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Unit Summary

This unit teaches students about life in Britain from 1837-1901. They learn about key events like Victoria's accession, the railways, and the Great Exhibition. The unit explores how her reign defines the period, technological advances, and connections within Britain and globally.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to describe some of Queen Victoria's experiences of being a mother.

Key Notes

• Victoria wrote about her pregnancies in her diaries: she didn't like being pregnant and wrote newborn babies were ugly.
• Victoria and Albert's first child, a girl they named Victoria, was born in November 1840.
• Victoria and Albert had nine children together; her first son, Albert Edward, became king when Queen Victoria died.
• When her 8th and 9th babies were born, Queen Victoria used special new medical invention called chloroform.
• Thanks to Victoria, chloroform became quite popular, which helped many other women when they were having babies.

Vocabulary To Learn

• diaries: when people write about their life they sometimes write in books called diaries
• pregnant: when a woman is pregnant she is going to give birth to a baby
• chloroform: chloroform was used in Victorian England to reduce pain

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• That inventions are always things like machines, robots, computers and so on.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Alice Kinloch and the Victorian British Empire Study Guide
• Britain at the time of Victoria's death Study Guide
• Factories in Britain during Victorian times Study Guide
• The Great Exhibition Study Guide
• Victoria, Empress of India Study Guide
• Victoria, Scotland and John Brown Study Guide
• Victoria's 'melancholy' childhood Study Guide
• Victoria's accession to the throne Study Guide
• Victoria's proposal and marriage to Albert Study Guide
• Victorian childhood Study Guide
• Victorian society Study Guide