Subject – Georgian England Year 5/6 Term Cycle ..

All children - regardless of ability or background - have equal access to an exciting, context based history curriculum which provides an understanding of chronology, knowledge of significant individuals and events, and ensures that all children can form and justify historical opinions.

How were the lives of rich and poor people different in the Georgian era?

How do previous questions/topics link to Where does it fit in?

the current topic?

- How was the life during the Stuart era different to that of the Georgian era? - What was the difference in the way the Kings of the Georgian Era ruled compared to the Stuarts? - - Key Vocabulary Key Knowledge Hanoverian Someone who is related to the Royal House of - The Georgian era of British history is a period which takes its name Hanover from the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain who were all Industrialise To develop industry, the making products from named George: George I, George II, George III and George IV. raw materials in factories - Georgian architecutre is marked by symmerty and proportion based Wealthy Someone who is rich on the classical architecture of Greece and Rome. - The Seven Years' War. Primarily between Britain, Spain, and France. Architecture Design and construct of buildings Britain wins the war. -Britain began to industrialise in the 1700s. In 1785 Edmund Workhouses Where poor relief was offered to the needy, Cartwright patents the power loom, improving the weaving process. people lived here allowing for the mass production of cheap, light cloth. Britain's cloth Monarch Sovereign head of state, King/Queen comes into demand around the world. - Jane Austen and Mary Shelley began writing literature in the Power A wheel powered by water, steam or electricity Georgian Era. Loom rather than by hand -There was a clear difference in social class, the poor lived a very Poor Law Charitable relief for the needy simple life. Whereas the wealthy lived a much grander life and enjoyed piped water into their houses for the first time ever Execution Carrying out a sentence of death on a - Most punishments during the 18th-century were held in public. condemned person Executions were elaborate and shocking affairs,

1820 – George III dies and George I dies 1763 – Britain wins the 1811 – Jane Austen releases 1714 - George I 1727 - Timeline George VI becomes King, on a visit to Hanover, Seven Years’ War. her first novel ‘Sense and inherits the throne His profligacy and marital and his son, George II Sensibility’. and the Georgian Era difficulties make him an of Wales, inherits the umpopular ruler begins throne .

1815 – Britain wins the 1830 -George VI dies 1721-Robert Walpole 1760 – George II dies 1768 – George III 1801 – Napoleonic Wars against and the Georgian Era Becomes Britain’s first and his grandson George founds the Royal The act of Union goes France. The victory ends. His brother Prime minister and III takes the throne. Academy of Arts. into effect. England, reaffirms Britain’s William VI inherits the holds the longest Scotland and Ireand. dominance throne. administration.

George I George II George III George IV William VI

1738-1820 The last king and 1660-1727 1683-1760 1762-1830 penultimate monarch First British Monarch of Became King when Founder of the Royal Famous for his royal of Britain's House of the House of Hanover Academy of Arts his father died pavilion in Brighton Hanover