If during your upcoming vacation you find yourself in Brittany and you are a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, then you have two good reasons to go see this exhibition located in Landerneau. It’s open until January, so it would make a good class visit for the new school year too. Conceived as a visual … Continue reading “Tolkien in Landerneau”
Robin Hood is great way into British history as pupils can build on their prior knowledge of the character. If you are working on Robin Hood as part of a medieval theme, with the Robin Hood Festival in Nottingham, or as a theatre activity, these videos provide vocabulary help and food for thought. This one-minute … Continue reading “Robin Hood Videos”
Since the Middle Ages, Nottingham’s Sherwood Forest has been associated with Robin Hood, the outlaw who stole from the rich to feed the poor. The city celebrates its most famous son with a Robin Hood Festival in August and a Pageant in October. No one knows whether Robin Hood really existed. If he did, who … Continue reading “Robin Hood Festival”