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Title: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Mike W. on 2014-03-24, 22:11:48
Here's a link to a playlist I made of documentaries on Youtube. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLApWuO9MiN-QLPwHS9BPCsW-akDuC2LP8 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLApWuO9MiN-QLPwHS9BPCsW-akDuC2LP8)
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Mike W. on 2014-03-24, 22:12:32
If you have any suggestions of other docs, let me know and I can add them to the playlist
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Thorsteinn on 2014-03-24, 23:07:58
You might like this playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHQQibu-Ww5hmEr7YIzXXASx3ehE1MSca (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHQQibu-Ww5hmEr7YIzXXASx3ehE1MSca)
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Sir Douglas on 2014-03-24, 23:13:04
Awesome! Bookmarking this. :D

I can think of a couple off-hand that could be added.

This one with Dr. Toby Capwell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3FzoZ-wVWUY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3FzoZ-wVWUY)

It doesn't really pertain to military stuff, but I rather enjoyed Worst Jobs in History with Tony Robinson:
The Worst Jobs In History - 1x02 - Medieval (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4tTUXdK7-0#)

This is more of a mini-documentary, so I don't know if it would really count:
New technology park - The Medieval Centre in Denmark (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8JFclCipEY#ws)

Maybe the rest of the Weapons that Made Britain series, too? I think the whole series is up on YouTube. At least it was last time I checked.
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Sir Edward on 2014-03-25, 12:55:09

Great! I've put them in my list to look at for postings to the Order FB page. I like throwing some videos on there from time to time.
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Sir Nate on 2014-03-30, 16:24:54
Mike loades will be feasting on the blood of farbs this night.
Lol I love loades whatever he is in.
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: LionPride32 on 2014-03-31, 14:29:28
I'm always on youtube watching documentaries. They tons of great medieval shows. The Crescent and the Cross is a good one, and I also recommed the History of Britian shows, I think there's. Ten episodes. From the first saxon kings through William the conquerer, the Angevin Empire, Black Death and Hundred yrs war.....so much awesome stuuf, I learned so much and loved it!!
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Sir Rodney on 2014-04-01, 04:33:25
I remember high school history classes being mind numbingly boring (and I was really interested in medieval history even then).

Wouldn’t it be something if they made those high school classes as interesting as the shows referenced above?  More people might pay attention, grow up, assume positions of political power, and NOT repeat the same mistakes over and over again. 

Wishful thinking, I know.   ::)
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Don Jorge on 2014-04-01, 12:37:18
I remember high school history classes being mind numbingly boring (and I was really interested in medieval history even then).

Wouldn’t it be something if they made those high school classes as interesting as the shows referenced above?  More people might pay attention, grow up, assume positions of political power, and NOT repeat the same mistakes over and over again. 

Wishful thinking, I know.   ::)

You would think so...when I was a history teacher I showed documentaries like that all the time but because they had to write reflection papers or essays to compare and contrast, vocab scavenger hunting (listen for the documentary to explain/define a term and write it down), etc...they found it awful and still didnt do the work...how much they learned we will never know...I tried though, I tried...
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Aiden of Oreland on 2014-04-01, 19:05:15
My history teacher brings in hundreds of artifacts. He even lets us hold them. They are mostly Civil War, WW1 and WW2 era stuff. Brings in uniforms, helmets, gas masks, etc. He shows us documentaries some times. He is by far my favourite history teacher in the school. Very passionate.
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Sir Edward on 2014-04-02, 13:10:49
My history teacher brings in hundreds of artifacts. He even lets us hold them. They are mostly Civil War, WW1 and WW2 era stuff. Brings in uniforms, helmets, gas masks, etc. He shows us documentaries some times. He is by far my favourite history teacher in the school. Very passionate.

That's really great. I think most of the history teachers I had tried to make it interesting, but there was only so much they could do without having access to visual aids, or some sort of "hook" to really grab us. It ended up being super dull when I was a kid, which is a shame.
Title: Re: Medieval Documentaries
Post by: Mike W. on 2014-04-02, 13:29:30
I vividly remember my high school history teacher having us reenact the Battle of Hastings outside one day. Half of us had cardboard shields and stood on the ridge. The rest of us charged on broomsticks or threw pine cones at the "shield wall".