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History Storytime

History Storytime

History Storytime

History storytime for children with 7 year old Sophie, 4 year old Ellie and their Daddy. Exciting stories of knights in shining armour and their battles. Henry VIII, the Tudors, Romans, World War 2, George Washington, Columbus and more. Even amazing stories of animals in history like elephants, dogs, cats and pigeons. Stirring stories of love and betrayal. Strong women and how they changed history.

Parent info: History Storytime is recommended for ages 6-10. It's an Episodic show that can be listened to in any order. Made in the UK, it's about Education and History for kids. Launched in 2020.

There are 34 episodes

Episodes
The most recent appears first.

  • Why did World War Two start?

    9 min 30 August 2021

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of why and how World War Two started.----more----…

  • The Hundred Years' War

    10 min 16 August 2021

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France.----more----…

  • The Persian Invasion of Ancient Greece

    9 min 31 May 2021

    Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) tell of the Persian invasion of Ancient Greece and the Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.----more----…

  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel with the Brunel Museum

    9 min 22 February 2021

    Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) team up with the Brunel Museum to tell the story of the incredible engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel helped build the modern world.----more----…

  • History of Burma / Myanmar

    9 min 15 February 2021

    Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) tell the 1000 year history of Burma – Buddhism, Kublai Khan, Elephants, the British, WW2 and Aung Sung Suu Kyi.----more----…

  • Gandhi

    10 min 8 February 2021

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of Gandhi. We learn how he led India to independence. But more than that the girls learn life lessons from his example.…

  • The Rescue of the Danish Jews in WW2

    9 min 1 February 2021

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of how Denmark’s Jews were rescued by Danish people at the height of World War Two and escaped overnight to Sweden and safety.…

  • The Resolute Desk of US Presidents

    9 min 25 January 2021

    Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) tell how Joe Biden and Donald Trump both chose to use the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. They tell the history of the desk that is a symbol of friendship between Britain and America.…

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of England

    9 min 11 January 2021

    Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) tell of Eleanor of Aquitaine. But Eleanor has been Queen of France. Now she becomes Queen of England.----more----This is the second in our series about Eleanor of Aquitaine. But you don't need to have listened to the last episode…

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France

    9 min 4 January 2021

    Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) tell of Eleanor of Aquitaine. In a time of knights and castles, men rule. But Eleanor is Duchess of Aquitaine - no one is telling her what to do.----more----…

  • The History of New Year

    8 min 28 December 2020

    Sophie (aged 7) and Ellie (aged 5) decide to tell the history of New Year going back four thousand years.…

  • WW2: The Battle of the Bulge

    9 min 14 December 2020

    Sophie (aged 7) and Ellie (aged 5) want to know if battles ever happened at Christmas so together we tell the story of the Battle of the Bulge in World War Two.…

  • WW2: Pearl Harbor 1941

    10 min 7 December 2020

    Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) tell the story of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor which happened today in 1941 and brought America into World War Two. #OTD…

  • Rosa Parks

    9 min 30 November 2020

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the inspirational story of Rosa Parks and how her refusal to move seats on a bus, 65 years ago this week, helped change America for the better.…

  • Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun and Mummies

    9 min 23 November 2020

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) love stories about Ancient Egypt so they tell the story of the boy Pharoah, Tutankhamun, including how his body was turned into a mummy.…

  • The Mayflower, Pilgrims and Thanksgiving

    9 min 16 November 2020

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving in America.…

  • The Life of a Child in the Victorian Period

    9 min 9 November 2020

    Sophie (aged 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of children in Victorian times. We learn what school was like (not very nice!), what jobs they did (yucky ones!) and what they did for fun.----more----…

  • Hallowe'en Special: Witches in History

    9 min 26 October 2020

    For Hallowe’en Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of witches in history. We learn how the Witchfinder General in England used to find so called witches and about the Salem Witch trials in America.----more----…

  • Black History Month: Ivory Bangle Lady, Phillis Wheatley & Mary Seacole

    8 min 19 October 2020

    It’s Black History Month at school so Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell some stories of Black women who made history in Britain. They tell of Ivory Bangle Woman, the first black woman found in Britain; Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved black woman turned star …

  • William the Conqueror & the Battle of Hastings

    9 min 12 October 2020

    This week is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Sophie (aged 7) & Ellie (age 5) tell the story of William the Conqueror, King Harold and Harald Hardrada’s fight for the English throne.----more----…

  • The Neolithic Stone Age: Stonehenge and Skara Brae

    9 min 5 October 2020

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell of the Neolithic Stone Age. We visit Skara Brae, explore Stonehenge, and see how Stone Age people moved from hunter-gathering to farming.----more----…

  • The Paleolithic Stone Age: Cavemen and Woolly Mammoths

    9 min 21 September 2020

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell of the start of the Stone Age. Neanderthals, Woolly Mammoths and Sabre Tooth tigers roam the world for millions of years. But a new breed of humans, Homo Sapiens, comes out of Africa. Within a few tens of thousands of year…

  • Animals in History: The Horse

    9 min 14 September 2020

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell of the horse in history. We see how horses helped us with farming, transport and warfare. We see how inventions like the harness, saddle and stirrup helped change history.----more----…

  • War of Scottish Independence: William Wallace

    9 min 31 August 2020

    Sophie (aged 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the true story of William Wallace, of Braveheart fame, and his fight for Scotland’s freedom.----more----…

  • War of Scottish Independence: The Hammer of the Scots

    10 min 24 August 2020

    We start our three part series on the War of Scottish Independence as Edward I, Hammer of the Scots, first chooses, then removes Scotland’s King and conquers Scotland.----more----…

  • The Spanish Flu of 1918

    9 min 17 August 2020

    We learn about Spanish Flu of 1918 which swept the world at the end of World War 1. Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of their great, great uncle, a decorated war hero who fought in the trenches for four years, only to be struck down as the war e…

  • Sophie & Franz: The World War 1 Love Story

    9 min 10 August 2020

    We tell the tragic love story of Sophie, who married the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and whose murder helped start WW1. Like so many women she was belittled when alive and forgotten when dead. We put her back in the story.----more----…

  • Why did World War 1 start?

    10 min 3 August 2020

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of why World War One happened – on the weekend of the anniversary of the War starting.----more----…

  • Cleopatra

    10 min 20 July 2020

    Cleopatra echoes through history. But who really was she? Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) explore her life. We hear of her dreams for Egypt, her alliance with Rome and her love for Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony.----more----…

  • Jousting with the Royal Armouries

    9 min 13 July 2020

    This week Sophie (aged 7) and Ellie (age 5) team up with Chloe from the Royal Armouries – the UK’s National Museum of Arms and Armour - to tell the story of Jousting. We follow the history of jousting from its beginnings as training for warfare to an increasin…

  • The Glorious Revolution and the Battle of the Boyne

    9 min 6 July 2020

    Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland in 1690, and how it helped secure the Glorious Revolution for William, Prince of Orange.…

  • Alexander Hamilton - The History Behind the Hamilton Musical

    10 min 30 June 2020

    Sophie and Ellie tell the story about Alexander Hamilton to help them understand the story told in the Musical – which comes out on Disney this week. The girls have heard some of the songs from Hamilton the Musical. But they don’t really understand the full st…

  • Windrush

    8 min 22 June 2020

    On the anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, Sophie and Ellie tell the story of the ship that transformed Britain and what happened next. They learn about the Windrush’s journey from the Jamaica to Britain and the West Indians who came looking for…

  • The Slave Trade

    8 min 8 June 2020

    Sophie and Ellie ask about the Black Lives Matter protests. So we tell the story about the Slave Trade and the legacy it leaves. We learn about the transatlantic slave triangle of Europe, West Africa and the Americas. Sophie tells us about the brutality of sla…

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