Dorothy, a girl from the Kansas prairies, finds herself lost and far from home in the Land of Oz. To return home, Dorothy sets off to find the Wizard of Oz and makes new friends along the way. But trouble comes along when the Wicked...

Dorothy, a girl from the Kansas prairies, finds herself lost and far from home in the Land of Oz. To return home, Dorothy sets off to find the Wizard of Oz and makes new friends along the way. But trouble comes along when the Wicked...

Dorothy, a girl from the Kansas prairies, finds herself lost and far from home in the Land of Oz. To return home, Dorothy sets off to find the Wizard of Oz and makes new friends along the way. But trouble comes along when the Wicked...

Dorothy, a girl from the Kansas prairies, finds herself lost and far from home in the Land of Oz. To return home, Dorothy sets off to find the Wizard of Oz and makes new friends along the way. But trouble comes along when the Wicked...

Dorothy, a girl from the Kansas prairies, finds herself lost and far from home in the Land of Oz. To return home, Dorothy sets off to find the Wizard of Oz and makes new friends along the way. But trouble comes along when the Wicked...

In his introduction to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum claims that the book is simply an innocent children's story. But some scholars have found hidden criticisms of late-nineteenth-century economic policies in the book. Is...

The kinds of lessons weaved throughout the movie are also present in the original Wizard of Oz books, on which the film is loosely based, but in the original stories, there are so many limbs being lost in any given chapter that the...

New ReviewDorothy and her friends return to the Emerald City and meet the Wizard of Oz. The Scarecrow gets his brains and the Lion gets his courage.

Pupil outcome: I can understand and analyse how Baum presents Dorothy’s return from the unknown in ‘The Wizard of Oz’. Key learning points: - Though sad to leave her companions, Dorothy was glad to return to Kansas. - A theme of a story...

Does the Wonderful Wizard of Oz contain a political agenda? Written in 1900, it was surrounded by arguments about populism and bimetalism. Could it have been affected or even allegorical to the history it was surrounded by? Find out....

Pupil outcome: I can analyse how Baum introduces the reader to unknown characters in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and emulate those ideas to create my own unknown character. Key learning points: - Dorothy meets three companions on her way to Oz:...

Pupil outcome: I can develop my analysis of quotations from Baum’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ by zooming in on specific words and exploring their connotations. Key learning points: - Language analysis means exploring how writers convey meaning...

This video examines the role of setting in narratives, highlighting its significance in creating the backdrop and context for a story. Using "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" as an example, it demonstrates how settings influence the...

New ReviewThis video examines the role of setting in narratives, highlighting its significance in creating the backdrop and context for a story. Using "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" as an example, it demonstrates how settings influence the...

Many consider it Pink Floyd's masterpiece and one of rock music's most influential albums, but 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon is legendary for more than musical reasons. It has a rumored connection to The Wizard of Oz and features the...

New ReviewA cyclone whisks Dorothy away to the magical land of Oz where she meets the Munchkins and Scarecrow.

Have you ever heard the phrase, 'You look like a Million Bucks?' Well, you do... but you also look like a million particles. In this episode, Sabrina talks to us about matter and particles and that all matter is made up of particles....

Pupil outcome: I can understand and analyse the way different settings are presented. Key learning points: - Baum describes the everyday setting of Kansas as dull and predictable. - Baum describes the unknown setting of Oz as wondrous...

New ReviewThe Wizard plans to leave Oz in a hot air balloon. Glinda the Good helps Dorothy get home to Kansas.

New ReviewDorothy and her friends are captured by the Winged Monkeys and meet the Wicked Witch of the West.

Pupil outcome: I can confidently understand and use pathetic fallacy. Key learning points: - Pathetic fallacy is a literary technique in which emotions are ascribed to non-human objects and things. - Pathetic fallacy helps to show the...

New ReviewDorothy meets the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion and the group arrive in the Emerald City.

Oz The Great and Powerful - the Guardian Film Show review Subscribe to the Guardian HEREref='http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>HERE Oz The Great and Powerful is reviewed in this episode from this week's Guardian...

Oz the Great and Powerful: video interview with James Franco, Michelle Williams and Sam Raimi Subscribe to the Guardian HEREref='http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>HERE Sam Raimi's prequel to The Wizard of Oz...