Famous Victorians WALT to learn about some famous

Famous Victorians WALT: to learn about some famous Victorians

Can you think of any famous Victorians?

Queen Victoria n n n She was born in 1819 in London When she was 18 years old she became queen She married her handsome cousin Albert a young prince from Germany (she proposed to him) Albert didn’t speak English very well and lots of people didn’t like him Her reign was the longest in British history (1837 -1901). People living at the time of her reign were called The Victorians'.

Joseph Lister (1827 -1912) n A Scottish surgeon who realised the importance of keeping wounds and equipment clean and germ free during operations

Thomas Edison (1847 -1931) n n He was the inventor of over a thousand ideas which transformed life in the late 19 th century He invented the modern day light bulb

Lewis Carroll (1832 -1898) n He was the author of Alice in Wonderland

Benjamin Disreali (1804 -1881) n Prime Minister

Alexander Graham Bell (1847 -1922) n Inventor of the telephone

Brunel (1806 -1859) n An engineer who specialised in railway traction, steam ships and bridges

William Gladstone (1809 -1898) n A liberal politician who was Prime Minister 4 times

Task 1 -Page 1 - Inventions Look at four important inventions n Draw a picture of the invention, explaining who designed and when n Use your blank page and divide it into 4 n

Task 2 - Famous Victorians Look at the books about the Victorians. n Find at least 5 people and explain why they were famous. n Your jotter should look like this: n Do this on your lined page n Benjamin Disraeli- Prime Minister n

Task 3 - on the same page Choose one of the famous Victorians and bullet point as many facts about them as you. n What sort of information can you include? n When they were born, died, what they are famous for and so on n

Task 4 - keep in jotter Computer n Choose one of the famous Victorians and complete the fact file about them. n Keep this in your jotter n