You can listen to the Old English poem when you click the button, top left. This is what Old English sounded like.
Caedmon'sHymn by me
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This lesson contains 15 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 30 min
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How it all started in the British Isles:
You can listen to the Old English poem when you click the button, top left. This is what Old English sounded like.
Caedmon'sHymn by me
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The first settlers ...
...were the Celts. Who could wade through the sea water or used simply crafted boats in their search for new land. We know very little about them. Nothing was written down; only their remains (bodies and artefacts) speak to us.
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these were nomadic people
until they found good soil and settled
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Watch this video >
It will teach you a lot about the Celts (before the Romans) and the Anglo-Saxons (after the Romans)
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Then the Romans came!
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They brought a few things that changed Celtic society:
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At number 3: Infrastructure
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At number 2: Religion
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And at number ONE: writing!!
Well, our number one because we’re looking at literature history. Not much to tell.... some historic recording and bible texts (Boooooring) and all in Latin. So no English yet!
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Revolting!
Yes, many Celtic, later Anglo-Saxon, tribes revolted against the Romans. Lots of fighting. One of the most famous Celtic leaders was a woman called Boudicca.
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This statue representing Boudicca and her daughters stands on the Victoria Embankment near Westminster, London.
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Pixar made a film that may have been inspired by her:
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The End
You learnt much about the first people to live on the British island
Lesson duration is: 30 min
