Web Sites For

Websites for

Long Live The Queen

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Monarchs of Britain Timeline

Interactive timeline & game

History of Victoria’s reign

Queen Victoria

Interactive site with useful links to related websites

Queen Victoria, living in Victorian times, developing technology & inventions

Queen Victoria’s family tree, Portraits of Victoria, Children living in Victorian times – health, education, housing

Timeline of important dates in Victoria’s life, Famous Victorians, school days – website produced by children

Queen Victoria’s diaries

Alexandrina Victoria’schildhood

The young Victoria

Links to info about Victoria – mostly at an adult level

Photographs & images

Brief history & pictures

Portrait collection from National Portrait Gallery

Info & portraits of Victoria & family, timeline, family tree

Excellent collection of photos and portraits

Very good picture site of Victoria at different ages

Royal Residences

Images & information about Balmoral Castle, Scotland

Photo gallery & links to a slideshow ‘tour’

Info & pictures to show rooms most used by Victoria & Albert

Creating Portraits of Queen Victoria

Background information on Queen Victoria for teachers

Creating the impression of painting on canvas - Dishcloth Masterpiece

Cameos and Miniatures

Miniatures gallery at V & AMuseum

Lots of examples of miniatures at V&A

The impact of photography on miniatures

Portrait of Mrs Bacon

Silhouettes

Materials and techniques for painting miniatures

The British Empire and British Raj

Cover for around the world in 80 days

Map of British Empire 1897

Background for British Raj

Reconstruction of Indian soldiers in British Empire uniform

BBC History images of British Raj

Influence of India on Victorian arts and crafts

Children in Victorian times

Picture showing an imperial durbar (ceremony)

Photo of Indian troops at Portsmouth

Picture of railway bridge 1900

The Crimean War

Charge of the Light Brigade

Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Images of the charge

BBC News report with images and maps of battle

Florence Nightingale

Famous photograph of Florence

Florence Nightingale website links

Florence Nightingale timeline

Nightingales Song to a Sick Soldier

Brief history of FN – good for less able readers

Nurse Mary Seacole

For a brief outline of her life and achievements

Official site, full of info, links, resources and interactive media. Also includes link to Mary Seacole Memorial Appeal organisation

Good site with excellent embedded links on everything to do with Mary Seacole’s life, times, and profession.

Audio clips of various aspects of Victorian life, including Mary Seacole and the Crimean War

The Great Exhibition

Background reading for teachers and more able readers and several good images of the CrystalPalace

Background reading on The Great Exhibition

Cartoons of The Great Exhibition from Punch

Images from The Great Exhibition

Audio clips describing various aspects of the Victorian era including the Crystal Palace & some Victorian inventions

Inventors and Inventions

Victorian inventions

Victorian Inventors Timeline

Alexander Graham Bell

James Watt

IsambardKingdom Brunel

William Fox Talbot

Henry Bessemer

Thomas Edison

Louis Pasteur

George Stephenson

Robert Stephenson

Joseph Lister

Charles Wheatstone

History Sources

The Census as a source of info

Images from Victorian era

BBC History Time strip