to become teachers. Children wrote ion slates of chalk and would have to wipe it of by spitting on the fingers or sleeve and wiping the slate with it! They also had a thing called the whip which the teachers used to hit the children when they were naughty, and it really hurt!

10 top facts about Queen Victoria and the Victorian times 1.Queen Victoria was 18 when she was heir to the throne. 2.She reigned for exactly 63 years, 7 months and 2 days. 3.Queen Victoria died on the 22 nd January 1901 at the age of She died in Osborne House, Isle Of Wight. 5.Queen Victoria had 9 children, 40 grandchildren and 37 Great-Grandchildren. 6.She is buried in a mausoleum at Frogmore, Windsor. 7.When she became Queen, Britain also became the most powerful country in the world. 8.She ruled the largest empire that has ever excised. 9.Queen Victoria had a lot of homes. 10.She loved to sing, paint, draw and also attend to loads of opera.

What I have Learnt & what I think I think that when Queen Victoria was very pressurised and shocked when she became Queen but she was also happy! I found out that when she first became Queen, Queen Victoria had a rocky start but then got the hang of it and became one of the best Queens that Britain has ever had! I also found out that when Queen Victoria first became Queen she thought that she could do whatever she liked, but she soon found out that she couldn’t. At first I thought that Queen Elizabeth came not long after Queen Victoria, but then after doing lots of fun and interesting research, I found out that it was they have about 200 years apart and I found out about her children and her history that she had with Britain and everything that is here now!