World at War

[Nosher]

This series used to be part of the schools curriculum. I can remember a huge TV being rolled into the classroom in primary school.

Methinks it should be re-introduced. The school kids today are taught more about the Vietnam War

[getagrip]

I can remember a huge TV being rolled into the classroom in primary school.

How brilliant were the TV lessons as a kid?

[Roy]

We were taught GCSE History using certain episodes of Blackadder Goes Forth to help get across the textbook/dictated information.

[getagrip]

We were taught GCSE History using certain episodes of Blackadder Goes Forth to get across the textbook/dictated information.

I often use the final episode when we're looking at Wilfred Owen and Jessie Pope.

Powerful beyond words.

[Roy]

We were also taught during Year 7 (when the Head Teacher decided to take the class) by a woman wearing a white bed sheet, supposedly representing a toga, while she cast herself as Julius Caesar and talked with a dodgy accent.

Thankfully, I was only ever taught history by a proper history teacher after that.   

[mollinary]

It was a great series, and I am sure was a superb teaching aid. Many, many moons ago, when the world was young, I used the "In Search of the Trojan War" series by Michael Wood as a teaching aid for very bright 12 year olds. The work they produced in response was simply superb, and just made me realise how uninspiring my normal lessons were! The series inspired me, and it certainly inspired them. The only downside was the pressure they put on their parents to buy the book of the series! 

Mollinary