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From Florence Nightingale to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, these short video dramatisations introduce the stories of ten children who grew up and changed the world.

These short films are taken from the original 鶹Լ series, True Stories and are suitable for teaching KS2 pupils and older in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Second Level and older in Scotland.

Alexander Graham Bell. video

Alexander Graham Bell tells the story of his life and describes how he invented the telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell

Florence Nightingale. video

Florence Nightingale tells the story of her life and how she grew up to become a nurse.

Florence Nightingale

Harriet Tubman. video

Harriet Tubman explains how she escaped slavery and then helped others to do so.

Harriet Tubman

Isambard Kingdom Brunel. video

Isambard Kingdom Brunel shares how he became an engineer and tunnelled through Box Hill.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Mary Anning. video

Mary Anning describes how her astonishing fossil finds changed scientific thinking.

Mary Anning

Edward Jenner. video

Edward Jenner tells the story of his life and the vaccination against smallpox.

Edward Jenner

Elizabeth Fry. video

Elizabeth Fry describes how she reformed life for prisoners and their families in prison.

Elizabeth Fry

Grace Darling. video

Grace Darling describes the night she and her father rowed out in a boat to save sailors.

Grace Darling

Rosa Parks. video

How Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat changed the rules of American society.

Rosa Parks

Thomas Barnardo. video

Thomas Barnardo tells the story of setting up his first home for London's street children.

Thomas Barnardo

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