Best of NTC: A double celebration of June coronations
Teaching tip
Victoria and Elizabeth II – long reigning monarchs of the United Kingdom
In 2013 there was a double celebration – the present queen, Elizabeth II, celebrated her diamond jubilee, 60 years on the throne, and it was 175 years since Queen Victoria’s coronation. Victoria reigned for a total of 63 years and 216 days. In 2015, Queen Elizabeth II stole her great, great grandmother’s ‘crown’ and became Britain’s longest reigning monarch. She has now been queen for over 64 years.
Click on the left button below if you would like to know a little bit more about the coronations of Elizabeth and Victoria and use the activity Two coronations in June in your classroom.
And if you would like to use another short activity at A2 level about the two queens, then click on the right button below.
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How well do you know Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II?
- On the board write Victoria and Elizabeth II. Ask students what they know about them. (Queens of the United Kingdom.)
- Ask students to work in pairs.
- First tell them to write 1 to 10 downwards on a piece of paper.
- Then tell students they are going to hear ten questions about Victoria and Elizabeth II. The answer to each question is either Victoria or Elizabeth II.
- Read out the questions one by one. Give students time to confer with their partner. Check answers together in class at the end.
1 Who is / was married to Prince Albert? (Victoria)
2 Who is / was the daughter of George VI? (Elizabeth II)
3 Who is / was the mother of nine children? (Victoria)
4 Who is / was the grandmother of Prince William? (Elizabeth II)
5 Who was 19 when she was crowned? (Victoria)
6 Who was the first British monarch to visit Spain? (Victoria in 1889)
7 Who learned to drive a car? (Elizabeth II)
8 Who had a sister called Margaret Rose? (Elizabeth II)
9 Who is / was the grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II? (Victoria)
10 Who was crowned in 1952? (Elizabeth II)
