![]() ![]() “And one of the things which Shonda has threaded through the story in this incredibly brilliant way is the idea that the arrival of this woman made it possible for other people of color to rise up through the ranks in English society.” But in truth, racial equality was not achieved as such in 1700s Britain. “The politics of England in this particular period of time, and the politics of most of the world, were complicated,” executive producer Betsy Beers told Netflix, per Tudum. As the series progresses, Queen Charlotte’s responsibilities as the face of the “Great Experiment” grow more and more evident, as she and Lady Danbury advocate for continued, lasting desegregation of the Ton.Īs evident by the diverse aristocracy seen in Bridgerton, which takes place five decades after the events of Queen Charlotte, the “Great Experiment” is considered a success in the Bridgerton universe. Lady Agatha Danbury and her husband, Lord Danbury, are bestowed their titles at Charlotte and George’s wedding in episode 1, and later, are given a new, bigger home by the palace and host the first ball of the season. Their interracial relationship and Charlotte’s role as Britain’s first Black queen signaled a turning point in societal structure, and the “Great Experiment” was the palace’s attempt to desegregate the Ton and grant more land and status to people of color. Prior to the marriage between Charlotte, a Black woman, and King George III, a white man, the British noble class was entirely white. The six-episode spin-off centers around “The Great Experiment,” a concept established by Princess Augusta (King George’s mother) and the House of Lords in the premiere episode. “Dearest gentle reader, this is the story of Queen Charlotte from Bridgerton,” a title card, narrated by Lady Whistledown, reads at the start of episode 1. ![]() May you never appeal to Heaven in prayers so hopeless and so agised as in that hour left my lips: for never may you, like me, dread to be the instrument of evil to what you wholly love. While the series is based on real royals, the interpretation of Queen Charlotte and King George III’s love story and Georgian-era London is not entirely historically accurate. Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. The Bridgertonprequel series chronicles the young king and queen’s early days of marriage, from their first meeting, whirlwind wedding (seriously, it took place within six hours of Charlotte’s arrival in London), and the birth of their first child, George IV. I staggered the pages so they could be easily printed and hole-punched and placed into a three-ring binder, or you could hand one page out at a time if that is easier for you.Netflix’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Love Story transports viewers to 1761 London, as Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (India Amarteifio) marries King George III (Corey Mylchreest) and swiftly becomes monarch of Great Britain and Ireland. Here are some sneak peaks into the interiors: Today I am offering levels one and two FREE for you to download and print to use with your children! ![]() I knew it would be greatly helpful, both to myself and others, but I just didn’t have the time (or so I thought).įunny how necessity can help you find the “extra” time you need, isn’t it? In this season of our lives I’ve needed our homeschooling to be even more automated, so I took it upon myself to take Long’s Language and reformat it for our children.Īfter prayer (of course) I was given an amazing way to simplify the whole process of putting the lessons into a format that is both simple for little children and easy to use for moms. It has taken me quite a few hours to formulate the first two levels, but I believe the end result is marvelous and will save me and my children beaucoup time (and frustration) in the long run.Įventually, I hope to be offering these levels (one, two, three, and four) as physical books (along with The Lesson Book, levels one, two, three, four, and five), but until then I just couldn’t keep them to myself! Then the idea struck me why not take the lessons and rework them into a printable, with specific places to write the sentences, etc. There was also the problem of the copperplate script used, and some of the language was a bit archaic. Well, I have been using this old book with my children with great success, but arranging the lessons in our composition books was a bit time-consuming, especially for the littler ones. I actually wrote about my discovery and how to use it in this post about a year ago. Long (I refer to this as “Long’s Language”). Then I discovered New Language Exercises for Primary Schools by C. For years I searched high and low for a grammar program that would help my children write well from the very beginning of literacy. Hey, Mom, are your beginning readers frustrated when it comes to writing and punctuating simple sentences? I know mine have been. ![]()
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