Pupil outcome: I can explain what happens in ‘Propping Up The Line’, including commenting on some of the choices Beck made. Key learning points: - ‘Propping Up The Line’ is a short story by Ian Beck written using a third person narrative...

Pupil outcome: I can write comparative topic sentences about two texts which focus on the same event - World War One. Key learning points: - Comparing one text to another can often help you evaluate it more clearly. - You can compare...

Battle of Tifernum, 297 BC Struggle for the mastery of Italy Third Samnite War (Part 1)

World War One - 1915' is the second of our five-part series covering the Great War. This episode covers one of the first strategic bombing raids in history, when two German Zeppelin airships bombed the British ports of King's Lynn and...

American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video focuses on documents...

Japan is the world’s third largest economy. It’s a place where work is taken very seriously indeed – but so, too, is entertainment. And there is nothing the Japanese like better than losing themselves in fantasy, particularly the...

This video describes the climactic Battle of Sentinum during the Third Samnite War, where a grand coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, Gauls, and Umbrians faced off against the Romans. Led by Consuls Fabius and Desius, the Romans...

Bradley W. Hart is a World War II historian at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. A former professor at CSU Fresno, he earned his PhD from Cambridge and studied the international eugenics movement and its influence on Nazi Germany....

William Schmidt is university distinguished professor of statistics and education at Michigan State University. He has conducted numerous studies using student achievement data gathered through the Third International Mathematics and...

Lyn Ossome is Senior Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Kampala. She holds a PhD in Political Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and was previously Postdoctoral Fellow at the...

Lyn Ossome is Senior Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Kampala. She holds a PhD in Political Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and was previously Postdoctoral Fellow at the...

In Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca, indigenous communities accept a third category of gender besides just male and female. Known as “muxes,” these people combine elements of both genders and fill a unique role within the community....

In the northernmost tip of Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park is a watery wonderland of pristine lakes, big fish, and incredible night skies. With a third of its area covered by lakes, the park is named for the fur-trading French...

In the northernmost tip of Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park is a watery wonderland of pristine lakes, big fish, and incredible night skies. With a third of its area covered by lakes, the park is named for the fur-trading French...

Follow a team of biologists on an expedition to track and collar polar bears in the Russian Arctic. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Subscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is...

A festival in China celebrates an engineering genius of the ancient world who changed the course of a river—and history. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Subscribe #NationalGeographic #China...

Experience the largest of the seven continents on this episode of “Destination World.” Not only does Asia take up one-third of the Earth, it’s also home to the most people. ➡ Subscribe for more National Geographic Kids