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Lady Katherine Grey part 4: From Traitor's Daughter to Elizabeth's Heir
This video tells the story of Katherine's rise to become a lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth I and a potential heir to the throne. However, her future is thrown into uncertainty when her mother passes away and political machinations...
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The Feared Witch of York part 4: the Legend and Legacy of Mother Shipton
The cave in which Mother Shipton was born and lived became one of Britain's first tourist attractions. For hundreds of years after her death, people credited her with predictions about society, the end of the world, and even mobile...
One Minute History
Ring Around the Rosie - One Minute History
Ring-a-round the rosie - A pocket full of posies - Ashes! Ashes! - We all fall down. Some believe that the popular rhyme dates back to the children who lived through the Black Death; the bubonic plague that decimated Europe in the 17th...
Curated Video
Solving Multistep Problems with Pictures
In this video, students learn how drawing pictures can help them solve tough word problems. The teacher demonstrates how to use pictures as representations of numbers and how to communicate mathematical ideas effectively.
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Empress Matilda part 8: Stephen, King of England
Although Stephen of Blois had a weak claim to the throne, he was able to make his way to England quickly and shore up support from Londoners and key members of nobility and the church, including the Archbishop of Centebury. Those who had...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Nevada
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
Curated Video
The Murderous Earl of Pembroke part 4: the Popish Plot
In October of 1678, Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, one of the men who had found Philip Herbert guilty of murder was found dead in a ditch. Suspician immediately fell on Philip, but the premeditated nature of the crime was unlike him. Was...
Amphio
The obsessive optimist
BBC presenter Suzy Klein talks how remarkable it was that Beethoven was able to write music with such optimism whilst facing very dark times in his life.
Boulder Creek International
The Frontier Ukraine: Life During Ceasefire for the Ukrainian Volunteer Soldiers in 2014
WARNING: This video contains footage some viewers may find distressing. The Frontier Ukraine part 6/7: The filmmakers return east, to the Lugansky region, where they meet with Dima Thedobass, the Ukrainian Volunteer Soldier they met at...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: King Lear - Key Quotes 2
After watching this lesson, you will be able to support your discussion of King Lear’s themes with detailed textual analysis! This lesson unpacks quotes from characters other than King Lear, including Gloucester, Edmund, Goneril and Regan.
Curated Video
Lady Jane Grey part 16: a Protestant Martyr
The young Lady Jane and Lord Guildford are beheaded. Mary attempts to convert Jane to Catholicism before hear death, but Jane refuses. Her deep and outspoken commitment to her protestant faith preserved Jane's legacy as a martyr for...
Curated Video
Elizabeth I of England part 1: Early Life at Hatfield House
Elizabeth I of England, daughter of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII, is a renown and popular leader of the country who ruled through peace and war. When she was just two years old, her father had her mother beheaded and quickly married...
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Overview of the Disasters of War Series by Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya's series of aquatint prints, The Disasters of War are hard to look at. Rather than focus on the bombastics of usual war art, he depicts the suffering of regular people - the starving, assaults, executions. He does not...
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Lady Jane Grey part 6: a Challenge from Princess Mary and Stuggle for Public Support
The possibility of Lady Jane Grey becoming the next Queen of England and Ireland makes many people uneasy. She soon receives a letter from Princess Mary declaring that Mary was the rightful queen and demanding that the Privy Council...
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Bloody Mary part 5: The End of an Era
In the final part of this series, we examine the end of Queen Mary I's reign. See how her decision to punish heretics through burning at the stake led to her infamy and the hardening of Protestant feelings towards her. Learn about the...
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Madame du Barry part 4: Banishment and Death
Madame du Barry, the mistress of the French King Louis XV, divided opinion in the court at the Palace of Versailles during the later 18th century. In part four of this four-part series, learners will hear about life after her banishment...