East India Company: Video Worksheets, differentiated.

Please check that you can access the video before you download these sheets. All the links work when I upload. If my links no longer work, the videos may still be found elsewhere on YouTube, My5 - Portillo’s Empire Journey - India etc.

Excellent, comprehensive, engaging, and detailed documentary. 24 questions for the 45-minute show covering: scope of British Empire at height, East India Company’s power; Robert Clive, his rise within the company, EIC’s transformation into a military / political power, opium, Richard Wellesley, Christian missionaries, Enfield Rifle and Indian Mutiny, and rebellion; end of the EIC, Queen Victoria; the Post Office, George Curzon, 1905 partition; Gandhi in South Africa; reuniting Bengal; Amritsar Massacre; Partition in 1911; independence.

Differentiated! Both versions look very similar but “B” version has subtle clues. Questions right up to the end, no slack time! Creates a great intro / summary / homework resource. Snswer sheet, very easy to mark; .doc & .pdf. Link to video on all sheets.