Key Stage: 2

Description

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Episode Length 60 min

This series tells the stories of ten extraordinary and inspiring people who changed the world. These are stories of discover, determination, invention and bravery. Each story begins when they were children, illustrating an event that shaped them or set them on their path.

Episode 1:
This Episode looks at how Florence Nightingale revolutionised nursing for ever. It shows how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and follows Harriet Tubman as she frees slaves. It also looks at how Isambard Kingdom Brunel tunnelled through Box Hill to build the Great Western Railway, and watches Mary Anning discover the first Ichthyosaur fossil.

See also:

BD0010 Prehistoric Animals (KS2)

BD0009 Dinosaurs (KS1)

Episode 2:
This Episode looks at Grace Darling's life in a lighthouse and the night she saved nine lives. It shows how Edward Jenner discovered a vaccine against smallpox and follows Rosa Parks as she refuses to give up her seat on a bus and inspires a movement towards justice and equality. Plus it follows Dr Thomas Barnardo as he sets up a home for street children and watches Elizabeth Fry change the lives of prisoners at Newgate.

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