A simple question for you - requiring some research, which you will also need to outline - what is the most important thing the Romans did that influenced Britain? Is there something they did that continues to have an influence today?
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Roman food
You will be facing the challenge of preparing a Roman menu - what would you feed a hungry legion with? (This webquest sets out the kind of things you need to consider and provides more great links too)
To help you think about this you will find a series of resources below. Lets start with CBBC's Horrible Histories...
So...eating Roman food could be quite an ordeal!
Below you will find several websites that will help you research your menu.
To help you think about this you will find a series of resources below. Lets start with CBBC's Horrible Histories...
So...eating Roman food could be quite an ordeal!
Below you will find several websites that will help you research your menu.
Countdown
There's nothing terribly historic about this, its just something you'll be familiar with from lessons and might want to use in your own quizzes and tests!
Elizabeth - songs and music for the virgin queen
Like any subject, you can make links from History to other areas you may study or have an interest in - including music!
Click here and you'll hear some music designed as a tribute to Elizabeth I (autoplays), and you can read about it too...
Click here to find out about the oldest known song about her.
The Guardian newspaper (a UK broadsheet or 'quality') asked its readers for songs about queens - click here to see what they came up with...
The current Queen Elizabeth (II, but actually QE I of Scotland) will be familiar with this song, the national anthem of the UK (but the different national teams of Scotland and Wales usually play different anthems at sporting events), which raises the monarch above every other person in the kingdom, and is like a prayer offered for his or her protection.
In singing it, you are agreeing to be subject to their rule, and accepting their superior status, based on the family they were born into - a principal that helped inform Elizabeth's decision to resist pressure to hand Mary over to the angry Scots; that would have risked the populace seeing monarchs as replaceable and subject to overthrow.
The British national anthem is controversial today with some Scots as it contains lines celebrating the English army killing Scots, and causes some divides with some of the Welsh and Northern Irish too (read this Daily Mail report on the anthem being blanked by some in the 2012 Olympics football team). The history of how the 'British' nations became unified, a process which Elizabeth advanced with her much firmer grip on Ireland, is certainly reflected in today's national anthem.
The anthem remains a very sensitive issue:
Click here and you'll hear some music designed as a tribute to Elizabeth I (autoplays), and you can read about it too...
Click here to find out about the oldest known song about her.
The Guardian newspaper (a UK broadsheet or 'quality') asked its readers for songs about queens - click here to see what they came up with...
The current Queen Elizabeth (II, but actually QE I of Scotland) will be familiar with this song, the national anthem of the UK (but the different national teams of Scotland and Wales usually play different anthems at sporting events), which raises the monarch above every other person in the kingdom, and is like a prayer offered for his or her protection.
In singing it, you are agreeing to be subject to their rule, and accepting their superior status, based on the family they were born into - a principal that helped inform Elizabeth's decision to resist pressure to hand Mary over to the angry Scots; that would have risked the populace seeing monarchs as replaceable and subject to overthrow.
The British national anthem is controversial today with some Scots as it contains lines celebrating the English army killing Scots, and causes some divides with some of the Welsh and Northern Irish too (read this Daily Mail report on the anthem being blanked by some in the 2012 Olympics football team). The history of how the 'British' nations became unified, a process which Elizabeth advanced with her much firmer grip on Ireland, is certainly reflected in today's national anthem.
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| This Daily Telegraph article highlights some concerns with the anthem, linking back to its historical roots. Elizabeth's cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, would not have been happy with the lines on the Scots! |
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| Article from The Independent. |
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Elizabeth - the movies
We've looked at the trailers for these, and you might find it useful to view the full versions of these at home!
Note that the first film was rated 15 by the film censors in Britain (details here), so speak to your parents before seeking to watch this.
The second film, picking up the story when Elizabeth is better established as queen but still facing opposition and dealing with powerful men trying to control her, was rated 12 (details here). Here's the trailer (an extended UK version; the shorter US trailer is here) for it:
Note that the first film was rated 15 by the film censors in Britain (details here), so speak to your parents before seeking to watch this.
The second film, picking up the story when Elizabeth is better established as queen but still facing opposition and dealing with powerful men trying to control her, was rated 12 (details here). Here's the trailer (an extended UK version; the shorter US trailer is here) for it:
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