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What are BC and AD?
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- Grade Level: Primary (1-3)-Junior High (7-9)
- Subjects: History
- Produced By: Squaducation
- Year: 2015
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Running Time: 1m 45s
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An explanation of BC and AD as well as BCE and CE and the reasons they are used.
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The Indian Mutiny of 1857 - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
This video describes the death of Mangal Pandey, the start of the mutiny in Meerut and the massacre at Cawnpore
Victorian Music Hall
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the entertainment available during Victorian times including a visit to a music hall and the different acts you can expect to see
Victorian Sport: Football
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the many sports available to the Victorians, in particular, football and the formation of the Football Association.
A Victorian Day at the Seaside
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of a middle-class family holiday at the seaside booked through Cooks Travel Excursionist.
Victorian Workhouse - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
An introduction to the new poor laws introduced in 1834 together with an overview of the conditions in a workhouse.
Victorian Workhouse - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
This short clip explores a terrible scandal where inmates were forced to pick meat off bones meant for fertiliser because they were so hungry.
Victorian Workhouse - part 3
By Squaducation - 2015
An account of how whole families often had to go into the workhouse and once there, they were separated and made to work for no pay
Crime & Punishment in Victorian Times
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of crime and punishment during Queen Victoria's reign when there was once around two hundred crimes that carried the death penalty and…
Crime & Punishment - Metropolitan Police Force
By Squaducation - 2015
A Victorian police detective describes Sir Robert Peel's Metropolitan Police Force. The video covers what it took to be a police officer and how…
The Great Stink of 1858
By Squaducation - 2015
A Victorian gentleman describes the stench that came from the River Thames which became known as the Great Stink and almost caused Parliament to close
Disease and Epidemic
By Squaducation - 2015
A Victorian woman describes the way Dr John Snow removed the handle from the water pump to prove cholera was spread by contaminated water
Joseph Bazalgette: the Early Years
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 1 of the Bazalgette series. An introduction to Joseph William Bazalgette and the time in which he grew up.
Joseph Bazalgette: Early Career
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 2 of the Bazalgette series. This video looks at Bazalgette's life before beginning work on the London sewers.
Metropolitan Commission of Sewers
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 3 of the Bazalgette series gives an overview of Bazalgette's appointment as Chief Engineer with the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers and the…
Metropolitan Board of Works
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 4 of the Bazalgette series takes a look at the opposition Bazalgette faced in getting started with the project and the great stink.
Joseph Bazalgette: Construction of the Sewers
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 5 of the Bazalgette series. Bazalgette talks about the work on the sewers, one of the biggest civil engineering projects ever undertaken at the…
Joseph Bazalgette: the Legacy
By Squaducation - 2015
This is the final part of Bazalgette's story and his contribution to revolutionise public health in Victorian Britain.
Florence Nightingale: the Early Years
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 1 of a series on Florence Nightingale where she describes her early life, and what she felt it was like to be born in an age dominated by men.
Florence Nightingale: Training
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 2 of this series, Florence explains what training she undertook to become a nurse and the first hospital she worked in.
Florence Nightingale: the Crimea
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 3 of this series, Florence explains why she recruited a team of nurses and travelling out to the Crimea.
Florence Nightingale: Scutari Hospital - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 4 of this series, Florence talks about her arrival at Scutari Hospital and her dismay at the sanitary conditions there..
Florence Nightingale: Scutari Hospital - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 5 of this series, Florence describes the time she spent at Scutari hospital and the practices she introduced there.
Florence Nightingale: After the Crimea
By Squaducation - 2015
In the final clip of this series, Florence describes her life after the Crimea War, the report she published on her experiences there and the…
Mary Seacole: Introduction
By Squaducation - 2015
In the first of this series Mary Seacole introduces herself and talks about her family and early years.
Mary Seacole Successfully Treats Cholera
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 2 of this series, Mary describes her first experience of treating cholera victims in Panama.
Mary Seacole: Her Travels
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 3 of this series sees Mary explaining her decision to volunteer as a nurse in the Crimea.
Mary Seacole Travels to Crimea
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 4 of this series Mary describes her travel to and arrival in the Crimea.
Mary Seacole: the British Hotel
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 5 of this series, Mary explains how she built the British Hotel at Kadikoi in the Crimea to tend to the needs of sick and convalescing…
Mary Seacole: Life in the Crimea
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 6 of this series is an overview of Mary Seacole's life and work in the Crimea.
Mary Seacole: the End of the War
By Squaducation - 2015
In the final clip of this series Mary describes what happened to her when the Crimea War ended in 1856 and she returned to London.
Dr. John Snow: Introduction
By Squaducation - 2015
In the first of this series Dr John Snow introduces himself and discusses his thoughts on cholera.
Dr. John Snow: Proving a Theory
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 2 of this series, John Snow talks about proving his theory on how cholera is spread.
Dr. John Snow: Gathering Evidence
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 3 of this series sees John Snow explaining how he proved his theory about the spread of Cholera.
Dr. John Snow: the Investigation Continues
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 4 of this series John Snow describes how he investigated the cause of the outbreak of cholera.
Dr. John Snow: Unravelling a Mystery
By Squaducation - 2015
Part 5 of this series sees John Snow's continuing investigation into the cause of Cholera.
Dr. John Snow: Removing the Pump Handle
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 6 of this series, John Snow describes how he presented his findings to authorities and persuaded them to remove the handle from the water…
Dr. John Snow & Rev. Henry Whitehead
By Squaducation - 2015
In part 7 of this series John Snow talks about his collaboration with the Reverend Henry Whitehead.
Mode of Communication of Cholera - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
John Snow recites an extract of his essay on the Mode of Communication of Cholera 1854
Mode of Communication of Cholera - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
John Snow continues with a further extract of his essay on the Mode of Communication of Cholera 1854.
Great Plague 1665 - Samuel Pepys's Account
By Squaducation - 2015
Samuel Pepys gives an eye witness account of the Great Plague in London in 1665.
The Black Death: an Eyewitness Account
By Squaducation - 2015
An eye witness account of the Black Death which broke out in 1348, told by a medieval monk
What Was the Black Death?
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the Black Death and the difference between the bubonic and pneumonic plague.
The Black Death: Public Reaction
By Squaducation - 2015
A look at people's reaction to the plague and how they dealt with it.
The Black Death: Mass Burials
By Squaducation - 2015
This video explores how the dead were disposed of during the Black Death
The Black Death: Causes and Treatments
By Squaducation - 2015
A look at some of the medieval beliefs and ideas that were thought to have caused the plague.
William Harvey: Circulation
By Squaducation - 2015
William Harvey introduces himself and talks about his early years and his discoveries.
William Harvey's Discovery
By Squaducation - 2015
William Harvey explains how he discovered circulation; how blood flowed around the body.
Louis Pasteur: the Germ Theory
By Squaducation - 2015
Louis Pasteur explains how he discovered pasteurisation and worked on his germ theory
Louis Pasteur: Proving His Germ Theory
By Squaducation - 2015
Louis Pasteur explains how he proved his germ theory.
Ambrose Pare: an Introduction
By Squaducation - 2015
An introduction to Ambroise Pare, his early career and his experience of treating wounds with boiling oil.
Ambroise Pare: an Alternative to Boiling Oil
By Squaducation - 2015
Ambroise Pare explains how he found an alternative way to treat wounds.
Andreas Vesalius Steals a Body
By Squaducation - 2015
How when first exploring medicine, Andreas Vesalius stole the body of a hanged criminal so that he could study anatomy.
Andreas Vesalius Dares to Say Galen Was Wrong
By Squaducation - 2015
Vesalius explains why he questioned Galen's accuracy and what he discovered when he was dissecting a human jaw.
Andreas Vesalius and the Fabric of the Human Body
By Squaducation - 2015
Vesalius describes how he came to publish the Fabric of the Human Body
Edward Jenner: Smallpox
By Squaducation - 2015
Edward Jenner explains what smallpox is, why people feared it so much and how inoculations were sometimes used to protect people.
Edward Jenner's Vaccination
By Squaducation - 2015
Edward Jenner describes the experiment he carried out to develop his vaccination against smallpox
Emmeline Pankhurst: Becoming a Suffragist
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst introduces herself, her early life and some of the events that led her to be come a suffragette.
Mrs. Pankhurst: Marriage
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline discusses marriage and her early life in the suffragist movement
Women's Franchise League (WFL)
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline describes the inaugural meeting of the Women's Franchise League
Emmeline Pankhurst and Keir Hardie
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline talks about becoming friends with Keir Hardie and joining the Independent Labour Party
The Manchester Workhouse
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst describes a visit to the Manchester Workhouse and the effect it had upon her
Emmeline Pankhurst: Woman Registrar
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst talks about her time as a woman registrar
Women's Social and Political Union
By Squaducation - 2015
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the WSPU; the Women's Social and Political Union
Protest, Arrest, and Prison
By Squaducation - 2015
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the protest made by the WSPU after the suffrage bill was filibustered in 1905 and the arrest…
Emmeline Pankhurst in Prison
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst discusses the time she spent in prison and its effect upon her.
Emmeline Pankhurst and Winston Churchill
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst talks about the WSPU opposition to the Liberal party and the defeat of Winston Churchill
Protest, Action, and Hunger Strike
By Squaducation - 2015
Part of a series on women's suffrage, Emmeline Pankhurst describes the WSPU tactical intensification and hunger strike
Conciliation and violence
By Squaducation - 2015
Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the organisation of a conciliation committee and the violence experienced by suffragettes.
Campaign of Arson 1912
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst describes the escalation in militant tactics and some of the acts of arson undertaken to further the cause.
Suffrage and WW1
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst discusses the outbreak of war and women over 30 getting the vote.
The Epsom Derby, 1913
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst talks about death of Emily Wilding Davison at the Epsom Derby in 1913
Emily Wilding Davison
By Squaducation - 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst explains who Emily Davison was, and what she did for the suffrage movement.
WW1 British Soldier's Uniform
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of a British infantryman's uniform and personal effects from 1914-15
British Soldier's Equipment: 1914-15
By Squaducation - 2015
A British WW1 soldier describes the equipment a he was expected to carry during 1914-15 which could all weigh up to thirty five kilos.
British Soldier's Equipment: 1916-18
By Squaducation - 2015
A British WW1 soldier describes the equipment during 1916-18 and explains how it adapted to suit the changing way the war was being fought
Life as a WW1 Nurse in France
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 nurse who describes her uniform and shows how she still likes to be fashionable even among the horrors of war.
WW1: Gangrene Dressing
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 nurse talks about her first experience of dressing a gangrene wound and the limited pain relief available
WW1: Trench foot
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 nurse gives a gruesome account of trench foot and frostbite together with the cause and treatment available to soldiers
Roses of No Man's Land
By Squaducation - 2015
A recital of a popular WW1 song which explains why nurses became known as the "Roses of No Man's Land"
WW1: Shell Shock
By Squaducation - 2015
This video takes a look at shell shock and the effect it has on soldiers. It also highlights the treatments for shell shock and the way in which…
WW1: No Man's Land
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 soldier explains what No Man's Land is and how it came by its name
WW1: Gas attack
By Squaducation - 2015
An overview of the different types of gas used during WW1 together with the developments of gas masks and hoods to protect soldiers.
WW1 Weapons: Hand Grenade
By Squaducation - 2015
A look at the development of hand grenades and the ingenuity of the soldiers who made their own.
WW1 Weapons: Rifle
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 soldier describes the Lee Enfield rifle, its workings and effectiveness; so rapid was the fire that the Germans actually thought it was a…
WW1 Weapons: Bayonet & Pistol
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of one of the oldest weapons still in use, the bayonet and how it was used in close quarter combat and also the Webley revolver
Christmas Truce 1914
By Squaducation - 2015
A WW1 soldier describes the Christmas Truce 1914, he explains it was more an opportunity for burying their dead than playing football.
Princess Mary's Christmas Gift
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the brass box given to every serving soldier; it explains why and what the different boxes contained.
Shot at Dawn
By Squaducation - 2015
A sad tale of a firing squad and a young seventeen year old who, although probably suffering from shell shock, was shot for desertion
Lewis Gunner - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the Lewis gunner, the first machine gunner who could pick up his gun and take it with him even though it weighed over twelve kilos.
Lewis Gunner - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
A Lewis gunner explains how the Lewis gun was loaded and used in short bursts for the best effect and how it could even be taken into No Mans Land to…
Life in the Trenches - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the trenches that stretched from Belgium to Switzerland which were built after the war was bogged down in stalemate. Part 1 of a 7…
Life in the Trenches - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of a trench; the traversing, loop holes and the use of trench periscopes to view the enemy. Part 2 of a 7 part series
Life in the Trenches - part 3
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of the practicalities and problems the army faced in the trenches when it came to supplies and latrines. Part 3 of a 7 part series
Life in the Trenches - part 4
By Squaducation - 2015
This film talks about troop rotation and how it ensured soldiers weren't always on the frontline. Part 4 of a 7 part series
Life in the Trenches - part 5
By Squaducation - 2015
This video describes how injured soldiers were taken care of both on the battlefield and in the trenches by their comrades and the medical officer…
Life in the Trenches - part 6
By Squaducation - 2015
This video explains how soldiers made raids on enemy trenches. Part 6 of a 7 part series
Life in the Trenches - part 7
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of going 'over the top'; the noise of the explosions, the vibration, the fear..... The last in a 7 part series
WW1 Munitions Worker - part 1
By Squaducation - 2015
A munitionette describes how they worked, the explosives they came into contact with and the reason their skin turned yellow. Part 1 in a 4 part…
WW1 Munitions Worker - part 2
By Squaducation - 2015
A description of life in a munitions factory; the danger, the accidents, the camaraderie and of course, the gossip. Part 2 in a 4 part series
WW1 Munitions Worker - part 3
By Squaducation - 2015
A munitionette talks about the practicality of getting to the shops when, as a munitions worker, you work such long hours and of course there was…
WW1 Munitions Worker - part 4
By Squaducation - 2015
A munitionette recites a lighthearted poem of the time about rationing and the introduction of a ticket system to go to the loo. The last in a 4…
WW1: Bad news at home
By Squaducation - 2015
A war widow explains how women were given the news of their loved one's death and shows that some war pensions were only temporary
Rosa Parks: Segregation
By Squaducation - 2015
In the first of 3 clips, Rosa Parks explains what segregation was like for her.
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up Her Seat on the Bus
By Squaducation - 2015
In the second of 3 clips, Rosa Parks tells the story of how she made a protest against the segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Rosa Parks: Montgomery Bus Boycott
By Squaducation - 2015
In the last of 3 clips, Rosa Parks explains how her protest and arrest prompted the Montgomery bus boycott which lasted for 381 days.
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