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Bbc: History: Ages of English Timeline InteractiveBbc: History: Ages of English Timeline Interactive
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BBC
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9th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Bbc: History: Ages of English Timeline

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Interactive timeline breaks the history of the English language into ten periods. For each period, you can learn some history, hear a sample of the language spoken as it would have sounded at the time, learn how the language was changing at the time, see some words which entered the language during the period and more.

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Concepts

old english

Additional Tags

anglo saxon english, anglo saxon language, bbc, bbc history, danish influence on english, english language development, english language timeline, english sounds, french influence on english, latin influence on english, middle english language, modern english language, changes in english language, history of the english language

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

L.11-12.1.a L.11-12.1.b

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