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Every chapter of every game, with what it teaches. Find the one your child needs, from "why do prices go up?" to telling the time, and open it directly.
17 chapters in 3 games
Ancient Greece for Kids: Sail the Islands with Olive the Owl
Ancient World · Years 3–6 · Members (chapter 1 free to try)
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Chapter 1: Where and when: Ancient Greece, city-states and BC dates
- Can find Ancient Greece on a map, explain that it was made up of city-states, and put Greek events in order on a BC timeline
Years 3–6 history
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Chapter 2: Greek daily life: homes, food, the agora, Athens and Sparta
- Can describe Greek homes, food, the agora and school, and say how life in Athens and Sparta was different
Years 3–6 history
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Chapter 3: The first Olympic Games at Olympia
- Can explain when and where the first Olympic Games were held, who took part, the main events and the prize
Years 3–6 history
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Chapter 4: Democracy in Athens: the Assembly, voting and ostracism
- Can explain what democracy means, who could vote in Athens, how they voted, and how it compares with voting in the UK today
Years 3–6 history
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Chapter 5: Greek ideas: gods, myths, theatre and great thinkers
- Can name some Greek gods and what they ruled, describe comedy and tragedy plays, and match thinkers like Socrates, Archimedes and Hippocrates to their ideas
Years 3–6 history
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Chapter 6: Greek influence on the western world today
- Can give examples of Greek influence today, such as columns on buildings, Greek words, the Olympics, theatre, medicine and democracy
Years 3–6 history
The Gunpowder Plot: Catch Guy Fawkes with Ollie the Owl
British History · Years 1–2 · Members (chapter 1 free to try)
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Chapter 1: Beyond living memory: when was 1605?
- Can explain that the Gunpowder Plot happened in 1605, long before anyone alive today was born, and can spot things from long ago
Years 1–2 history
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Chapter 2: The Gunpowder Plot: who, what, where and when
- Can say who, what, where and when for the Gunpowder Plot: King James and the plotters, a plan to blow up Parliament, from a cellar underneath it, on 5 November 1605
Years 1–2 history Years 1–2 history
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Chapter 3: The story in order: the secret letter and Guy Fawkes caught
- Can explain how a secret letter stopped the plot and how Guy Fawkes was caught, and put the main events of the story in order
Years 1–2 history
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Chapter 4: Asking and answering questions with sources
- Can ask questions using who, what, where, when and why, and use clues from the past, like objects, pictures and letters, to answer them
Years 1–2 history
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Chapter 5: Why we remember: Bonfire Night on 5 November
- Can explain that Bonfire Night on 5 November remembers the king being kept safe in 1605, and is still remembered every year
Years 1–2 history
Festivals and Celebrations: A Visit to Celebration Street
Cultures & Festivals · Reception · Members (chapter 1 free to try)
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Chapter 1: What is a celebration? Birthdays and what people do on special days
- Can say what makes a day a celebration and some things people do on special days, like being with family, sharing special food and giving cards
Reception understanding the world
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Chapter 2: Christmas: how Christian families celebrate the birth of Jesus
- Can match special things to their festival, like a nativity scene to Christmas, diyas and rangoli to Diwali, the new moon to Eid and red envelopes to Chinese New Year
- Can say who celebrates Christmas, Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year, such as Christian families at Christmas and Muslim families at Eid
- Can say simply why each festival is celebrated: the birth of Jesus at Christmas, light winning over dark at Diwali, the end of Ramadan at Eid and a new year at Chinese New Year
Reception understanding the world
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Chapter 3: Diwali: how Hindu, Sikh and Jain families celebrate the festival of light
- Can match special things to their festival, like a nativity scene to Christmas, diyas and rangoli to Diwali, the new moon to Eid and red envelopes to Chinese New Year
- Can say who celebrates Christmas, Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year, such as Christian families at Christmas and Muslim families at Eid
- Can say simply why each festival is celebrated: the birth of Jesus at Christmas, light winning over dark at Diwali, the end of Ramadan at Eid and a new year at Chinese New Year
Reception understanding the world
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Chapter 4: Eid al-Fitr: how Muslim families celebrate the end of Ramadan
- Can match special things to their festival, like a nativity scene to Christmas, diyas and rangoli to Diwali, the new moon to Eid and red envelopes to Chinese New Year
- Can say who celebrates Christmas, Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year, such as Christian families at Christmas and Muslim families at Eid
- Can say simply why each festival is celebrated: the birth of Jesus at Christmas, light winning over dark at Diwali, the end of Ramadan at Eid and a new year at Chinese New Year
Reception understanding the world
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Chapter 5: Chinese New Year: how Chinese families welcome the new year
- Can match special things to their festival, like a nativity scene to Christmas, diyas and rangoli to Diwali, the new moon to Eid and red envelopes to Chinese New Year
- Can say who celebrates Christmas, Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year, such as Christian families at Christmas and Muslim families at Eid
- Can say simply why each festival is celebrated: the birth of Jesus at Christmas, light winning over dark at Diwali, the end of Ramadan at Eid and a new year at Chinese New Year
Reception understanding the world
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Chapter 6: Same and different: comparing how communities in this country celebrate
- Can match special things to their festival, like a nativity scene to Christmas, diyas and rangoli to Diwali, the new moon to Eid and red envelopes to Chinese New Year
- Can say simply why each festival is celebrated: the birth of Jesus at Christmas, light winning over dark at Diwali, the end of Ramadan at Eid and a new year at Chinese New Year
- Can say some ways celebrations are the same, like family, food and lights, and some ways they are different, like who celebrates, why and when
Reception understanding the world
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