Explore the Victorians who lived in a time of great progress and change. Find out how factories and towns grew incredibly fast, and the British Empire reached its largest size. Discover the advances in transport, industry and architecture, and learn about the lives of both rich and poor.

Read about Queen Victoria's long life and reign, the great Victorian buildings, ideas and inventions. Discover the working conditions in the mines and factories and a day in the life of a Victorian schoolchild.

The Explore! series delves into the most fascinating topics around for children at Key Stage 2, looking at the topic through a variety of subjects including design and technology, geography, art, literacy and numeracy.

This book is part of a book series called Explore .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

Jane Bingham is an experienced author and editor of children's books.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Who were the Victorians?
• 2: Queen Victoria's reign
• 3: Victorians abroad
• 4: Rich and poor
• 5: Working life
• 6: Health and medicine
• 7: A Victorian schoolchild's diary
• 8: Scientists and inventors
• 9: Engineers and builders
• 10: All kinds of transport
• 11: Artists, writers and photographers
• 12: Make a thaumatrope
• 13: Victorian facts and figures