Fire! Homeschooling The Spanish Armada

Friday, April 24th, 2020

Fire! Homeschooling The Spanish Armada

This seventh episode in the special series of Histories of the Unexpected Homeschooling explores FIRE and the SPANISH ARMADA. The Unexpected History of FIRE takes us from the pre-historic invention of fire and its impact upon the world all the way to the global climate crisis and the wildfires that raged in Australia in early 2020. Fire is also all burning things: it’s about Nazi burning of books, the Tudors burning Protestant martyrs; scorched earth tactics in warfare, and fireships and naval history. James and Sam explore the history of the Armada and the use of beacons to communicate during the Tudor period. Look out for Queen Elizabeth’s famous Tilbury speech of 1588, and how to decode the symbolism and imagery of her Armada Portrait.

 

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