Geologist Professor Iain Stewart shows how the continent of Africa was formed from the wreckage of a long-lost supercontinent. He discovers clues in its spectacular landmarks, mineral wealth and iconic wildlife that help piece together the story of Africa’s formation. But he also shows how this deep history has left its mark on the modern-day Africa and the world. Iain starts at Victoria Falls, with a leap into the water right on the lip of the 100m waterfall. Hidden within this cliff face is evidence that the falls were created by vast volcanic eruptions 180 million years ago, marking the moment when Africa was carved from the long-lost supercontinent of Pangaea and became a separate continent. The creation of Africa had a surprising impact on evolution. At the pyramids of Giza in Egypt, Iain finds marine creatures that reveal that this part of Africa was once a shallow sea that formed when Africa was created. And within the arid Western Desert, he reveals 17m-long skeletons of early whales revealing how land-dwelling mammals were lured back into the shallow seas created by the birth of the African continent, leading to the evolution of whales. At the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, the vast gravel pits once fuelled the devastating civil war. These diamonds reveal not just the very earliest origins of the land that makes up Africa today, but how the very first continents came into existence. On the Serengeti Plains the wildebeest migration is fuelled by a process that will eventually lead to Africa’s destruction. Every year the wildebeest return to give birth in an area of nutrient-rich grass growing on fertile volcanic soil and ash and lava from the nearby volcano reveals that beneath Africa there lies a mantle plume of molten rock. This volcanic upwelling is so strong that scientists predict it will one day tear the ancient continent of Africa in two. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing

1066: A Year to Conquer England Ep1 - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary with Dan Snow Written for enrichment/independent/flipped activities, the sheet contains a variety of data collection activities based upon the TV programme In this three-part drama documentary series, Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war and the Battle of Hastings. When King Edward the Confessor dies without an heir, it triggers a bitter race to succeed him as King of England. Earl Harold is on the spot and takes the crown. But in Normandy, Duke William believes the throne has been promised to him and decides to invade. Meanwhile, in Norway, the Viking king Harald Hardrada also fancies himself as King of England, and he too puts together an invasion force. Very soon, England will be under attack. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the sheet can be saved as a PDF to A4

In 1881 Virgil Earp,marshal of Tombstone, suspects Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers of stealing cattle and,backed up by his brothers Wyatt and Morgan and ‘Doc’ Holliday,challenges them to surrender near the OK corral. In the following thirty second shoot-out the suspected and unarmed thieves are shot in the back,leading to the Earps standing trial for murder - though they are exonerated by the judge,who also happens to be a relation. This retelling,along with commentaries,is a far darker version of the story in which the Earps are usually represented as the unequivocally good guys. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF file for A4 printing

Episode 2 of the BBC - The Wild West series. Drama-documentary about Billy the Kid, notorious gunman of the Wild West. The nation’s most wanted man, his killing of a county sheriff earned him a death sentence; yet in his lifetime the governor of New Mexico secretly promised Billy a pardon. Today the current state governor is planning a retrial to re-examine the evidence behind Billy’s conviction. What is the case for the defence of a man who lived and died by the gun? 4 page document Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing

Written to support the ABC documentary: The Century Americas Time 1920 1929 - Ep3 - Boom To Bust In the aftermath of World War I, many modern-minded Americans, particularly women, were eager to do away with outdated traditions and claim new rights and freedoms. This program investigates why the issue of women’s rights, ranging from suffrage to smoking, became so controversial – and what that said about America’s sense of self. Written to provide extension/ enrichment / independent learning options Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing

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: How life changed in Elizabethan England To what extent was life changing in Elizabethan England? Covers the population increase and the rise of the middle class. Historian Ian Mortimer also explores changes in house building, the impact of the printing press and the big increase in literacy levels as well as how the invention of gunpowder and the compass enabled the Elizabethans to embark on great voyages of exploration. It also explores the most famous adventurers of Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh who brought back untold riches and new plants and animals which had a profound effect on everyday life in sixteenth century.

Was it right to bomb Hiroshima? Worksheet to support the BBC iWonder webpage In the small hours of a warm summer day, the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay flew from a US base on Tinian over the Japanese mainland. In the hold was an experimental bomb, codenamed Little Boy. The target: Hiroshima. Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - WW2: Was it right to bomb Hiroshima?

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: Who were the rich in Elizabethan England? The historian, Ian Mortimer, journeys back in time to find out who the rich were in Elizabethan England. He discovers an emerging new class of people who were becoming very wealthy in their own right. They were known as the landed gentry and held positions of increasing influence such as magistrates, sheriffs and MPs. On his travels he explores the everyday lives of the gentry including their homes, hygiene and travel. While they were comfortably well off they also had a lot to lose. Elizabeth I demanded the absolute loyalty from her subjects and had an extensive spy network designed at uncovering her enemies. Once discovered, she showed no mercy as her cousin Mary Queen of Scots and the Babington plotters discovered to their cost.

BBC Teach - Abolitionism and why it was opposed - Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners Written to support the BBC Teach David Olusoga clip Search - Abolitionism and why it was opposed | History - Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners Historian David Olusoga investigates the resistance to abolishing slavery among British slave owners, including the threat they perceived to the profitable overseas sugarcane industry. He deliberately contrasts William Wilberforce, leader of the abolitionists, with George Hibbert, a slave owner, who worshipped in the same church in Clapham. Olusoga also refers to the family of the Victorian Prime Minister William Gladstone, whose fortunes were based on sugar plantations in Guyana. Like other slave owners he points out that they were determined to protect their sole supply of labour- slaves. Olusoga also uses slave ledgers updated every three years from 1817 to 1834 to point out the high mortality rates among slaves - evidence of their poor treatment. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing

What were relations like between the rulers and the ruled in the British Empire? Search - BBC - Empire - Learning Zone - What were relations like between the rulers and the ruled in the British Empire? Worksheet to support the BBC documentary Empire - Learning Zone extract. The early British settlers in India actively embraced Indian life and culture. Men like Charles Stuart, of the East India Company, didn’t fit the stereotype of Empire builders as arrogant, racist oppressors. Jeremy Paxman describes how earlier settlers adopted Indian clothing, customs and traditions. They also married Indian women or took Indian mistresses, leaving some 150 million people in the country today who have at least some British blood in their veins. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resources can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing

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

India was the most important territory of the British Empire. In the 18th century, India was an advanced civilisation and the rulers regarded the British with disdain. By the 1750s, this had changed and the balance of power had shifted in favour of the British Search - BBC Empire Learning Zone - ‘How did the British gain control of India?’ Written to support the teaching of the British Empire to Ks3 students the worksheet supports the BBC Teach ‘How did the British gain control of India?’ extract from Jeremy Paxman’s ‘Empire’ The worksheet is written in publisher and formatted to A3 but can be printed as a an A4 document in its PDF form This is a one page document

Professor Robert Bartlett details Edward I’s expansionist designs on Wales, and his defeat of the two princes of Gwynedd, Llewellyn and Dafydd, in 1282. Edward’s chain of castles to consolidate control over his new territory are shown on a map. In Scotland, the failure of Edward’s plan to take control by exploiting the Scottish Succession Crisis is explained. His selection of John Balliol as a subordinate Scottish king, and subsequent invasion of Scotland when John showed independence is discussed. We hear about how Scottish resistance to English rule was strong, and discuss the leadership qualities of William Wallace, with images of many of the Scottish borderlands where battles were fought. The strategic use of Stirling Bridge by the Scots to defeat the English is shown in detail. The role of the Plantagenet failure to subdue the Scots in creating Scottish national identity is considered. This clip is from the BBC series The Plantagenets. Professor Robert Bartlett tells the story of the Plantagenets, England’s longest ruling dynasty. Fifteen kings from this one family dominated the nation for 331 years between the 12th and 15th Centuries, shaping the country’s politics and culture. Their story is one of conflict, brutality and intrigue, but also the birth of Parliament and a system of justice through the Magna Carta. The dynasty ended with decades of Civil War that tore the family apart. Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - History KS4 / GCSE: Edward I, the Welsh and the Scots

Through the medium of sand art, Dan Snow recreates a map of Europe on the beach in Blackpool. Dan’s sand map will reveal the geopolitics of the continent as it stood on the brink of war. The sequence of crises that took place often seems murky to the uninitiated. The mists of time and the recriminations of the parties involved have combined to make the events that led to war seem ambiguous and confusing. Now, using remarkable sand art, Dan brings his clarity of style and presentation to bear on the subject, shedding new light on our descent into a war that would touch the lives of millions across Europe and highlighting the reasons behind a conflict that is, all too fast, receding in our collective memory. Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - History KS3/4: Britain and the start of World War One BBC Teach > Secondary Resources > History KS3 / History KS4 Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resources can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing A two page document

The cultural changes brought to Britain by the Normans based upon Episode 2 of Robert Bartlet’s BBC Documentary series Search - BBC - The cultural changes brought to Britain by the Normans Professor Robert Bartlett describes the cultural changes that the Normans brought to Britain. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing A one page resource The full documentary has a supporting worksheet on my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11891955

This clip explores the British obsession with sport and games. They took their games all over the globe and tried to use them as a means of binding the various peoples of the British Empire together. Search: BBC Empire Learning Zone What can cricket tell us about the British Empire? Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing A one page document

Archaeologist Neil Oliver visits three of the most important places associated with the Viking invasion and settlement of Anglo Saxon England. Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - Viking invaders and settlers | History - The Vikings Written in publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing 1 page document

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 - Why did Britain need a better road network? - Worksheet to support the BBC video In the early 1700s Britain’s road networks were simply not up to the task of moving the goods around the country which needed to be moved. Most of the roads were ancient, potholed and too small for modern business to be carried out. As Britain began to industrialise, this lack of transport made it very difficult to transport raw materials like coal or cotton. It was especially difficult for a businessman like Josiah Wedgwood, who reckoned that he sometimes lost one third of his shipments of pottery on Britain’s terrible roads. In 1706 Parliament passed the Turnpike Act which allowed private road builders to build new roads and charge tolls for using them. It was a first, important step towards the road transport network we know in Britain today. 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