Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: The Queen's Own: Stamps That Changed the World
A selection of extraordinary materials from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's personal philatelic holdings.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Queen Elizabeth I: Elizabeth Tudor
Biographical information about Queen Elizabeth I of England is shared on this reference. Additional information is presented about her connection to Willaim Shakespeare's plays.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Ii
Learn about the youth of Queen Elizabeth II, her accession to the throne, and subsequent coronation through this photographic essay from the Google Cultural Institute.
Royal Household
The British Monarchy: Queen and Canada
This page from Queen Elizabeth II's official website, explains the constitutional role the monarchy has in Canada. The Queen of Canada is a constitutional monarchy in all her realms. There is a drop-down box offering access to the...
BBC
Bbc Scotland: Mary Queen of Scots
Explore key events from the life of Mary Queen of Scots. There are many easy to use interactive exercises to help test your knowledge of the information you have just read. Great biographical overview, a timeline, and links to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Red Queen
An example of the Red Queen hypothesis, the sexual population of Mexican Poeciliid fish is able to keep up with a changing environment, while the asexual populations are not as successful. From Evolution: "Why Sex?" Video length: 4 min....
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Queen Elizabeth I: Religion and State [Pdf]
Article on Queen Elizabeth I and the obstacles she faced as she tried to establish an official English Protestant church. Part of a three article series on Making a Difference. Includes questions for discussion and small group activity.
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The Guardian
Guardian: From the Archive, 4 February 1901: Death of the Queen [Victoria]
News article from February 4, 1901 written about the death and funeral of Queen Victoria.
Other
Elizabethan Era: Queen Elizabeth I
Website about Queen Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan Era contains biographical information, pictures, history and brief video [2:37] about her life.
Woodlands Junior School
Project Britain: The British Queen: Queen Elizabeth Ii
Biographical facts on Queen Elizabeth II in an easy to read question/answer format. Helpful for doing a research paper and includes links on the left with much additional information on the Royal Family.
PBS
Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire
The companion website to a documentary on Queen Victoria and the British Empire.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Queen Victoria
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication Queen Victoria by Frederick Warne, a biography of Queen Victoria for children.
Other
Elizabethi.org: Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I
This Queen Elizabeth I of England site features many resources, both text and illustrations, about the life and times of the Tudor monarch who lived from 1533-1603.
BBC
Bbc: Queen's Christmas Message: 'Small Acts of Goodness' Inspire
"Acts of goodness" can inspire even though the world's problems can seem too big to change, the Queen says in her Christmas message.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Renascence Editions: The Faerie Queene [Pdf]
Complete text of Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1596) prepared from The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser (London 1882).
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Last Letter: Mary, Queen of Scots
Digital facsimile, with transcriptions in English and French, of the last letter written by Mary, Queen on Scots. Addressed to Henry III, the French king, it tells of her impending execution, just hours away.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Columbus' Letter to the King and Queen of Spain
Fordham University provides the full text of a letter written about 1494 from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain regarding the Islands of Hispaniola.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen
This transcript from an American Experience program about Hawaii's last queen, Lili'uokalani, tells of her enlightened rule of Hawaii and the overthrow of her monarchy, which resulted in the U.S. annexation of Hawaii.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum: Long Term Exhibition: Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses
The long-term exhibition, "Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses" was on view at the Brooklyn Museum in 2007. This page includes selected works from the exhibit and a teachers link.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Queen Angelfish
The Florida Museum of Natural History presents an in-depth look at the queen angelfish. Learn about the taxonomy, common names, geographical distribution, conservation, habitat, food habits, reproduction, importance to humans, and more.
Other
Englishhistory.net: Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots is profiled, who was beheaded by order of Queen Elizabeth I in 1587. Content includes a biography, chronology, numerous images, quizzes of Tudor England, and more.
Read Works
Read Works: The British Empire Queen Victoria and Industrialization
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about British industrialization under the rule of Queen Victoria. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: The British Empire Queen Victoria
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Queen Victoria. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Queens of the Spy World Whose Intrigues Sway the Fate of Nations
A learning module that begins with the 1918 article "Queens of the Spy World Whose Intrigues Sway the Fate of Nations" by The Sun, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...