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Exploring A Medieval Castle! | BBC Teach

In this episode of ClueTubers, we see Vee (Miss Varz) and Adam (TheNewAdamb99) exploring Medieval castle: Harlech Castle. They investigate the environment to...

CBeebies: Time For School - Visiting Warwick Castle

CBeebies: Time For School - Visiting Warwick Castle The children have a day out at Warwick castle and meet a Knight in Armour. Visit CBeebies at http://www.b...

The life and work of Florence Nightingale (dramatisation) | History - True Stories

Suitable for teaching 5-11s. Florence Nightingale tells the story of her life, and shows how she grew up to become a nurse in the Crimean War. Subscribe for ...

History KS2 | The Victorians: Florence Nightingale | BBC Teach

The lady with the lamp, or the angel of the Crimea if you prefer, either way Florence Nightingale is one of the biggest names in modern nursing. In this shor...

The Life of Mary Seacole part 1 (of 3) | The Victorians | BBC Teach

The life of Mary Seacole life is told in three short video episodes. Mary tells of her early life in Jamaica, and how her mother, a famous healer, taught her...

The Life of Mary Seacole part 2 (of 3) | The Victorians | BBC Teach

Mary has built the 'British Hotel', which is closer to the battlefield than Florence Nightingale's hospital. She describes how she treated the wounded soldie...

The Life of Mary Seacole part 3 (of 3) | The Victorians | BBC Teach

After the war had ended Mary describes how she couldn't sell the British Hotel, so just had to pack up and leave, with many debts. Back in London, she couldn...

Introducing Ancient Egypt | History - Lost Lands

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. The third of seven films introducing life in ancient civilisations. Nefa, a priest in training, shows us ancient Egyptian buildi...

Life in the New Stone Age | The Story of Britain | BBC Teach

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. An introduction to the changing way of life in Neolithic Britain through the eyes of a family, exploring their transition from h...

Stone Age farming and homes | History - Ancient Voices

A clip looking at the Old Stone Age, and hunter-gatherers who lived by hunting animals and collecting fruit and nuts. We also explore the first farmers, who ...

What does Stonehenge gold tell us about the Bronze Age? | History - Ancient Voices

Archaeologist Raksha Dave explores Maiden Castle - the biggest Iron Age Hill Fort in Britain. Subscribe for more History clips from BBC Teach on Thursdays wh...

Life in Iron Age Britain | The Story of Britain | BBC Teach

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. Iron, druids and hill-forts are central to this animated tale exploring the life of a family in Iron Age Britain. Part four of a...

Magna Carta | The Story of Britain | BBC Teach

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. This clip details events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. Part eleven of an eleven part animated series detail...

Life in Roman Britain | The Story of Britain | BBC Teach

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. An exploration of life in Roman Britain shown through the eyes of a Roman family. Part six of 11-part historical animated series...

Boudicca & the Roman Invasion | The Story of Britain | BBC Teach

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. This animation explores life in Britain during the Roman Invasion and Boudicca's rebellion in 60AD. Part five of the 11-part The...

Tombs in Ancient Egypt | Primary History - Ancient Egypt

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. Egyptologist, Dr Joann Fletcher enters the tomb of an Ancient Egyptian architect called Kha. She explores the design of the tomb...

The afterlife in Ancient Egypt | Primary History - Ancient Egypt

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. Ancient Egyptians were buried with everything they expected to need for their journey through the afterlife. Dr Joann Fletcher e...

Mummification in Ancient Egypt | Primary History - Ancient Egypt

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. Dr Joann Fletcher explains how the ancient Egyptians preserved their dead, and why mummies were buried with precious jewellery. ...

The Roman Empire and its effect on Britain | Primary History - Roman Voices

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. Historian Bettany Hughes explores what made Britain so attractive to the ancient Romans that they made it a province of their gr...

Soldiers in Roman Britain | Primary History - Roman Voices

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. Bettany Hughes explains the significance of Hadrian's Wall and visits the excavation of a fort at Vindolanda museum to uncover w...

Exploring A Medieval Castle! | BBC Teach

In this episode of ClueTubers, we see Vee (Miss Varz) and Adam (TheNewAdamb99) exploring Medieval castle: Harlech Castle. They investigate the environment to...

An evacuee's adventure | History - Children of World War Two

Betty lived in Cardiff during the war and was evacuated to Aberdare. With her family friend, Anesha, she retraces the journey and describes what it was like ...

Living through air raids | History - Children of World War Two

We meet Alan and his grand-daughter Isabel. Alan lived in north London during the Second World War and was in his home when the neighbour's house suffered a ...

A soldier's daughter | History - Children of World War Two

Sarah was a child in Bolton during the Second World War. With family friend Tyler, she remembers the outbreak of the war and the effect that rationing had on...

Introducing the Maya civilisation | History - Lost Lands

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. The third of seven films introducing life in ancient civilisations. Like children 1000 years later, Akbal wants to be a professi...

Life in the Time of the Vikings | The Story of Britain | BBC Teach

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. Life in Viking Britain is shown through the eyes of a family, with an exploration of the reasons for Vikings coming to Britain. ...

Viking home life | History - The Vikings

Suitable for 7-11s. Neil Oliver visits York, Denmark and Jarlshof in Shetland to see some extraordinary artefacts and explore the history of Viking life at h...

Viking invaders and settlers | History - The Vikings

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. Archaeologist Neil Oliver visits Lindisfarne, Repton and York to trace the Viking invasion and settlement in Anglo Saxon England...

Viking ships | History - The Vikings

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. A look at various Viking boats and ships, how the Vikings navigated their way across the open sea to Iceland and beyond, and how...

Classroom Displays

Black History Month - Nelson Mandela (Year 1) and Mary Seacole (Year 2) History Topics

Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom 

One child was very keen to research the Indus Valley having seen it on a timeline in the classroom. Here is Louie's factfile. 

The Viking Ship Museum

The photographs on this page were taken by Mr. Watson at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. The museum houses three Viking era burial ships that were found as part of archaeological finds from Tune, Gokstad, Oseberg and the Borre mound cemetery. The photographs show the size of the ships, the detailed carving and oar holes and the rudders.The pictures are designed to help children with their studies on transport in Year 2 and when studying the Vikings in Year 6. 

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