Key Stage: 2

Description

5 discs

A hand-picked collection of programmes and clips to support the theme of "Explorers”.

Boxed set includes:

Teacher notes – detailed contents

BBC Primary: Seriously Raleigh  - 8 young adventurers follow in the footsteps of the Elizabethan explorer Sir Walter Raleigh on the search for Eldorado. Includes inspirational footage of the Guyanese rainforest, the extraordinary table mountain Mount Roraima, local wildlife including endangered species and the spectacular Kaieteur Falls. It also features the lifestyle of the Makushi tribespeople, who live in harmony with the rainforest. Includes reconstructions and information on the explorations of Raleigh.
 

Serious Explorers: Livingstone (6 episodes) - 7 young explorers relive the legend of Dr David Livingstone, travelling down the Tanzanian coast, meeting local tribes and encountering wildlife and extreme landscapes.

Backshall’s Deadly Adventures (14 episodes) - Steve Backshall travels around the world exploring extreme environments including waterfalls, rivers, jungles and volcanoes to discover the wildlife living in them.

Horrible Histories: Exceptional Explorers - Horrible Histories goes pear-shaped in an Explorers Special, meeting Christopher Columbus as he tries to teach a class that the world is indeed shaped like a pear. On the strict instructions of Emperor Nero, some hapless Roman centurions are quite literally stuck in the mud, searching for the source of the Nile. Intrepid Artic Explorer, Peter Freuchen, has to dig his way out of the snow with a frozen poo. From the Vikings’ first small steps on American soil to humankind’s first giant leaps on the moon, join Horrible Histories on this epic adventure.