HORRIBLE HISTORIES

HORRIBLE HISTORIES is a historical sketch show, based on the successful books by Terry Deary.
http://horrible-histories.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/horrible-histories

HORRIBLE HISTORIES - The wives of Henry VIII (Terrible Tudors)

You may know that Henry VIII's first wife was Catherine of Aragon. Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace in Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, on the night of 16 December 1485. She was the youngest surviving child of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, the so-called Catholic Monarchs. Mary I (AKA Bloody Mary) was Henry and Catherine's only surviving daughter who became Queen of England and Ireland in 1553. Guess who she married? Philip II of Spain, the king who asked the architects Juan Baustista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera to build the Escorial Palace in Madrid. That's why if you visit the Houses of Parliament in London, you can see a picture of Philip II in the Royal Gallery. If you go to London, don't miss the opportunity to visit the Palace's interiors and Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament. It's really worth it.

Here you have a preview. Isn't it amazing?
http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/online-tours/virtualtours/westminster-hall-tours/westminster-hall/

"Westminster Hall is the oldest building on the Parliamentary estate. What makes it such an astonishing building is not simply its great size and the magnificence of its roof, but its central role in British history. In and around the Hall, grew up the major institutions of the British state: Parliament, the law courts and various government offices. Closely involved in the life of the nation since the 11th century, a journey through the Hall's past is a journey through 900 fascinating years of our history."

If you are not visiting London soon...Online tours

Tudor houses

Trinity College in Cambridge, founded by Henry VIII and an example of Tudor architecture

More horrible histories?
HORRIBLE HISTORIES - The Tudors song HORRIBLE HISTORIES - Kings and Queens

LISTENING + SCRIPT

My dear students, here you can find different websites where you can practise listening on your own. Some of the websites include exam practice exercises. Others, however, only provide the videos but you can read the script at the same time, which, as you all know, it's good practice for your learning. Just click on the words TRANSCRIPT, SCRIPT, TEXT or something similar and get ready to improve your listening skill! PBS NewsHour (American English) ABC The World Today (Australian English) CNN Students News (American English) NPR (American English) Click on TOPICS VOA News (American English) Future Radio (British English) BBC Learning English (British English) Here you have a link to a list of British radio stations . Before choosing one, please have a look at the information about the location so that you can have a go at different accents. Listening + script + exercises: http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/ http://www.instant-practice.com/ http://w