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Get ready for another nasty
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April marks the 400th
anniversary of William
Shakespeare’s death…
to celebrate, let’s find
out all about him!
WHERE THERE’S
A WILL…
IS BACK!
Happy
anniversary
to me…
William Shakespeare died
400 years ago on 23 April
1616 so Horrible Histories
decided to celebrate his life.
The most rotten
show on TV is back
with a William
Shakespeare
special…
GREAT SHAKES !
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Shakespeare will be joined by his neare
and dearest in the special, including his
wife, Anne Hathaway (not the Hollywood
star!) and some writing buddies.
ON THIS
HORRIBLE
DAY…
Call me
Quill-iam
6 April, 1199
14 April, 1865
Richard the
Lionheart dies of
an infected wound
caused by an arrow.
American president,
Abraham Lincoln, is
assassinated in a theatre.
WEE-LLY GOOD SHOW!
The Horrible Histories Shakespeare
special will be hitting your screen soon,
so keep your eyes peeled – and don’t
miss actor and comedian Miles Jupp
playing a character who sings Singing
in Urine and getting covered in poo!
my boots
double up as
a lampshade
He hoped for the best, but it quickly
became clear it wasn’t chocolate. Yuck!
12
Yuri Gagarin becomes
the first human
being in space.
7 April, 1739
Horrible highwayman
Dick Turpin is hanged
for his crimes.
CAESAR THE GEEZER
BUILDS WORLD’S FIRST
FRIDGE-FREEZER
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freezer because he was sick of runny ice cream.
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UNSTEADY EDDIE
DEADIE BEFORE
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What
an old
boar!
Cleopatra loved
animals so much she
hired a wild boar to
do the washing.
Young King Edward VI dies aged 16 after
being crowned at just 9 years old.
TRUE NEWS OR APRIL FOOL?
ON THIS
HORRIBLE
19 April, 1775
The American Revolution
begins, with the USA, led by
what a deadly George Washington, battling
bunch of dates! for independence from Britain.
TRUE NEWS OR APRIL FOOL?
21 April, 1509
Henry VIII is
crowned King
of England.
Oh no! I‘ll
be Eric
the dead!
VIKING LOLS
AT NIAGARA FALLS
After taking a wrong turn
at Greenland, Erik the
Red accidentally sails
over Niagara Falls!
TRUE NEWS OR APRIL FOOL?
PLOT THICKENS
AS DICKENS LIES
STRICKEN
Mystery surrounds
the death of Charles
Dickens, with some
claiming he died
of ‘fame’.
Clever
Old Me!
ARCHIMEDES
IS THE BEE’S KNEES
AS ROMAN ARMY FLEES
Ancient Greek clever clogs Archimedes invents
siege weapons to defeat Roman attackers.
TRUE NEWS OR APRIL FOOL?
23 April, 303
St George, England’s
patron saint, dies. The
day becomes England’s
national day!
TRUE NEWS OR APRIL FOOL?
29 April, 1770
Explorer Captain Cook
lands in Australia.
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took a
while…
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and died on 6 April 1199, but you might know him by the much more epic
nickname Richard the Lionheart! What would your royal nickname be?
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I’m Richard
the Lionheart.
Or Richard the
heavypants. Depends
who you ask
MONTH
1 – Sausage
17 – Mud
January – Bottom
2 – Lumpy
18 – Grass
February – Heart
3 – Badger
19 – Loud
March – Shield
4 – Magic
20 – Angry
April – Burp
5 – Tree
21 – Scaredy
May – Sword
6 – Brave
22 – Whisper
June – Brain
7 – Orange
23 – Flash
July – Poop
8 – Heavy
24 – Fork
August – Pips
9 – Jedi
25 – Cruel
September – Pants
10 – Thumping 26 – Axe
October – Beard
11 – Lucky
27 – Hairy
November – Sleeves
12 – Soggy
28 – Chin
December – Blood
13 – Tiger
29 – Bushy
14 – Tooth
30 – Burning
royal name:
My friend’s realy
15 – Funny
31 – Rotten
yal name:
My mum’s realy ro
16 – Cranky
yal name:
My Dad’s realy ro
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I’M TAKING
AWAY YOUR
SOULS!
ROUND ONE
THE EMBARRASSING STORY!
Norman knights were a fearsome bunch,
and some of them weren’t exactly dad-ofthe-year. Isn’t that right… Strongbow?!
STRONGBOW
WHAT A
STITCH UP!
“Argh, do I have
to tell this story
again?! OK... In
1170, I invaded
Ireland, snapped
the limbs off a few
people and threw
them over a cliff. But
my son was a real coward
in battle. What good is a wimpy
warrior-to-be? So I cut him
from the family – in one
ROUND TWO
THE PARTY
PRANK!
In 1306, a ceremony was
held for Edward I’s son
to be named a knight.
To make it special, 300
more lads were to be
knighted at the same
time. They couldn’t all
squeeze in around
the altar. Loads
were injured
– and two died!
THAT’S A PARTY
POOPER!
WHAT’S HIS
IT’S YOUR SON WHO
NEEDED STITCHES,
HEE-HEE!
8
Strongbow’s
tomb in Dublin
QUICK
QUIZ!
Let’s start the s
how…
ROUND THREE
Mount your noble steed and
tear through these teasers
against the clock!
1
THE GRAND FINALE!
Three knights compete for the title of “Stupidest death”!
2
CONTESTANT 1
CONTESTANT 2
CONTESTANT 3
Henry II of France
Date: 1559
King Henry
forced Gabriel
de Montgomery
to duel with him
on horseback.
Monty’s lance
shattered and
splintered into the
King’s face. After
10 days of agony,
Henry died.
Templar Knight
Date: 1291
A group of
knights snuck
up to ambush
some Turks. One
tripped over a
tent rope, fell
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a toilet ditch and
drowned in poo.
The rest were
executed!
Godfrey of Bouillon
Date: 1100
Godfrey led
a siege of
Jerusalem but
was sweating
badly under his
armour. Instead
of water, he
guzzled wine. It
gave him a fever
and killed him.
Foolish Frenchie!
How many knights could be
on each team in a friendly
knight tournament?
10
200
4
What did the visor on
a knight’s armour protect?
Face
Belly
5
What weren’t knights
allowed to do at dinner?
Dip their bread
Pick their nose
HOPE NEXT
EPISODE IT’S
NOT YOU!
What was a knight’s
apprentice called?
Pupil
Squire
MY SCORE
Answers: 1. 21, 2. Glove, 3. 200,
4. Face, 5. Dip their bread, 6. Squire.
for the winner.
(Oh, and tick
the box to vote for
your favourite!)
Was a spiked gauntlet a
glove or a long sword?
Glove
Sword
3
6
And now for the
How old did you have to be to
become a Norman knight?
14
21
9
G O RY QUIZ
Can you can steer the
super-sized ship to safety?
Hmmm?
Capsize?
Mine’s a
medium
YES
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on the radio?
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midnight, sailing
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everyone?
MY BAD. I’M
GOING DOWN
WITH THIS SHIP
Oh, well now
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ship is sinking.
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attempt to
escape?
NO,
SHIP WTHI IS
NEVER LL
SINK!
OUT OF
YEP! GEYT, I’M OFF!
MY WA
Hooray, you kept your
eyes open, listened to
warnings and made
it to the USA without
sinking even a little bit!
YOU SANK THE TITANIC
But at least you took
it like a true captain
and went down with
your ship. Still, over
1,500 good folk just
lost their lives in the
icy water with you.
Not good at all.
TITANIC FAIL
It never even looked
like you’d steer it to
safety. What’s more,
you snuck off the ship
to save yourself, you
rotten egg.
S
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Victoria is
being crowned
Queen. Can you spot
the ten dreadfully
GLIÀFXOW GLIIHUHQFHV
between the pics?
spotted a
difference?
Tick a
box for
each one!
Did you know?
how very
dare they!
At least six serious assassination
attempts were made against Queen
Victoria during her 63-year reign.
ANSWERS ON PAGE 35
HAT’S A
TOUGH ONE!
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Thinking her husband had died, a Victorian lady from
Doncaster decided to marry someone else. It turned
out her husband wasn’t dead at all, so she’d remarried
illegally. The old husband tried bribing her. He died
soon after! Could it have been the wife? Hmmm…
BRIBE AND GROOM!
In 892 Viking ruler Earl
Sigurd caught a fatal
infection from the jagged
teeth of his enemy’s severed
head after displaying it
as a battle trophy!
VICIOUS VIKINGS!
TO BARMY
I AM THE
CHAMPION!
RED RIVER!
King James II of Scotland had an
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he was killed when one of his own
cannons blew up at Roxburgh Castle!
GUNPOWDER CLOT!
ROXBURGH
CASTLE (NEAR
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f
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wit
SHOULD’VE USED
MOUTHWASH
YO U R
Bonkers Victorian
Dr William Buckland
was born in Devon and
became famous after
eating weird things – like
elephants’ trunks, bats’
ZHHDQGWKHPXPPLÀHG
heart of King Louis XIV.
SCARY SNACKING!
King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was a jealous
man. He once accused someone of dreaming
about his wife. The punishment? The judge
ordered him to pay Gruffydd “the dream of
1,000 cattle”. Everyone was very confused!
BAD DREAMS!
MOO WHAT?
DEVON
After losing at the Battle
of Worcester during the
English Civil War,
Charles II escaped
and hid up an oak
tree for an entire
day to stay safe!
TREE FLEE!
WAT’S UP?
CANTERBURY
BURY ST
EDMUNDS
Saint Edmund
was King of
East Anglia until
869, when Viking
raiders tied him
up, shot arrows
at him and took
his head off.
STICKY END!
In June 1381 Wat Tyler led peasants on a
march from Canterbury to London to protest
about taxes. The king had his head chopped
off and put it on a spike on London Bridge.
SAY
WAAAAT!
ON TRENT
DONCASTER
By the time the Battle of Stoke
Field had been won by Henry VII
on 16 June, 1487, it was said the
River Trent ran red with blood.
CUT OUT YOUR PUTRID POSTER!
POSTER
stic
ker
S OF SHAKEY!
6 PAGE
aler
t
SHAKESPEARE
DECODED!
Can you match the modern words below to how Shakespeare
would have said it? Get your stickers out and have a go!
WHO, ME?
1
LISTEN
2
HERE
3
YOU
4
PAY ATTENTION
5
DO
ANSWERS:
Turn to page 35!
INSIDE! DEATHS
BIRTHS
PLAY A GAME
COOL QUIZ!
TURN
THE PAGE
FOR MORE
SHAKESPEARE
TREATS!
S
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A
D
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BIRT
birthday –
Shakespeare is thought to have died on his
tten one. Which of
he’s not the only person to have had a ro attend?
these parties would you want to
IT’S THE
FINAL
CURTAIN…
YOU ARE INVITED TO
THE 50TH BIRTHDAY OF
RINE OF ARAGON
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CAT
TW
FIRS
IFE OF HENRY VIII
WHEN
16 DECEMBER 1535
WHERE
DGESHIRE
, CAMBRI
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FROM THE
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birthdays! Inca kids lthood, while
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Victorians thought ork the
fit for factory w
day they turned
five!
SHOCKING
WHIP-WHIP,
HOORAY!
SHAKESPEARE
TRUTHS!
Check out these other cool facts
about the beardy bard!
1
William Shakespeare’s dad was a glovemaker, an ale-taster and at one point,
the mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon.
2
Shakespeare had three children. Twins
Judith and Hamnet were born after his first
daughter, Susanna. None of them could
read, and Hamnet died when he was 11.
DOROTHY HANDLAND
IS TURNING 83!
, CHOPPY SEAS.
WHEN: 1787 WHERE: ON DANGEROUS
INALS WERE THE FIRST BRITISH
GUESTS: ME AND MY FELLOW CRIM
LOT.
AUSTRALIA. I’M THE OLDEST OF THE
CRIMINALS TO BE SHIPPED OFF TO
THIS JOURNEY, SO LET’S
ACTIVITIES: WELL... 48 OF US DIE ON
PLEASE – BAD BEHAVIOUR IS
COUNT THE SURVIVORS! NO BUMPS,
WHIP.
PUNISHED WITH 200 LASHES OF THE
REACH LAND I’M
SUGGESTED GIFTS: ROPE – WHEN WE
E TO BECOME
HANGING MYSELF FROM A GUM TRE
IDE.
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST RECORDED SUIC
3
I CAN’T
BEAR IT!
CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY – AND MOURN
MY DEATH!
RAPHAEL
Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre stank because
it had animal shows too!
As well as a famous
playwright, poet and
actor, Shakespeare was
4
I’M BRUSHING
WITH DEATH!
RENAISSANCE
ARTIST
WHEN: 6 APRIL 1520
WHERE: ROME, ITALY
ACTIVITIES: IF MY GIRLFRIEND
SAYS I’M BEING LAZY, DON’T BEL
IEVE
HER – I’M LYING IN BED BECAUS
E I’M DYING OF FEVER!
SUGGESTED GIFTS: WATER! A FAN
! ANYTHING TO EASE THIS FEV
ER IN MY
FINAL HOURS! I WAS GIVEN THE
WRONG CURE BECAUSE I LIED
TO MY
DOCTOR. IT’S TOO LATE FOR THE
RIGHT ONE NOW.
GUESTS: ANYONE WHO CAN CAR
RY ME TO THE PANTHEON!
Before he died,
Shakespeare wrote
a curse for his grave to
stop people digging up his
bones. It worked – his grave
has never been disturbed!
5
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M
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Could you have made it as a
bard (poet and storyteller)
in the big city back in
Shakespeare’s day? Find
out with the roll of a dice.
!
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GA
START
HERE!
11
It’s 1599 and
you build the
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10
12
Queen
Elizabeth is in
the audience!
Dash on to
circle 15!
1
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grammar school
to learn to read
and write – jump
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PEN
Theatre
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critic Robert
13
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2
14
8
Any
ideas?
On the
opening night of
Hamlet, the lead
actor doesn’t
show up! Go
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Will.I.am!
Foul play!
You’re caught
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to the start!
7
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4
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amusing!
AY!
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while you dream
up new
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inspired by
explorer Francis
Drake’s latest
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poor me…
16
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of fans ask for
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spaces!
HOW TO PLAY:
ying with.
– Cut out a counter for you and whoever you’re plaend.
– Take it in turns to roll the dice, as you race to the
24
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22
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trouble at court
Jump for joy to
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moustache while
you slept! Hide for
three goes ’til it
re-grows!
32
A man can
die but
once!
26
Miss a go to
think up a rhyme,
then say it aloud
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31
20
30
27
19
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about King
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he’s ordered your
beheading! Go back
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talking about
Guy Fawkes’
gunpowder plot
rather than your
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turn!
To gloat
or not to
gloat?
33
25
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Macbeth is a
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player furthest
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plague closes
theatres across the
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Lead on!
21
YOU
MADE
IT!
35
18
It’s winter!
The Globe
Theatre was only
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28
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disorderly
man in the
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a turn while he’s
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on 29 June 1613 when
a cannon used in a
performance of his
Henry VIII play
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nobody was
badly hurt!
29
Tragedy – your
theatre burns
down! Go right
back to circle 15
WRUHEXLOGLW
Flame and
bad fortune!
SAYINGS
are
William Shakespegain,
is playing tricks avented
in
claiming that he below
all five of the uess
g
phrases. Can you sayings
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which of the thre to Will?
are really down
2
3
4
5
22
“LOVE IS BLIND”
TRUE OR FALSE?
“WHAT’S DONE IS DONE”
TRUE OR FALSE?
“BOB'S YOUR UNCLE”
TRUE OR FALSE?
“CHEEKY NANDO'S”
TRUE OR FALSE?
“THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER”
TRUE OR FALSE?
ANSWERS:
1, 2 and 5 are true
1
Will you
get these
right?
!
H
C
T
E
K
S
SWEEP
This chimney sweep clearly hasn’t
been working hard enough – he’s
spotless! Grab some colouring pens
or pencils and colour him in!
I’m going up in
the world!
gag!
ey
What's a chimn
sweep's most
?
common illness
Athlete's soot!
gag!
Why was the
chimney
sweep fired?
He was caugh
t
sweeping on t
he job!
my job’s
going up in
smoke!
?
DID YOU KNOW
ps
Most chimney swee
were young
boys and girls,
r their
who were chosen fo
would
size and agility. They
knees to
use their elbows and
the cramped
scrape their way up
got stuck or
chimney, and if they
ter would light
fell asleep their mas
!
a fire beneath them
23
It’s a frightening face-off between two of history’s most
fearsome warrior nations! Who wins? You decide…
It’s a shoulder
cape, not a
dress…
ROUND ONE
WEAPONS
SPARTANS
ROMANS
Spartans were incredibly
handy with a special kind of
spear called a dory. It had
sharp metal points at both
ends and was made of wood
so strong it sank in water!
Roman soldiers used a
gladius. It was a short
sword that was perfect for
stabbing foes on crowded
battlefields where long
swords were too clumsy.
WHO WINS?
ROUND TWO
TACTICS
SPARTANS
24
The Spartans locked their
shields together in
rows, then, all
at once, they’d
push, lunge out
and stab. It
was like an
unbreakable,
stabby wall!
ROMANS
I think
I’m lost
WHO WINS?
They used tight
formations and shields
to push enemy
armies exactly
where the
Romans wanted
them, before
thrashing them
down.
ROUND THREE
FAMOUS BATTLES
THIS. IS.
SPARTAAA!
SPARTANS
At the Battle of Thermopylae in
480 BC, 300 Spartans held off
an advancing Persian army tens
of thousands of men strong for
almost a week!
Don’t mind me,
I’m just Roman
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Henry VIII became the King of England on 21 April
1509. Here are eight of his favourite things – not
including beheadings! Think you can fit them into
this crossword? Well, go on then – chop, chop!
5
2
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4
6
7
3
8
HOG ROAST
WIVES
HUNTING
TENNIS
DANCING
HAMPTON COURT
ARCHERY
BEARDS
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TUDOR TUNES
Henry VIII did far more than just sing
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favourite sound of all was still the
noise of a chopping axe – he sent
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any other monarch in history!
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ANSWERS ON PAGE 35
TRUE OR FALSE?
Get your brain in gear to decide which of these fancy facts about
George V, who was king during the First World War, are accurate...
1
His middle names were Frederick Ernest Albert.
TRUE OR FALSE?
2
He reigned during the Second World War.
TRUE OR FALSE?
3
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TRUE OR FALSE?
4
He became King when he was 6 years old.
TRUE OR FALSE?
TREACHEROUS TIMELINE!
Use the dates
and numbers to
complete this
First World War
timeline…
17
1918
18
The First World War started in
and ended in
.
Soldiers needed to be
or older to join the army.
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12
1914
But the youngest known British
soldier was just
!
Around
million people
lost their lives during the war.
SALVAGE
THE SOLDIER!
Which words can be made from the word SACRIFICE?
CEASEFIRE
FEARS
CARRIES
FACES
BATTLE
This soldier has been injured and needs
your help! Use the numbers to put him
back together from head to toe.
6
CASUALTY
10
SCARE
WEAPONS
4
11
HELMET HAVOC!
12
Three soldiers are wearing helmets to keep them safe.
But there are five more hiding in the trench, can you find them?
5
1
9
3
13
8
2
7
Answers on page 35
THE RAT
SAT ON
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Salvage the Soldier answer:
The order is: 13, 9, 4, 8,
6, 5, 7, 11, 3, 10, 1, 2, 12
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THE KING’S THINGS
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