I love the Horrible History tv show. I like it so much I don't care whether my 7 year old learns anything from it or not and include it in our history studies anyway. I bet you like them too, or will when you get your hands on them, so I offer the list of Horrible History clips organised by Story of the World chapter we've used and enjoyed in our homeschool.
Story of the World, for those who don't know is the popular history curriculum for children in the early years of school, written by Susan Wise Bauer: http://peacehillpress.com/story-of-the-world/
STORY OF THE WORLD, VOLUME ONE- ANCIENT TIMES
Chapter 1, The Earliest People
*Series 1, Episode 1, Savage Stone Age: Stone Age Tool Set advertisement and the funeral of the chief of a tribe.
*Series 1, Episode 2, Savage Stone Age: Historical Hospital, caveman art show (preserving heads)
*Series 1, Episode 5, Savage Stone Age: HHTV News: Bob Hale's Stone Age Report. Rattus Rattus fantasizes: Neanderthals and Homo sapiens dine together
*Series 1, Episode 8, Savage Stone Age: "Caveman Love" (song, two parts). Ready Steady Feast
*Series 2, Episode 3, Savage Stone Age: Hunting trip preparations. The Caveman Workout, the low-tech way to get in shape (advertisement)
*Series 2, Episode 6, Savage Stone Age: Trepanadol. Stone Age Family Fortunes
*Series 2, Episode 12, Savage Stone Age: Historical Crime Squad: burial pit (death customs.) Caveman Art Show (hands)
*Series 3, Episode 6, Savage Stone Age: Stone Age farmer. Shouty Man: New multi-purpose string
*Series 3, Episode 11, Savage Stone Age: Stone Age Dragons' Den (two parts). "Stone Age Song" (song)
*Series 4, Episode 1, Savage Stone Age: World of Stone (advertisement). Early News: Bronze Age Opening (After looking at pages on tools)
*Series 4, Episode 2, Savage Stone Age: HHTV News: Bob Hale's report on the Evolution of man. Charles Darwin's "Natural Selection" song
*Series 4, Episode 4, Savage Stone Age: Historical Apprentice
*Series 4, Episode 5, Savage Stone Age: Historical Masterchef. Stone-age man plan to found a city
*Series 4, Episode 6, Savage Stone Age: The Early Show. Mammoth hunting (animated)
*Series 5, Episode 3, Savage Stone Age: Invention no. 28: Wearing clothes. Historical Top Gear (parody of Top Gear).
*Series 5, Episode 6, Savage Stone Age: Now That's What Me Call Music. Historical Springwatch.
*Series 5, Episode 9, Savage Stone Age: Words we get from the Stone Age. A Historical Place in the Sun.
Chapter 2, Egyptians Lived on the Nile River
*Series 1, Episode 7, Awful Egyptians: Egyptian mummy fantasizes: real estate pyramids. Meet the Gods (animated)
*Series 4, Episode 1, Awful Egyptians: Wonders of the Egyptian Universe. HH Games: Duat (the underworld
Chapter 3, The First Writing
*Series 2, Episode 8, Awful Egyptians: "Hieroglyphics Song" (song)
*Series 5, Episode 11, Awful Egyptians: Don't Tell The Corpse. Hieroglabble (Scrabble parody).
Chapter 4, The Old Kingdom of Egypt
*Series 1, Episode 2, Awful Egyptians: King Pepi's Super Sticky Anti-fly Honey Slave (advertisement). Rattus Rattus fantasizes: the first pyramid. Twisted Fairytales: "The Princess and the Pea" (deals with the killing of royal family members)
*Series 1, Episode 3, Awful Egyptians: "Making a Mummy" (song). The history of mummies. Shouty Man: All-purpose ancient Egyptian mummy
*Series 3, Episode 7, Awful Egyptians: Mysterious underground tombs. Shouty Man: Ushabti coffin dolls
*Series 3, Episode 12, Savage Stone Age: Comparison between Stonehenge and the pyramids (animated). Cliff Whiteley: Stonehenge purposes
*Series 4, Episode 5, Awful Egyptians: Egyptian Make Show. Mummification (a skit on Operation)
Chapter 5, The First Sumerian Dictator- none (wah!)
Chapter 6, The Jewish People- none (wah!)
Chapter 7, Hammurabi and the Babylonians- none (whinge!)
Chapter 8, The Assyrians- none (sook!)
Chapter 9, The First Cities of India- none (woe!)
Chapter 10, The Far East: Ancient China- none (boo hiss!)
Chapter 11, Ancient Africa- none (boo hiss!)
Chapter 12, The Middle Kingdom of Egypt- none (wah!)
Chapter 13, The New Kingdom of Egypt
*Series 1, Episode 5, Awful Egyptians: Pharaoh Phashion [sic] magazine. Mouse Fresh Max (advertisement)
*Series 1, Episode 13, Awful Egyptians: This Is Your Reign: Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, the first woman pharaoh.
*Series 2, Episode 5, Awful Egyptians: Real Tomb Raider. Scary Stories: "The Curse of Tutankhamun"
*Series 2, Episode 11, Awful Egyptians: Ready Steady Feast: peasant food. Pyramid Weekly (advertisement for a children's magazine)
*Series 4, Episode 11, Awful Egyptians: Historical Dentist. New Egyptian 2000 (advertisement)
*Series 5, Episode 9, Awful Egyptians: Historical Wife Swap: Pharaohs and peasants.
*Series 5, Episode 7, Awful Egyptians: Baldness cure troubles. Only For Men (advertisement).
*Series 5, Episode 12, Awful Egyptians HH Movie Pitch: Ramesses II, Building Site Queue.
*Series 5, Episode 12, Awful Egyptians HH Movie Pitch: Ramesses II, Building Site Queue.
Chapter 14, The Israelites Leave Egypt- none (wah!)
Chapter 15, The Phoenicians- none (wah!)
Chapter 16, The Return of Assyria- none (whinge!)
Chapter 17, Babylon Takes Over Again- none (sook!)
Chapter 18, Life in Early Crete- none (boo hiss!)
Chapter 19, The Early Greeks- none (boo hiss!)
Chapter 20, Greece Gets Civilized Again
*Series 3, Episode 11, Groovy Greeks: HHTV Sport: Ancient Greek Olympics. Stupid Deaths: Milo of Croton
*Series 3, Episode 12, Groovy Greeks: Historical Pet Shop. Fearne Polyester at a Greek Festival. HHTV Sport: Isthmian Games
Chapter 21, The Medes and the Persians
*Series 5, Episode 3, Awful Egyptians, Battle of Pelusium. I Love Cats (magazine). (525BC)
Chapter 22, Sparta and Athens
*Series 1, Episode 9, Groovy Greeks: Historical Wife Swap: Athenians and Spartans
*Series 1, Episode 11, Groovy Greeks: Stupid Deaths: Pausanias. The Court of Historical Law: Draconian law. Twisted Fairytales: "Sleeping Beauty" (disobeying the non-idleness law)
*Series 1, Episode 12, Groovy Greeks: "Brainy Greeks" (song, two parts). The first play in history. Stupid Deaths: Aeschylus
*Series 2, Episode 2, Groovy Greeks: Stupid Deaths: Heraclitus. Evil-Spirit-Prevention-Door-Frame-Tar (commercial). The Sibyl predicts Aeschylus' death
*Series 2, Episode 3, Groovy Greeks: Late schoolboy. "Spartan High School Musical" (song)
*Series 2, Episode 11, Groovy Greeks: Spartan school. Stupid Deaths: Draco
*Series 4, Episode 4, Groovy Greeks: Spartans form a phalanx. Pausanias
*Series 5, Episode 2, Groovy Greeks: Now Greek Battle Music. Don't Tell the Spartan Bride.
*Series 5, Episode 5, Groovy Greeks: Spartan cowardice. New Spartan Girl (advertisement).
Chapter 23, The Greek Gods
*Series 1, Episode 6, Groovy Greeks: Greek Myth Talk: The story of Kronos
*Series 1, Episode 7, Groovy Greeks: The story of Helen of Troy. Rattus Rattus fantasizes: the Wooden Horse
*Series 2, Episode 4, Groovy Greeks: HHTV Sport: Paris vs Achilles. Dodgy War Machines No. 14: elephants
*Series 4, Episode 8, Groovy Greeks: Bird messengers from the gods. Shouty Man: New Ancient Greek Tattoo Message
Chapter 24, The Wars of the Greeks
*Series 1, Episode 10, Groovy Greeks: Weapons store. HHTV News: the Battle of Thermopylae.
*Series 3, Episode 2, Groovy Greeks: Words We Get from the Greeks. Stupid Deaths: Greek boxer
*Series 3, Episode 4, Groovy Greeks: Words We Get from the Greeks. Historical Head Teachers: Mr Brasidas
*Series 4, Episode 3, Groovy Greeks: Socrates' prison break. "The Thinkers" (song)
*Series 4, Episode 9, Groovy Greeks: Words We Get from the Greeks. HH Investigates: False doctors
*Series 4, Episode 10, Groovy Greeks: Diogenes in his barrel. Stupid Deaths: Pythagoras
*Series 5, Episode 3, Groovy Greeks: Come Dine With Me.
*Series 5, Episode 12, Groovy Greeks Words we get from the Greeks. Wonders of the Greek Universe.
Chapter 25, Alexander the Great
*Series 4, Episode 12, Groovy Greeks: Words We Get from the Greeks. Historical Mastermind. The legend of the Gordian knot
Chapter 26, The People of the Americas- none- (wah!)
Chapter 27, The Rise of Rome- none (wah!)
Chapter 28, The Roman Empire
*Series 1, Episode 1, Rotten Romans: Funeral Fights. Rattus Rattus fantasizes: gladiator school
*Series 2, Episode 12, Rotten Romans: Andabatae troubles. Stupid Deaths: Diodorus
*Series 3, Episode 5, Rotten Romans: Historical Hospital. Shouty Man: Criminal's head
*Series 5, Episode 6, Rotten Romans: Shouty Man: New Roman Dog. Cato the Elder and his cabbage cures.
*Series 1, Episode 6, Rotten Romans: Rattus Rattus fantasizes: Galley Safety Announcement (parody of passenger announcements, two parts). Dodgy War Inventions No. 7: the Onager (animated)
*Series 5, Episode 9, Rotten Romans: Wonders of the Roman Universe. Battle of Drepanum sacred chicken. (Battle of Drepanum 249BC during First Punic War)
Chapter 30, The Aryans of India- none (boo!)
Chapter 34, The Rise of Julius Caesar
*Series 5, Episode 4, Rotten Romans: Thou Hast Been Framed!. Minted (song). Carthage
Chapter 35, Caesar the Hero
*Series 1, Episode 6, Rotten Romans: Rattus Rattus fantasizes: Galley Safety Announcement (parody of passenger announcements, two parts). Dodgy War Inventions No. 7: the Onager (animated)
*Series 1, Episode 8, Rotten Romans: the Battle of Avaricum (spoof of a movie trailer). The invention of decimation (Avaricum 52BC)
*Series 1, Episode 10, Cutthroat Celts: Home decorating with severed heads. Video game: Warrior! Romans vs Celts
*Series 1, Episode 13, Awful Egyptians: This Is Your Reign: Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, the first woman pharaoh.
*Series 2, Episode 2, Awful Egyptians: Rattus Rattus fantasizes: Historical Desktops: Egyptian social network (Cleopatra)
*Series 2, Episode 7, Cutthroat Celts: Dodgy War Inventions No. 79: Romans try using stilts to cross marshland (animated). "Historical Wife Swap": An upscale Roman couple moves into newly conquered Britain and swaps with a traditional Celtic family.
*Series 4, Episode 6, Rotten Romans: Army pay day. Conscription. God Compare (Gaulish Gods)
*Series 4, Episode 9, Rotten Romans: Julius Caesar: The Romeover and Laurel Leaves. HHTV News: The Roman Invasion of Britain report
Chapter 36, The Roman Prince
*Series 5, Episode 7, Rotten Romans: Ambush in the Teutoburg Forest. HH Pictures: Augustus: the Movie.
*Series 2, Episode 6, Rotten Romans: Elagabalus' Romo Lottery Millions. Emperor Tiberius moves to Capri to avoid being murdered but still he is terrified of everything
*Series 4, Episode 12, Rotten Romans: Historical Dentist. Tarpeian Rock death sentences
(Ok, this one is not about an Emperor, but it still seemed like a good place to put it.)
*Series 2, Episode 11, Rotten Romans: Caligula and Mr Hand (two parts). Roman Army
*Series 3, Episode 7, Rotten Romans: Caligula's recovery. "Evil Emperors Song" (song)
*Series 3, Episode 4, Rotten Romans: Historical Crime Squad: murders of Caligula. Arena fighter. Roman god body inspectors
Chapter 37, The Beginnings of Christianity- none (woe!)
Chapter 38, The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation- none (boo!)
*Series 5, Episode 10, Rotten Romans: Shouty Man: All New Roman Baths. Stupid Deaths: Emperor Domitian. (Domitian 81-96 AD)
Chapter 39, The Romans and the Christians
*Series 4, Episode 8, Rotten Romans: Nero and the victims of the Great Fire of Rome. HH Games: Scorpus Chariot Racer
*Series 1, Episode 3, Rotten Romans: Nero's Christian candles. Rattus Rattus fantasizes: HHTV Sport: Lions vs Christians
*Series 2, Episode 3, Rotten Romans: I'm a Christian, Get Me out of Here!. Love You to Death, a movie about Nero and his wives. Ave! Magazine: Spiculus
Chapter 40, Rome Begins to Weaken
(Also an attempt at Emperor order)
*Series 2, Episode 10, Cutthroat Celts: "Historical Fashion Fix": A warrior gets an unusual pre-battle makeover and Boudicca song
*Series 4, Episode 7, Rotten Romans: the Praetorian guard. Shouty Man: New Emperor Statue
*Series 1, Episode 12, Rotten Romans: Titus' animal absence. Execution: Animals "Я" Us
*Series 3, Episode 9, Rotten Romans: Tabellarii messenger. Emperor Constantine's security
Chapter 41, The Attacking Barbarians- none (growl!)
Chapter 42, The End of Rome
*Series 3, Episode 10, Rotten Romans: Danke magazine. The fall of Rome
Chapter 31, The Mauryan Empire of India- none (sook!)
Chapter 32, China: Writing and the Qin- none (woe!)
Chapter 33, Confucius- none (wah!)*Series 5, Episode 4, Rotten Romans: Thou Hast Been Framed!. Minted (song). Carthage
*Series 1, Episode 6, Rotten Romans: Rattus Rattus fantasizes: Galley Safety Announcement (parody of passenger announcements, two parts). Dodgy War Inventions No. 7: the Onager (animated)
*Series 1, Episode 8, Rotten Romans: the Battle of Avaricum (spoof of a movie trailer). The invention of decimation (Avaricum 52BC)
*Series 1, Episode 10, Cutthroat Celts: Home decorating with severed heads. Video game: Warrior! Romans vs Celts
*Series 1, Episode 10, Rotten Romans: Sponge on a Stick (two parts) and Viper Deodorant (advertisements)
*Series 1, Episode 13, Rotten Romans: Roman kitchen nightmares. Communal toilets (Britain invasion)*Series 1, Episode 13, Awful Egyptians: This Is Your Reign: Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, the first woman pharaoh.
*Series 2, Episode 2, Awful Egyptians: Rattus Rattus fantasizes: Historical Desktops: Egyptian social network (Cleopatra)
*Series 2, Episode 7, Cutthroat Celts: Dodgy War Inventions No. 79: Romans try using stilts to cross marshland (animated). "Historical Wife Swap": An upscale Roman couple moves into newly conquered Britain and swaps with a traditional Celtic family.
*Series 2, Episode 8, Rotten Romans: News of the Empire Julius Caesar Special. Crimewatch BC
*Series 2, Episode 10, Awful Egyptians: Cleopatra's beauty regime. Historical Hospital: Dr Isis
*Series 3, Episode 1, Rotten Romans: Qualifying for the Roman triumph. The new aBook (pastiche of Kindle)
*Series 3, Episode 5, Awful Egyptians: HHTV News: Bob Hale's Tutankhamun Report. "Cleopatra" (song)*Series 4, Episode 6, Rotten Romans: Army pay day. Conscription. God Compare (Gaulish Gods)
*Series 4, Episode 9, Rotten Romans: Julius Caesar: The Romeover and Laurel Leaves. HHTV News: The Roman Invasion of Britain report
(Posted by Emperor order, rather than series and episode number, to save you trawling through Wikipedia like I did.)
*Series 2, Episode 6, Rotten Romans: Elagabalus' Romo Lottery Millions. Emperor Tiberius moves to Capri to avoid being murdered but still he is terrified of everything
(Ok, this one is not about an Emperor, but it still seemed like a good place to put it.)
*Series 2, Episode 11, Rotten Romans: Caligula and Mr Hand (two parts). Roman Army
*Series 1, Episode 4, Rotten Romans: HHTV News: Bob Hale's Roman Report. Caligula's speech
*Series 1, Episode 5, Rotten Romans: Caligula's attack on Poseidon*Series 3, Episode 7, Rotten Romans: Caligula's recovery. "Evil Emperors Song" (song)
*Series 3, Episode 4, Rotten Romans: Historical Crime Squad: murders of Caligula. Arena fighter. Roman god body inspectors
Chapter 38, The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation- none (boo!)
*Series 5, Episode 10, Rotten Romans: Shouty Man: All New Roman Baths. Stupid Deaths: Emperor Domitian. (Domitian 81-96 AD)
*Series 5, Episode 11, Rotten Romans: Stupid Deaths: Pliny the Elder. Historical Apprentice: Maximus vs. Minimus. (Pliny the elder 23AD-79AD)
*Series 4, Episode 8, Rotten Romans: Nero and the victims of the Great Fire of Rome. HH Games: Scorpus Chariot Racer
*Series 1, Episode 3, Rotten Romans: Nero's Christian candles. Rattus Rattus fantasizes: HHTV Sport: Lions vs Christians
*Series 2, Episode 3, Rotten Romans: I'm a Christian, Get Me out of Here!. Love You to Death, a movie about Nero and his wives. Ave! Magazine: Spiculus
Chapter 40, Rome Begins to Weaken
(Also an attempt at Emperor order)
*Series 2, Episode 10, Cutthroat Celts: "Historical Fashion Fix": A warrior gets an unusual pre-battle makeover and Boudicca song
*Series 1, Episode 12, Rotten Romans: Titus' animal absence. Execution: Animals "Я" Us
*Series 3, Episode 9, Rotten Romans: Tabellarii messenger. Emperor Constantine's security
Chapter 42, The End of Rome
*Series 3, Episode 10, Rotten Romans: Danke magazine. The fall of Rome
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Rose-Marie was one of those enthusiastic planners who began researching when she was pregnant with her first. She wanted to homeschool because it sounded like an affordable adventure, then she met her kids personally...
Her young daughter has Echolalia and some processing issues so isn't speaking fluently yet; but she is making good progress as they work and play in Central Victoria, Australia.
Oh, Rosie, you are the best! Thank you for this!
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