Who Was Queen Elizabeth? Blog - 10

Who Was Queen Elizabeth? by June Eding  was a great biography about Queen Elizabeth. The life of Queen Elizabeth was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five languages, Elizabeth ruled for over forty years and led England through one of its most prosperous periods in history. She was never married.

This book is a biography of Queen Elizabeth by telling her life from the moment she was born and it was absolutely great. The illustrations were drawn with black pen that look pretty close to maps and portraits.

Classroom Activities:

I would have the kids make a timeline of Queen Elizabeth's life.

Have a discussion about the royal and noble ranks.

Questions for the Students: 

How did Queen Elizabeth become a Queen?

Was she every married and why not?

What deadly disease came in 1663?

I really enjoyed this book. I actually checked out 3 more of its kind after reading Who Was Queen Elizabeth? Even though it's a children's book, as an adult I really learned a lot. I noticed a lot of repetition which is good for kids and made me chuckle.

Eding, J. (2008). Who Was Queen Elizabeth?. New York, NY: Grosser & Dunlap Inc.