385 Episodes

  1. Dressing Up! Homeschooling the Rebecca Riots and Turnpike Roads

    Published: 5/6/2020
  2. Insults!

    Published: 5/5/2020
  3. Hiding! Homeschooling Elizabeth I and Catholics

    Published: 5/4/2020
  4. Presents! Homeschooling William the Conqueror and Feudalism

    Published: 5/3/2020
  5. Bullies! Homeschooling The Nazi Brownshirts and the Rise of Hitler

    Published: 5/2/2020
  6. Breath!

    Published: 4/30/2020
  7. Sucking Up! Homeschooling the Appeasement of Hitler and the Outbreak of WW2

    Published: 4/29/2020
  8. Epic Fails! Homeschooling the League of Nations and Mussolini

    Published: 4/29/2020
  9. Broken Promises! Homeschooling the Gunpowder Plot and James VI and I

    Published: 4/28/2020
  10. Blame! Homeschooling WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles

    Published: 4/27/2020
  11. The Kiss!

    Published: 4/24/2020
  12. Slobbering! Homeschooling James VI and I!

    Published: 4/22/2020
  13. Balconies!

    Published: 4/21/2020
  14. Names! Homeschooling the Domesday Book!

    Published: 4/20/2020
  15. Showoffs! Homeschooling Norman Castles!

    Published: 4/20/2020
  16. Scabs! Homeschooling Medieval Medicine

    Published: 4/18/2020
  17. Scars! Homeschooling the History of Slavery

    Published: 4/17/2020
  18. Applause!

    Published: 4/16/2020
  19. Accidents! Homeschooling Everyday Life in Tudor England

    Published: 4/15/2020
  20. Invisibility! Homeschooling Tudor Spies

    Published: 4/12/2020

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