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Lesson starters ; 1-5
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| Contents |
The School room -- The Great exhibition 1851 -- Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War -- Brunel's SS Great Britain 00 The workhouse. |
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Lesson starter clip - a young Victorian printer is finishing off some catalogues detailing the various exhibits on show at the Great Exhibition. He describes the background to the Exhibition, and points out some of the exhibits on display, including the first public toilets in Britain. |
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Lesson starter clip - during her evening ward rounds, the famous nurse talks about the lack of medical knowledge in the Crimean field hospital in which she's working. She describes the risk of infection to the patients, and her hopes for developing modern nursing methods that might save more lives in the future. |
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Lesson starter clip - four children find themselves transported back in time to a Victorian classroom where the teacher gives them a lesson in Victorian school life. The lesson starter raises key points about Victorian schooling, including discipline, teaching style and lesson content. |
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Lesson starter clip - in 1846 poet James Reynolds spent several months in Newmarket workhouse. While there he wrote a poem in the form of a letter to his sister, detailing different aspects of life within the workhouse, such as his clothing, his diet and his working conditions. This clip dramatises Reynolds poem. |
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Lesson starter clip - Isambard Kingdom Brunel is interviewed about his trans-Atlantic passenger ship the SS Great Britain. He describes its revolutionary construction out of iron, and the rising demand for international travel during the Victorian era. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Language | This edition in English. |
| Genre/form | Instructional television programs. |
| Genre/form | Reality-based. |
