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BBC -British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley - The Glorious Revolution
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BBC -British History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley - The Glorious Revolution In this episode, Lucy debunks another of the biggest fibs in British history - the ‘Glorious Revolution’.In 1688, the British Isles were invaded by a huge army led by Dutch prince, William of Orange. With his English wife Mary he stole the throne from Mary’s father, the Catholic King James II. This was the death knell for absolute royal power and laid the foundations of our constitutional monarchy. It was spun as a ‘glorious and bloodless revolution’. But how ‘glorious’ was it really? It led to huge slaughter in Ireland and Scotland. Lucy reveals how the facts and fictions surrounding 1688 have shaped our national story ever since. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can also be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC - Planet Oil - Ep2 - The Treasure that Conquered the World - Worksheet to support the BBC Doc
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BBC - Planet Oil - Ep2 - The Treasure that Conquered the World - Worksheet to support the BBC Doc

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By the early 1950s, a holy trinity of oil, plastics and fertilisers had transformed the planet. But as Professor Iain Stewart reveals, when the oil-producing countries demanded a greater share in profits from the western energy companies, the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a focus for coup d’etats and military conflict. In the North Sea, Prof Stewart recalls the race against time to find alternative supplies in the shallow, but turbulent waters both here and in America’s Gulf coast. The offshore discoveries in the 1970s proved to be a game changer. It marked an engineering revolution, the moment when ‘difficult’ oil and gas (previously unviable sources) could be commercially produced from the ocean depths. It was the moment when Western Europe and the US finally unshackled themselves from their 20th-century energy security nightmare. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can also be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC - Planet Oil - Ep3 - The Treasure that Conquered the World - Worksheet to support the BBC Doc
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As we entered the 21st century, the world was guzzling oil, coal and gas like never before. Despite fears of ‘peak oil’, Professor Iain Stewart discovers that while huge technological advances are helping extend the life of existing oilfields, new unconventional oil and gas supplies like shale gas and tar sands are extending the hydrocarbon age well into the 21st century. Given there’s plenty of fossil fuels still in the ground, the spectre of climate change has forced many to ask can we really afford to burn what’s left? In this concluding episode, Iain Stewart argues we face a stark choice. Do we continue feed our addiction - suck Planet Oil dry - and risk catastrophic climate change, or do we go hell for leather for alternative energy sources, such as nuclear and renewables, to make the transition from our fossil fuel past to a low-carbon future. In which case, how do we make that shift? Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can also be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC - Planet Oil: The Treasure that Conquered the World -  Professor Iain Stewart
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BBC - Planet Oil: The Treasure that Conquered the World - Professor Iain Stewart

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Ep1 -Iain Stewart visits places that gave birth to the earth’s oil riches, discovers the people who fought over its control and explores how the need for oil is changing the planet. Ep2 -By the early 1950s, a holy trinity of oil, plastics and fertilisers had transformed the planet. But as Professor Iain Stewart reveals, when the oil-producing countries demanded a greater share in profits from the western energy companies, the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a focus for coup d’etats and military conflict. Ep3 - Professor Iain Stewart examines the situation in the 21st century, at which point the global consumption of oil, coal and gas is at an all-time high.
BBC Hidden Killers - The Tudor Home - Worksheet to support the  Suzannah Lipscombe Documentary
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BBC Hidden Killers - The Tudor Home - Worksheet to support the Suzannah Lipscombe Documentary

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Dr Suzannah Lipscomb journeys back to Tudor times, when the newly emergent middle classes had money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. Dr Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times in search of the household killers of the era. It was a great age of exploration and science where adventurers returned from the New World with exotic goods previously unknown in Europe. An era in which the newly emergent middle classes had, for the first time, money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. The period also saw a radical evolution in the very idea of ‘home’. For the likes of Tudor merchants, their houses became multi-room structures instead of the single-room habitations that had been the norm (aristocracy excepted). This forced the homebuilders of the day to engineer radical new design solutions and technologies, some of which were lethal. Suzannah discovers that in Tudor houses the threat of a grisly, unpleasant death was never far away in a world (and a home) still mired in the grime and filth of the medieval period - and she shows how we still live with the legacy of some of these killers today Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 for printing the worksheet can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
America: The Story of Us - Ep5 Civil War
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America: The Story of Us - Ep5 Civil War

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The Civil War rages. The minie ball is the great equalizer on the battlefield. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union’s mastery of technology; railroads, supply lines and the telegram become new weapons in a modern war. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC Horrible Histories - Revolting Russian Revolutions
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BBC Horrible Histories - Revolting Russian Revolutions

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On its hundredth anniversary, Horrible Histories takes a look at the Russian Revolution. Tsar Nicholas II gives us tips for survival in Russia’s extreme climate (clue: a massive amount of wealth helps), and we reveal that Lenin’s European Communism lecture tour took in a trip to London Zoo. Lenin also gives us beauty advice on how to look good even after death! Meanwhile, Dave TDS finds out just how hard it is to invade Russia, and we listen to Uncle Joe Stalin’s Nursery Rhymes and find out that, at one point, he also decided that the key to world domination might, in fact, lie in poo. ‘The Russian Revolution, a roller-coaster ride of an event that changed the world forever, featuring unpopular emperors, mad monks and wild revolutionaries, and it all happened in a huge country that had been ruled by the same Royal Family, the Romanovs, for 300 years’ Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC - Julius Caesar Revealed - Worksheet to support the Mary Beard BBC Documentary
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BBC - Julius Caesar Revealed - Worksheet to support the Mary Beard BBC Documentary

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Julius Caesar is the most famous Roman of them all: brutal conqueror, dictator and victim of a gruesome assassination on the Ides of March 44 BC. 2,000 years on, he still shapes the world. He has given us some political slogans we still use today (Crossing the Rubicon), his name lives on in the month of July, and there is nothing new about Vladmir Putin’s carefully cultivated military image, and no real novelty in Donald Trump’s tweets and slogans. Mary Beard is on a mission to uncover the real Caesar, and to challenge public perception. She seeks the answers to some big questions. How did he become a one-man ruler of Rome? How did he use spin and PR on his way to the top? Why was he killed? And she asks some equally intriguing little questions. How did he conceal his bald patch? Did he really die, as William Shakespeare put it, with the words Et tu, Brute on his lips? Above all, Mary explores his surprising legacy right up to the present day. Like it or not, Caesar is still present in our everyday lives, our language, and our politics. Many dictators since, not to mention some other less autocratic leaders, have learned the tricks of their trade from Julius Caesar. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC Lucy Worsley Episode 1 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
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BBC Lucy Worsley Episode 1 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

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BBC Lucy Worsley Episode 1 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain Dr Lucy Worsley’s series begins in 1714 when, to prevent the crown falling into the hands of a Catholic, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from Hanover. In 1714, to prevent the crown falling into the hands of a Catholic, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the small German state of Hanover. To understand this risky experiment, presenter Dr Lucy Worsley has been given access to treasures from the Royal Collection as they are prepared for a new exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace - providing a rare and personal insight into George I and his feuding dynasty. The Hanoverians arrived at a moment when Britain was changing fast. Satirists were free to mock the powerful, including the new royals. The Hanoverians themselves were busy early adopters of Neo-Palladian architecture, defining the whole look of the Georgian era. When the French philosopher Voltaire visited, he found a ‘land of liberty’ unlike anything in Europe - Britain was embracing freedom of speech and modern cabinet government. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC Lucy Worsley Episode 3 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
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BBC Lucy Worsley Episode 3 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

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BBC Lucy Worsley Episode 3 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain Dr Lucy Worsley’s story of the first Georgian kings reaches the final years of George II’s reign. With extensive access to artworks in the Royal Collection, she shows how Britain’s new ruling family fought the French, the Jacobites and each other, all at the same time. But while George very publicly bickered with his troublesome son Frederick, Prince of Wales, he also led from the front on the battlefield - the last British king to do so - and helped turn his adopted nation into a global superpower. What would have seemed an unlikely outcome when the Georges first arrived from Hanover was achieved on the back of a strong navy, a dubious slave trade and a powerful new entrepreneurial spirit that owed much to the influence of the Scottish Enlightenment. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
'Filthy Cities' - New York - Worksheet to support the BBC TV Documentary
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'Filthy Cities' - New York - Worksheet to support the BBC TV Documentary

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Dan Snow travels back to a seething Manhattan in the throes of the industrial revolution. Millions fled persecution, poverty and famine in Europe in the 19th century in search of the Promised Land. When they arrived what they found was even worse than what they’d left behind. New York was a city consumed by filth and corruption, its massive immigrant population crammed together in the slums of Lower Manhattan. Dan succumbs to some of the deadly disease-carrying parasites that thrived in the filthy, overcrowded tenement buildings. He has a go at cooking with some cutting edge 19th century ingredients - clothes dye and floor cleaner - added to disguise reeking fetid meat. And he marvels at some of the incredible feats of engineering that transformed not just the city, but the world. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC - Operation Ouch  - Back in Time - Worksheet to support the BBC Programme
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BBC - Operation Ouch - Back in Time - Worksheet to support the BBC Programme

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Dr Chris and Dr Xand turn back the clock and look at what medicine was like in the First World War. They meet a paralympian runner who swaps her awesome blade for a World War I leather leg and they look at the little critters that infested the trenches. Then they set up a massive experiment to demonstrate how soldiers’ bodies had to cope with the pressures exerted by huge explosions Produced in Publisher and fromatted to A3 printing the resouce can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC - Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City—Ep1 -Wellspring of Holiness
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BBC - Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City—Ep1 -Wellspring of Holiness

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BBC - Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City—Ep1 -Wellspring of Holiness Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents a three-part series illuminating the history of the sacred and peerlessly beautiful city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world. For the Jewish faith, it is the site of the Western Wall, the last remnant of the second Jewish temple. For Christians, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the site of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For Muslims, the Al-Aqsa mosque is the third holiest sanctuary of Islam. In episode one, Simon delves into the past to explore how this unique city came into being, explaining how it became of such major importance to the three Abrahamic faiths, and how these faiths emerged from the Biblical tradition of the Israelites. Starting with the Canaanites, Simon goes on a chronological journey to trace the rise of the city as a holy place and discusses the evidence for it becoming a Jewish city under King David. The programme explores the construction of the first temple by Solomon through to the life and death of Jesus Christ and the eventual expulsion of the Jews by the Romans, concluding in the 7th century AD, on the eve of the capture of Jerusalem by the Muslim caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City—Ep2—Invasion, Invasion, Invasion
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BBC Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City—Ep2—Invasion, Invasion, Invasion

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BBC Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City—Ep2—Invasion, Invasion, Invasion Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world. For the Jewish faith, it is the site of the western wall, the last remnant of the second Jewish temple. For Christians, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the site of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For Muslims, the Al-Aqsa mosque is the third holiest sanctuary of Islam. In episode two, Simon discovers the impact on the holy city of a new faith - Islam. He explores Muhammad’s relationship with Jerusalem, the construction of one of Islam’s holiest shrines - the Dome of the Rock - and the crusaders’ attempts to win it back for Christianity. He also brings to life lesser-known characters, whose impact still resonate - Al Hakim’s destructive delusions of grandeur and Queen Melisende’s embellishment of crusader Jerusalem, as well as the notorious stand-off between Saladin and Richard the Lionheart. The episode ends in the 13th century with King Frederick II, whose groundbreaking power-sharing deal prefigures the tortuous peace negotiations of our own times. Then, as now, peace did not last. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC Horrible Histories - Preposterous Presidents
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BBC Horrible Histories - Preposterous Presidents

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Horrible Histories takes a look at America and its various presidents, from George Washington to the present day, including President Jackson’s rude parrot, the establishment of the Secret Service, German cowboys, and spy Mary Elizabeth Bowser. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC Timewatch- Who Killed Rasputin? - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
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BBC Timewatch- Who Killed Rasputin? - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary

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BBC Timewatch- Who Killed Rasputin? Astonishing new evidence has now come to light linking the British Secret Service with the murder of Grigori Rasputin in Russia in 1916. Former Scotland Yard commander Richard Cullen re-opens the murder case of Grigori Rasputin in St Petersburg in 1916. He uncovers new evidence linking the British secret service to the murder. ‘It’s one of the most infamous murders of the last century. The killing of Grigorii Rasputin in St Petersburg’ Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
America: The Story of Us - Ep3 Westward
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America: The Story of Us - Ep3 Westward

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Trailblazing pioneers set out to conquer the vast continent west of the mountains, but find the land already claimed. Wagon trains meet danger and hardship on the road to unprecedented riches in California’s golden hills.
BBC - Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City - Worksheets to support the Simon Montefiore BBC Documentary
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BBC - Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City - Worksheets to support the Simon Montefiore BBC Documentary

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Historian Simon Montefiore follows a chronological journey to trace and illuminate the sacred and peerlessly beautiful history of Jerusalem, one of the oldest cities in the world. Ep1- Simon Sebag Montefiore begins a history of Jerusalem by exploring how it came into being and how it became so important to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Ep2- Simon Sebag Montefiore continues his history of Jerusalem by discovering the impact of Islam and the crusaders’ attempt to win it back for Christianity. Ep3- How Jerusalem became the object of rivalry between Christian nations, the focus of the longing of Jews and the site of one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. All resources are written in Publisher and formatted to A3 but can be saved as PDF’s for A4 printing