Queen Victoria was the monarch who gave her name to an era of discovery, invention and change in Britain.

In this short film, we learn a little about her personal history as we delve into Queen Vic’s diaries.

Narrator Scherrikar Bell highlights some of the amazing things to have come from Queen Victoria’s reign, as well as some of the inventions that were created during her time as queen, for example photography.

This short film explains how Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch until our current queen, Queen Elizabeth II.

Throughout the film we touch on history and geography while we talk about the British Empire, art and society as we talk about the invention of photography and how queen victoria used it, and creative writing and English as we explore Queen Victoria’s diary entries.

This short film is from the BBC series, The Victorians.

Suitable for teaching History at KS2 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and First and Second Level in Scotland.  

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