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Timeblazers: Great Disasters

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Painting of a man wearing a long white tunic and white pants walking down a narrow, empty 17th century London street. Caption. Over 3,500 of its citizens lost their lives.

Timeblazers Jen and Sam go way, way back in time to the Yucatan Peninsula and witness the disappearance of dinosaurs, due to, as most believe, a large asteroid hitting the Earth. Next, they travel to Ancient Rome, when Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year 79 A.D. Then they travel to the year 1666, when the Great London Fire burned most of the wooden buildings down, but ended the Plague. Next, in 1912, they learn about the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

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Runtime: 24 minutes 20 seconds

Topic: History
Subtopic: Ancient History, Middle Ages, U.S. History - 1901-1919, World History - 1000-1449, World History - 1450-1799, World History - 1900-1945
Grade/Interest Level: 4 - 9
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Release Year: 2005
Producer/Distributor: Chip Taylor Communications
Series: Timeblazers
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Viewer Comments

Gary B. (Midvale, UT)

May 15th, 2018 at 11:26 PM

Timeblazers is a lot of fun for students. It gives a fun and interesting way to present many different subjects to the students.

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