Historical don’t tell the bride: Stuart period – Stroller Priest
Festive Season Quiz
1. In Britain the day following Christmas Day is called ‘Boxing Day’. Why is this? En GB le lendemain de Noël s’appelle ‘Boxing Day’. Pourquoi ?
Horrible Histories – Mary Tudor song (featuring Sarah Hadland)
Leaving the Classical period, we move forward to the 16th century – the bloody Tudor dynasty. Quittons l’Epoque Antique pour le 16e siècle – la dynastie sanglante des Tudors. Here’s a song for students to revise the short reign…
Spartan High School Musical from Horrible Histories
Back in the 1950s and early 60s, there were still a few people who, as in the heyday of the British Empire, admired the Spartans of Ancient Greece. Dans les années 1950-1960 il y avait encore des gens qui,…
Horrible Histories’ THE THINKERS
Who today remembers the Monkees? Not many people I bet – not in France at least. Qui se souvient aujourd’hui des Monkees ? Pas grand monde, je parie – en France en tout cas. Who remembers Aristotle, Socrates, Plato and Diogenes?…
The Stone Age, as sung by Horrible Histories’ Matt Baynton
Now I shall combine HorribleHistories songs (and a few sketches) with a brush-up of your knowledge of history. J’ai l’intention de combiner des chansons (et qualques sketchs) de HorribleHistories avec une remise à niveau historique. Let’s start with the…
History Teachers vs Horrible Histories
It’s time to sort out History Teachers et Horrible Histories L’heure est venue de départager History Teachers et Horrible Histories
2 fun History sites (part 3)
ANSWERS to last week’s questions on the Crusades 1. Which Pope called on Christians to take back theHoly Landat the Council of Clermont? – Quel Pape a sommé les chrétiens à reprendre la Terre Sainte au Conseil de Clermont ?…
HISTORYTEACHERS & HORRIBLE HISTORIES Week 2
And first, the answers to last week’s quiz – Helen of Troy husband was Menelaus (pron. ménéléous) and it was Paris who took her away to Troy – d’où l’expression ‘I love Paris in the spring time’ (sorry, very bad…
Two fun sites
Two fun sites (pour les amateurs d’anglais, d’histoire, de chansons et de gore): HISTORYTEACHERS & HORRIBLE HISTORIES 1 About a month ago I found HISTORYTEACHERS – video clips on points of history (and legend) based on actual pop & rock…