Learn who Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria were and how life changed between their times, by crowning queens, lighting beacons and riding a time train.
Years 1–2 history · 1
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What the chapters cover in the national curriculum in England:
Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria is an interactive history game for children aged 5 to 7 that teaches who these two significant queens were, when they lived and how life in Tudor and Victorian times compared. It follows the KS1 history curriculum and is pitched at Year 2.
A friendly owl narrates every step with spoken words and captions. Children open curtains in a palace gallery to meet each queen, place them on a timeline marked in years ago, and ride a time train back to 1837 and 1558. They help Francis Drake sail around the world, light beacons to warn of the Spanish Armada, stick a Penny Black on a letter and build the Crystal Palace.
Later chapters use a Venn diagram to sort what was the same and what was different about the queens, then compare homes, light, travel, school and toys in Tudor and Victorian times.
Elizabeth I was a Tudor queen of England who ruled for 44 years from 1558. Queen Victoria became queen in 1837, aged 18, and ruled for 63 years. Both are remembered because big changes happened while they were queens.
No, they never met. Elizabeth I died in 1603, more than 200 years before Victoria was born in 1819, and many other kings and queens ruled in between.
Queen Victoria is famous for her long reign of 63 years, during which the first postage stamp, the Penny Black, was made and railways spread across the country. Her husband Prince Albert also organised the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace.
The game is designed for children aged 5 to 7 and matches the KS1 history curriculum in England, where this comparison is usually taught in Year 2. Everything is read aloud, so early readers can play on their own.
The game has six chapters with spoken narration, drag-and-drop and tapping activities, quick checks and a 10-question Royal Challenge at the end. Playing everything takes about 40 minutes, and children can start any chapter from the palace gallery.
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