Worksheet to support the BBC Days That Shook The World documentary - Sarajevo 1914. The worksheet provides an opportunity to reflect upon European political geography in 1914, the alliance system and allows students to sequence the events post-assassination that led to the outbreak of a general war

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England - Health and Hygiene- Supporting Worksheet for the Ian Mortimer book of the same name Written as an extension/reading/ independent learning activity for able GCSE 9-1 students studying the history of medicine looking at the Renaissance / Tudor period and changing medical understanding in Britain. The resource is written as a WORD document for easy access to Google Classroom

War Walks - Agincourt - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary with Richard Holmes In 1415, Henry V won a remarkable victory against a French force that outnumbered him by five to one. Professor Holmes retraces Henry’s route to Agincourt and finds a story of heroism and brutality.

Trench warfare is one of the defining features of the First World War, but why? Dan Snow and One Show regular Michael Douglas find out why they were necessary - with the help of paintball guns. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the sheet can be edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing

The Great Stink - Worksheet to support the Peter Bazalgette Documentary Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can also be edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing

Britain 2000 Years in The Making - Ep 5 Superpower - Worksheet to support the TV Documentary. Written to support the teaching of the A level: Britain: Losing and Gaining and Empire - 1763-1914. Suitable as an enrichment task for able KS3

Henry VII - The Winter King - Worksheet to support the BBC TV Documentary ‘Author Thomas Penn takes an extraordinary journey into the dark and chilling world of the first Tudor, Henry VII. From his victory over Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, to his secret death and the succession of his son Henry VIII, this programme reveals the ruthless tactics Henry VII used to win - and cling on to - the ultimate prize, the throne of England. Exploring magnificent buildings and long-lost documents, Penn reveals the true story of this suspicious, enigmatic and terrifying monarch.’ Written in Publisher to an A3 format, this sheet can be fully edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing. A Word file is included for ease of uploading to Google Calssroom

Based on Ian Mortimer’s popular ‘A Time Traveller’s guide to Elizabethan England’ series, these worksheets provide a useful note taking scaffold for KS3 and KS4 students. The set of resources could be used as a useful overview to the Edexcel 9:1 GCSE - Elizabethan England 1558 - 88 supporting the syllabus topics: Challenges to Elizabeth’s rule & Life in Elizabethan England. Each film clip is around 10 minutes in duration making them an ideal flipped learning task, starter or plenary activity based upon the BBC Class Clip: Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - History KS3: Why was London the centre of the Elizabethan world? The historian, Ian Mortimer, journeys back in time to find out why London was the centre of the Elizabethan world. He travels around the capital and visits the sights that were the most significant in the 16th century including the Tower of London, the River Thames, London Bridge, and the Globe Theatre. In the hustle and bustle of city’s streets, he uncovers a world of extremes, great wealth and poverty, magnificent buildings, theatres, slums and disease. He finds that as today, London was a centre of international trade, a place of new ideas and opportunities to make money. The Elizabethans were prepared to put up with the overcrowding, filth and unbearable smells to be part of this great city.

Based on Ian Mortimer’s popular ‘A Time Traveller’s guide to Elizabethan England’ series, these worksheets provide a useful note taking scaffold for KS3 and KS4 students. The set of resources could be used as a useful overview to the Edexcel 9:1 GCSE - Elizabethan England 1558 - 88 supporting the syllabus topics: Challenges to Elizabeth’s rule & Life in Elizabethan England. Each film clip is around 10 minutes in duration making them an ideal flipped learning task, starter or plenary activity based upon the BBC Teach - Class Clips link: Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - KS3 History: What was life like for the rural poor in Elizabethan England? Through a journey back in time, we discover that for many Elizabethans living in the countryside life could be very harsh. Ian Mortimer visits a reconstructed Elizabethan thatched cottage to experience the living conditions for himself. Inside it is very basic and its inhabitants would have had few possessions. Society was strictly divided by class, and these people were among the poorest. They would have earned a meagre living by labouring on nearby farms. Without growing some of their own food and making their own clothes, life would have been a real struggle for survival.

Based on Ian Mortimer’s popular ‘A Time Traveller’s guide to Elizabethan England’ series, these worksheets provide a useful note taking scaffold for KS3 and KS4 students. The set of resources could be used as a useful overview to the Edexcel 9:1 GCSE - Elizabethan England 1558 - 88 supporting the syllabus topics: Challenges to Elizabeth’s rule & Life in Elizabethan England. Each film clip is around 10 minutes in duration making them an ideal flipped learning task, starter or plenary activity. using the BBC link below: Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips -History KS3: What was life like for the poor in the towns of Elizabethan England? On his travels Ian Mortimer explores various aspects of town and city life in the sixteenth century, including the markets, which drew so many people in from the surrounding countryside. He also looks at how the Elizabethans tackled the problems of crime and disease, which were such a prominent feature of life for the urban poor. Although life could be tough, he discovers that the introduction of the Elizabethan poor laws did go some way to alleviating the worst times.

Written to support the extract taken from Jeremy Paxman’s BBC ‘Empire’ documentary series explores the idea that the British Empire wasn’t simply about conquest for conquest’s sake; but was built by a ruthless pursuit of wealth through money, profit and trade: Search - BBC Empire - Learning Zone - What was the role of money and trade in the British empire | History - Empire Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 it can be printed in A4 as a PDF document This is a one page resource

Travelling by water was an important part of Viking culture as it transported them overseas to distant lands as both invaders and as settlers. Neil Oliver travels to Oslo to find out how the Vikings’ skills as shipbuilders and sailors enabled them to travel so far from their homeland. Here, a close look at the famous Oseburg Ship reveals the extraordinary craftsmanship of the Vikings. Out at sea, on a replica of a Viking boat, he learns how they used the sun to navigate their way across the open sea, and in Russia he discovers how the Vikings overcame rapids and ice to travel up its mighty rivers to trade in the East. He finds evidence of an ancient settlement in Iceland from where Viking explorers embarked on journeys even further West, to become the first Europeans to discover North America. Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - KS2 / KS3 History: Viking ships BBC Teach > Primary Resources / Secondary Resources > History KS2 / History KS3 > Vikings Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing This is a one page document

BBC Teach - Class Clips - History KS3 & KS4/GCSE: The brains behind the Industrial Revolution. Worksheet to support the BBC documentary extract Coal and steam are easy factors to identify in the Industrial Revolution but brains were another key factor. Eminent scientists like Sir Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle had made important discoveries about gravity, and the behaviour of gases. These discoveries were harnessed and turned into business ideas by men like James Watt and his business partner Matthew Boulton. Britain’s political system aided these developments. Compared to most European states, the British Parliament held very little control over the economy, preferring to leave businessmen to run businesses rather than interfering. At the same time, there was very little censorship or control of ideas and publications, so ideas could be circulated and developed. In London, scientists met and discussed ideas at the Royal Society. In the Midlands, the Lunar Society did much the same. Many scientists were interested in knowledge for its own sake, but there were others who were able to turn these ideas into new technologies to make fortunes too. This short film is from the BBC series, Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing A one page resource An worksheet for the full BBC Documentary - Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here? Can be found at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12138660

BBC Learning Zone - Was the British empire a force for good? (part 1/2) worksheet to support the BBC Jeremy Paxman Documentary: Empire This clip tells the story of how Hong Kong came under British control, reflecting the Empire’s often ruthless pursuit of profit - opening up China for trade, at a cost of thousands of ruined lives. Search - BBC Learning Zone - Was the British empire a force for good? (part 1/2) Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing This is a one page resource

BBC Learning Zone - Was the British empire a force for good? (part 2/2) worksheet to support the BBC Jeremy Paxman Documentary: Empire Search - BBC Learning Zone - Was the British empire a force for good? (part 2/2) This clip explores the British expansion into Africa. In the summer of 1861, David Livingstone and a small band of missionaries travelled to what is now Malawi to establish the virtues of two Victorian obsessions – ‘Christianity and commerce’. In the summer of 1861, David Livingstone and a small band of missionaries travelled to what is now Malawi to establish the virtues of two Victorian obsessions – ‘Christianity and commerce’. However, what Livingstone found in Africa shocked him. Britain had abolished slavery in the Empire decades before, but he still found Africans being captured and sold by Portuguese and Arab slavers. He made it his mission to rid West Africa of slavery. His crusade captured the minds of the public back home. People believed the Empire could be about more than conquest and dominance; it could be a force for good and justice. This clip is from the BBC series Empire. Jeremy Paxman travels the world exploring different aspects of the British Empire. He sets off in search of the extraordinary characters, burning ambitions and surprising principles which created an empire four times the size of ancient Rome. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing This is a one page resource

Written to support the BBC Teach Olusoga extract BBC Teach > Secondary Resources > KS3 / GCSE History > Migration Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - Black people in Britain during the Atlantic slave trade era In this short film, historian David Olusoga looks at the lives of Black people in Britain in the 1600s and 1700s. He looks at portraits in Ham House in Surrey, which feature images of young Black men and women as part of family groups of aristocrats. Olusoga talks to Professor James Walvin, who suggests that often these figures were invented and were part of the exoticism associated with international trade and enslavement. Walvin describes Black people in the UK as the ‘flotsam and jetsam’ of the slave trade, individuals who found themselves in the UK. Most were in domestic service. Some were sailors in transit in and out of the ports. By the late 18th century the ideas of the French Revolution were spreading and some Black people were starting to have a political impact on British society. These included Robert Wedderburn, who argued passionately for the emancipation of Black slaves and poor whites. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing A one page document

Taught to Year 8 students the lesson explores the significance of the roles of Chadwick, Stephenson, Arkwright and Tull in the Industrial Revolution. The lesson has options on the initial quizzing of prior learning, and then an inquiry in two parts: initially researching one individual and then group work sharing findings on the remaining individuals to reach a conclusion on their significance.

Written to support the 1982 BBC Documentary: QED A Guide to Armageddon. The documentary studies the effects of a one megaton nuclear bomb being exploded over London The sheet supports the film with a table to test its predictions using NUKEMAPS: The resource is written in Publsiher and formatted to A4