385 Episodes

  1. Dressing Up! Homeschooling the Rebecca Riots and Turnpike Roads

    Published: 6/05/2020

  2. Insults!

    Published: 5/05/2020

  3. Hiding! Homeschooling Elizabeth I and Catholics

    Published: 4/05/2020

  4. Presents! Homeschooling William the Conqueror and Feudalism

    Published: 3/05/2020

  5. Bullies! Homeschooling The Nazi Brownshirts and the Rise of Hitler

    Published: 2/05/2020

  6. Breath!

    Published: 30/04/2020

  7. Sucking Up! Homeschooling the Appeasement of Hitler and the Outbreak of WW2

    Published: 29/04/2020

  8. Epic Fails! Homeschooling the League of Nations and Mussolini

    Published: 29/04/2020

  9. Broken Promises! Homeschooling the Gunpowder Plot and James VI and I

    Published: 28/04/2020

  10. Blame! Homeschooling WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles

    Published: 27/04/2020

  11. The Kiss!

    Published: 24/04/2020

  12. Slobbering! Homeschooling James VI and I!

    Published: 22/04/2020

  13. Balconies!

    Published: 21/04/2020

  14. Names! Homeschooling the Domesday Book!

    Published: 20/04/2020

  15. Showoffs! Homeschooling Norman Castles!

    Published: 20/04/2020

  16. Scabs! Homeschooling Medieval Medicine

    Published: 18/04/2020

  17. Scars! Homeschooling the History of Slavery

    Published: 17/04/2020

  18. Applause!

    Published: 16/04/2020

  19. Accidents! Homeschooling Everyday Life in Tudor England

    Published: 15/04/2020

  20. Invisibility! Homeschooling Tudor Spies

    Published: 12/04/2020

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