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Norse gods
This video explores the most important gods that were worshipped by the Vikings and Norse people, including Odin, Frey and Thor as well as Freyja, Frigg and Loki
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Stamford Bridge - Viking View
A Viking warrior describes his experience of the battle of Stamford Bridge; the fierce battle and fighting retreat they had to make when the Saxons overcame them
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Viking shipbuilding - part 2
A viking shipbuilder explains how they built their ships; how they made them water tight, what they used to steer the ship and who made the sails.
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Saxon farming - part 2
Part two of the farming series looks at low ranking ceorls who are not only farmers but tradesmen too and how they use the three-field system of crop rotation. It also explains what bartering is.
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A Roman centurion
This brief video describes a centurion, the Roman officer in charge of eighty legionaries. It covers his clothing, armour and equipment all with their latin names
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The Black Death, an Eyewitness Account
An eye witness account of the Black Death which broke out in 1348, told by a medieval monk
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Roman armour - lorica segmentata
A legionary describes the armour called lorica segmentata or 'segmented' armour which is heavier and more uncomfortable but offers better protection, it's even arrowproof
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MM, CM, M, KM
This song about Metric length goes over only MM, CM, M, and KM for students who are at grade levels that don't cover all of the metric prefixes.
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How the Saxons arrived in England
This video describes how the Anglo Saxons originated from Germania and travelled to England with the Roman legions and stayed even after the Romans left.
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Multiples of 9
You are invited to travel back in time to a party at the end of a quiet country road in New York (1925 AD) to learn about the multiples of nine.
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Pyramids
An Egyptian priest explains what a pyramid is, it's purpose and their various shapes and designs.
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Multiples of 7
The lights are turned on, the crowd starts to roar, and... everybody is counting by 7?
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Norse farming and food
This video describes a Norse farmhouse, showing the animals they kept and the food they grew and ate including the ever-important ale.
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Multiples of 8
Fly up, up, and away with us as we sing the 8s all the way to outer space. Then join us on a far away foreign planet where alien life forms get in on the fun!
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Florence Nightingale - Scutari Hospital part 2
In part 5 of this series, Florence describes the time she spent at Scutari hospital and the practices she introduced there.
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Maya medicine
A Maya woman talks about medicine, doctors, midwives and healers; also a look at the illnesses and treatments they used.
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Multiples of 5
Come along with Kem as he embarks on the trip of a lifetime - an African safari! He'll learn to count by fives as he gets into precarious situations with wild animals. At the end, Kem get a little too close to the hippos and get chased...
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Telling Time to the Nearest Minute with AM & PM
Learn how to tell time to the nearest minute with this fun folk rock tune. Also included is how to tell whether it is AM or PM.
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Introduction to the Roman Empire
This short video describes the Roman Empire and the countries it spanned such as Germany or Germania, France or Gallia and Britain which used to be known as Albion.
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Triangles
Skateboards, mountain climbing, billiards' Don't you just love this stuff? That's why NUMBEROCK put it all into this song about triangles that is filled with real-world connections. Triangles are all around us, so it is easy to make this...
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Building an Egyptian pyramid - part 2
A pyramid worker explains how the Egyptians moved the immense stone blocks.
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Maya cities
A Maya warrior describes the city of Chichen Itza and some of its buildings.
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Maya building techniques
This short video explains some of the building techniques and the tools the Ancient Maya used
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Maya hieroglyphs
An explorer looks at the Ancient Maya form of writing, the hieroglyphs and a mention of the Dresden Codex