History – Georgian England Year 5/6 Autumn Cycle A

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 Period different to that of the Georgian Period? - What was the difference in the way the kings of the Georgian Period ruled compared to the Stuarts?

Key Knowledge Key Vocabulary - The Georgian Period of British history takes its name from Hanoverian Someone who is related to the Royal House of the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain, all named Hanover. George: George I, George II, George III and George IV. Industrialise To develop industry, the making of products - Georgian architecutre was marked by symmerty and from raw materials in factories. proportion based on classical architecture of Greece and Wealthy Someone who is rich. Rome. - The ‘Seven Years' War. The war was primarily between Architecture Design and construct of buildings. Britain, Spain, and France. Britain won the war. -Britain began to industrialise in the 1700s. In 1785 Edmund Workhouses Where poor relief was offered to the needy, Cartwright patented the power loom, improving the weaving people lived here. process. Monarch Sovereign head of state, King/Queen. - Jane Austen and Mary Shelley began writing literature in the Georgian Era. Power A loom powered by water, steam or electricity -There was a clear difference in social class. The poor lived a Loom rather than by hand. very simple life, whereas the wealthy lived a much grander life Poor Law Charitable relief for the needy. 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 condemned person. public. Executions were elaborate and shocking affairs.

1820 – George III dies and 1714 - George I 1727 - George I dies on a 1763 – Britain wins the Timeline George IV becomes King. 1811 – Jane Austen releases inherits the throne, visit to Hanover, and his Seven Years’ War. George IV’s ill treatment of her first novel ‘Sense and beginning of the son, George II Prince of his wife, make him an Sensibility’. Wales, inherits the throne. unpopular ruler Georgian Period. .

1768 – George III 1815 – Britain wins the 1830 -George IV dies 1721 - Robert 1760 – George II dies 1801 – founds the Royal Napoleonic Wars against and the Georgian Era Walpole becomes and his grandson George The Act of Union- Academy of Arts. England, Scotland and France. The victory ends. His brother Britain’s first Prime III takes the throne. reaffirms Britain’s William IV inherits the Minister. Ireland are united. dominance throne.

George I George II George III George IV William IV

1660 -1727 1683-1760 1738-1820 1762-1830 1830-1837 First British Monarch of Became King when his Founder of the Royal Famous for his Royal The last king of Britain's the House of Hanover father died Academy of Arts Pavilion in Brighton House of Hanover