39. The French Revolution: When, why and so what?

12/08/20 • 20 min

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We investigate a queen who wore a large ship in her hair, meet a king who made tables and we learn history from musicals!

Wanna be Marie Antoinette? Get your chocolate chef to make you a hot chocolate, shove a two-foot-long ship in your hair and tell everyone who can’t afford bread to eat cake!

(And, without even trying, you’ll learn all about ‘cause’ and ‘consequence’.)

You’ll also hear a trailer for Mark Selleck’s podcast series, Casting Through Ancient Greece, which is aimed at the biggest kids – adults!

Here are 6 questions to see how well you were listening:

When did the French Revolution begin?
What was the first building the revolutionaries attacked?
Why did people hate Marie Antoinette?
What caused the French Revolution? Why did it happen?
What were some consequences of the French Revolution?
During those revolutionary years of 1789-1799, France also went to war against Austria: true or false?

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All music is from https://filmmusic.io and composed by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

We investigate a queen who wore a large ship in her hair, meet a king who made tables and we learn history from musicals!

Wanna be Marie Antoinette? Get your chocolate chef to make you a hot chocolate, shove a two-foot-long ship in your hair and tell everyone who can’t afford bread to eat cake!

(And, without even trying, you’ll learn all about ‘cause’ and ‘consequence’.)

You’ll also hear a trailer for Mark Selleck’s podcast series, Casting Through Ancient Greece, which is aimed at the biggest kids – adults!

Here are 6 questions to see how well you were listening:

When did the French Revolution begin?
What was the first building the revolutionaries attacked?
Why did people hate Marie Antoinette?
What caused the French Revolution? Why did it happen?
What were some consequences of the French Revolution?
During those revolutionary years of 1789-1799, France also went to war against Austria: true or false?

Please rate and review us wherever you get podcasts. And share our podcast on social media and recommend it to friends – that's how we'll keep going.

We’ll be back on the first Monday of next month!

Podcast cover art by Molly Austin

All music is from https://filmmusic.io and composed by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Remembrance Day/Veterans' Day Special Re-release

In a re-release for November 11 Remembrance Day, this special extended episode was recorded over several years and then released in April 2019. It's a lot more serious than our usual fun-filled shows, but there’s lots to learn for kids and adults! And if you know a teacher who could use this episode, please share it with them – and with any other friends.

We go to an ANZAC service in Australia, where World War One is particularly remembered. Then we go to Remembrance Day in Hong Kong, which just over 75 years ago was invaded by the Japanese during World War Two.

We are grateful to Lindisfarne Anglican College for allowing us to visit their ANZAC assembly, and thanks go to their special guest, Major Matina Jewell (retired) for the interview. Recurring at points throughout this episode is the sound of Lindisfarne’s School Marching Band, led by Mr Dale Norton. And thank you, retired Sergeant Kelvin Fawcett.

Questions for after you’ve listened:

What does A-N-Z-A-C – ANZAC -- stand for?
Why is Nov 11 an important date for remembering people from wars?
What happened at Gallipoli in WWI?
What is the Last Post?
Which country is the Menin Gate in?
What colour are poppies?
Who wrote the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’?
Why is it important to remember people who died in wars?

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Next Episode

40. Did any animals ever win a war?

We investigate which animals did the most to win a war. We don’t just mean animals that helped a bit – we mean animals who win a war. We don’t give up until we find some amazing animal winners!

And James brings us his best animal Dad Jokes! (Are they still “Dad Jokes” if they’re all James’s jokes?!)

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