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History Shows
Groundlings aim as a
professional Theatre
in Education Company
is to illustrate key
elements of History,
Literature and PSHE
Study units in the
National Curriculum
using drama and
comedy. We encourage
children's natural
enthusiasm to learn
through interaction
and entertainment.
All History Shows cost �375
The Egyptians -
KS2
An Egyptologist from
the British Museum
is on a hunt for
clues about how life
was lived by this
great and mysterious
civilisation. An
amulet belonging to
a young Egyptian
leads us on a
journey to meet Ra
and the Pharoah,
learning the secrets
of mummification and
the afterlife while
audience help with
the building of the
Great Pyramid. An
hour long show
followed by a 2 Hour
workshop.
The Greeks - KS2
Experience tragedy
and comedy, meet the
Gods and join
Theseus on his quest
to rid Greece of the
hideous and
terrifying Minotaur.
An hour long show
followed by a 2 hour
workshop.
The Romans - KS2
Benny the Briton is
set to work for the
invading Roman army.
Through song and
interaction we learn
what the Romans did
for us, how they
lived and how they
forged the most
powerful empire in
the world. An hour
long show with a 2
hour drama workshop.
The Vikings -
KS2
A time travelling
alien invades your
school, taking the
children back to
Anglo Saxon Britain
with a pit stop at
Roman Britain on the
way. A friendly
Viking reveals
secrets of the Norse
culture and warfare
while on the hunt
for Thor's magic
belt. An hour long
show followed by a 2
hour drama workshop.
The Tudors - KS2
Absorb the larger
than life atmosphere
of the Tudors, with
the Spanish Armada
lurking in the
English Channel and
William Shakespeare
waiting in the
wings. From Henry
VIII and the
reformation to the
Golden Age of
Elizabeth 1, the
audience become a
part of the story as
it happens. An hour
long show followed
by a 2 hour drama
workshop.
Victorians - KS2
This Victorian Top
Hat tale is an
entertaining
educational look at
life in Victorian
Britain. Two comic
inventors and a
range of period
characters take the
audience back in
time to experience
Victorian domestic
life , inventions,
education and the
Great Exhibition of
1851. The show ends
with a visit to the
Victorian music
hall, where the
audience play all
the parts. An hour
long show followed
by a 2 hour
workshop.
World War 1 - KS4
This workshop allows
the audience to gain
an understanding of
life in the trenches
and at home during
'The Great War',
through a
presentation
inspired by real
letters sent during
the conflict. The
drama workshop tht
follows gives the
pupils the chance
to develop a
personal response to
the hardships faced
and to the
propaganda of war.
This workshop can
support programmes
of study upon
the history of the
period, war poetry,
or related set
literature texts. An
hour long show
followed by a 2 hour
drama workshop.
World War 2 - KS3
Meet housewife Mrs
Magorian and
shopkeeper Mr
Docherty, as you are
taken back through
time for a glance
at life in wartime .
Learn about
rationing, the
evacuees, Pearl
Harbour and the Home
Front while gaining
an understanding of
what it may have
been like to be part
of this important
period of history.
Ideas have been
taken from real
speeches and wartime
news reports as well
as from the popular
class readers on
this topic. The 2
hour drama workshop
which follows can
focus on a specified
novel of your
choice, or can cover
various topics which
relate to your own
World War 2
programme of study.
Famous Educational
Quotes
" We must ensure
this virtual world
is safe for our
children, just as we
try to ensure the
real world is." -
Tony Blair
" Nothing that is
worth knowing can be
taught." - Oscar
Wilde
" Education is not
received, its
achieved." - Albert
Einstein
"The great aim of
education is not
knowledge, its
action." - Herbert
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