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Lucy Worsley explores how the houses Jane Austen moved around to impacted her work. Severton, Bath, Lyme, and the various houses live on in her novels. Although many of the houses Jane lived in or visited don't exist any more their spirit still lives on in her novels.
Worsley kicks off the episode with visiting Severton and the site of the Jane Austen's childhood home. She talks about how she grew up. The people she met and the story with Tom LeFroy. Growing up, good conversation revolved around music and books. She talks about how her brother was adopted by a rich family and how that impacted Jane's life. Jane was the poor relation in the family as her, her father, her mother and her sister moved around to various houses. She was expected to earn her keep by entertaining the family when they stayed with the rich relations. The family moved around to various homes after her father retired, eventually stayed in Bath. After her father died, her brother took her, her mother, and sister in. Worsley also takes care to discuss Austen's loves and her career as a writer as well as where she wrote her novels. I know this is a history blog, but documentary would be very appropriate for an English Literature class, especially if there is a sub in the room. Even if you don't use it in class, then you can share it with a student who is doing a paper on Jane Austen. For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom. You can easily format these questions to your specifications. The Video is available at this YouTube Link. Jane Austen Behind Closed Doors Questions:
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In this episode Lucy Worsley explores the complicated history of the Russian Revolution. She dresses up as Tsarina Alexandra.
Worsley kicks off this episode with the start of World War I and the Russians were suffering. The October Revolution is more complicated than what you originally thought. The Revolution was fueled by the growing anger towards the Romanovs because of the bloody suppression he took part in. Alexandra was mistrusted by the Court, as well as the complicated relationships between the royal families of Europe. She also covers Rasputin and the gossip that surrounded him, and how the Tsar and Tsarina's relationship with him made the Russian people distrust the family. One of the historians discussed the rumors that surrounded him and Alexandra and concluded there was no affair between them. Also factoring into the Russian Revolution was how the War turned against the Russians and the key to the Russian Revolution were the Women. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Royal Myths Russian Revolution Questions:
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In this series, Lucy Worsley explores the Myths and Fibs of King George IV and the Regency. This is the second series of the Royal Myths Series and the second episode. I only found four episodes of Royal Myths on YouTube.
She discusses the madness of King George III, the Prince Regent's complicated relationship with his wife Caroline and Napoleon, the Battle of Waterloo, Peterloo massacre, and how the British monarchy survived the revolutions surrounding them. The story kicks off with a lie: the Prince of Wales secret marriage to a Catholic woman. This marriage could effectively disinherit him from the throne due to the Act of Settlement. Then she goes into King George III and how his madness overshadowed everything about his reign. Worsley discusses how the French Revolution had an impact on how the British handled things at home and how they suppressed the dark side of what they did to stop a revolution from happening at home. Lucy Worsley's discussion on King George III was fascinating, I found it interesting that while the Prince of Wales was satirized, the King wasn't and that he was a figure of sympathy. Combine this with Prince Charles' commentary on George III, you can gain a nuanced version of the king. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Royal Myths George IV and the Regency Questions:
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Did Marie Antoinette's partying and spending lead to the French Revolution? Lucy Worsley explores the Myths that surround this queen and the French Revolution. She explores the Marie Antoinette and her personality and why she was blamed for the suffering of the French people.
Her foreignness and perceived extravagance was blamed for the suffering of the French people. Worsley blows up the story that "let them eat cake" was ascribed to Marie Antoinette. Marie Antoinette tried to fight back against the slander. She explores the real reasons for the French Revolution such as the French debt and the failure of the aristocracy to compromise with the changes that needed to be made in France. She explores the Tennis Court oath and how things started to go wrong for the Royal Family after they attempted to flee. This is the third episode in the series and at this time is available on YouTube. It had aired on PBS as part of their Royal specials towards the end of the year. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Royal Myths Marie Antoinette Questions:
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A few years ago, I discovered Historian Lucy Worsley and loved how she narrated history on top of getting into character for a few of her series! The first series I found from her was Heroines, Housewives and Harlots and the History of the Home on YouTube. Unfortunately you can't get Heroines, Housewives, and Harlots on YouTube any more.
Recently, PBS discovered this gem of a historian and started airing her documentaries. The first documentary PBS aired was the Six Wives of Henry VIII. Recently, PBS aired Royal Myths and Secrets and so I came up with questions for that series. If any teacher needs a video for a sub in history class, either in the theme of the day or something fun, I would highly recommend looking into Lucy Worsley! The first episode of the series is about Elizabeth I and focuses on the myths that came out of the Spanish Armada. The episode kicks off with Elizabeth's imprisonment and how Queen Mary treated her and how Philip freed her because he didn't want the French to expand their influence. Then when Elizabeth becomes queen, he tries to persuade her to marry him or at least dump the Protestant faith. Then Worsley moves onto the factors that lead to the Spanish Armada and reveals that not everything is at it seems. You can use this series as lecture supplement for a history class. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Royal Myths Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada Questions
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