Time machine: travel through the history of Great Britain

TIME

Great Britain's

MACHINE

An escape game by N. Michiels, Athénée Royal d'Ath

MISSIONS

CHARACTERS

INTRODUCTION

Travel through time

Embark on a journey through the history of the United Kingdom. Watch each introductory video and read the texts carefully, then solve the riddles or answer the questions on this video and/or text. Each riddle solved will give you a clue. At the end of your five missions, travel to the future and save the world!

MISSIONS

CHARACTERS

INTRODUCTION

William the Conqueror

Isaac Newton

Winston Churchill

Queen Boudicca

Henry VIII

...was the British Prime Minister between 1940 and 1945.

...was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author of the 18th c.

...the king of England who created the church of England in 1534.

...was a queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who rebelled against the romans.

...was first Duke of Normandy before he claimed the throne of England.

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MISSIONS

CHARACTERS

INTRODUCTION

WHAT TIME WOULD YOU TRAVEL TO?

2200 BC - 597 AD

597 - 1154

1605 - 1837

1154 - 1602

*Get the code by completing all the tests about the historical ages before travelling to the future and saving the world. Good luck!

1837 - 2020

FUTURE*

MISSIONS

CHARACTERS

INTRODUCTION

First, read the text and watch the videos. When you are ready, start your first mission: match images and answer questions correctly to escape from the Saxon warrior.

TRAVELLING TO 2200 BC

From Prehistory To the arrival of the anglo-saxons

Read and watch

TRAVELLING From

The British Isles were formed around 6500BC, when the sea levels rose, separating them from the mainlands. In the bronze age, the inhabitants, hunters and farmers, lived in round houses, and built tumuli and giant standing stones like Stonehenge, which was built between 3000 and 1500BC. In the Iron Age, around 700BC, small farming settlements started to develop. At that time, the Celts had spread from the Alps in central Europe to Spain, Germany, France, Ireland and Britain., In 54 BC roman general Julius Caesar raided South of England. In the course of the following century, the Romans settled in Britannia. In 47 AD the Iceni, a Brittonic tribe, rebelled against the romans. They were later led by Queen Boudicca, a fierce warrior queen, but they were defeated by the Roman legions in 61 AD. After that, the Romans slowly pushed West, and North, but they couldn't cross the river Tyne as they didn't manage to defeat the Picts, so Emperor Hadrian ordererd to build a wall from East to West (approximately on the present border between England and Scotland) In 225, romans built a settlement they called Londinium. In 410 AD the last roman troops left Britannia, because they were needed back home to defend the crumbling centre of the Empire. 449 is usually considered as the start of the Anglo-saxon age in Britain: new people began to arrive in South East Britain in the fifth century. They were a mix of tribes from Germany (the Angles), Denmark (the Jutes) and the Netherlands (the Saxons).. The land they settled in was 'Angle-land', or England..

PREHISTORY

anglo-saxon

To TIMES

Hadrian's wall

Stonehenge

4000 BC

2200 BC

900 BC

43 AD

410 AD

443AD

Neolithic period

Bronze Age

Roman period

Iron Age

Arrival of the Anglo saxons

Have you read the text and watched the two videos? You can click on the words in bold to get more information. Do you think you are ready to answer some questions?

START

Question 01 of 05

What is the latest hypothesis for the use of Stonehenge?

A. It was a landing site for aliens

B. It was a solar calendar

C. It was a burial site

D. It was a druid temple

question 02 of 05

What came first: the iron age or the bronze age?

B. The bronze age

A. The iron age

Question 03 of 05

How long was Hadrian's wall?

B. 173 miles

A. 73 miles

C. 37 miles

D. 137 miles

Question 04 of 05

Did Boudicca have children?

A. Yes, two daughters

B. No, she didn't

C. Yes, one son

MATCH 05 of 05

Which present-day territory did the Saxons occupy before they moved to England?

C. North of Germany

B. The Netherlands

A. Denmark

Back to the present

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 7

SOMETHING WENT WRONG!

TRY AGAIN!

TRAVElLING TO

Viking and norman times

(The early middle ages)

First, read the texts and watch the videos carefully. Then, answer the questions and solve the final sequence

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Viking and norman times

TRAVELlING TO

Although Christianity was already present in late Roman period, it looked as if Paganism might again get the better of it when, after the departure of the Romans, new invaders arrived: Angles, Saxons and Jutes. Yet somehow Christianity survived. However, we - wrongly - tend to associate the arrival of Christianity in Britain with the mission of Augustine in 597 AD from the Pope in Rome to King Aethelbert of Kent. He converted the king to christianity, then it spread slowly to the whole island. In 731 AD, a monk, the Venerable Bede, wrote his "Ecclesiastical history of the English people", In the mid 9th century, the shores of England were raided by Vikings who came from Scandinavia. They took away peoples' possessions and burned what was left. By 870 AD they had conquered and settled in much of Eastern Britain, but the fights against the Anglo-Saxons went on until 1066. In that year,Edward the Confessor, the Anglo-Saxon king of England, died without heir. Harold Godwinson was chosen to succeed him, but the king of Norway launched an invasion of England. Harold II killed Harald Hardrada, at the battle of Stamford bridge, Then William, Duke of Normandy, landed in South England to claim the crown. Harold was killed at the battle of Hastings and William I, 'William the Conqueror', became the first Norman King of England. He brought his French court with him, and at first they were unpopular with the English. But they changed the tax system, made new laws, built monasteries and large stone castles - like the Tower of London - and had a huge influence on the English language. In 1096, the university of Oxford was established. In 1135 a conflict in succession started between King Stephen and his cousin, Matilda, daughter of the previous king. This led to civil war and anarchy until 1153, when Henry, Matilda's son, took the throne as Henry II, first of the Plantagenets Kings.

(the early middle ages)

597

731

793

1066

1153

Augustine

Bede's book

Vikings

Normans

Anglo-Saxons

Have you read the text and watched everything carefully, clicking on all the words in bold? Then answer the questions and solve the final sequence

START

Viking runes obtained:

QUESTION 01 of 05

Why did Augustine come to England?

His mission was to introduce Christianity into this pagan territory

The pope sent him to convert the English king

Christians needed new, fertile lands to settle

Viking runes obtained:

QUESTION 02 of 05

What language did Bede use to write his Ecclesiastical History of the English People?

Latin

Old English

Anglo-Saxon

SYMBOLS GOT:

QUESTION 03 of 05

Where did the Vikings first land in England?

Lindisfarne

York

Hastings

SYMBOLS GOT:

QUESTION 04 of 05

Who was killed at the battle of Hasting?

William of Normandy

Harald Hardrada

Harold Godwinson

SYMBOLS GOT:

QUESTION 05 of 05

Who ordered the compilation of the 'Domesday book'?

the Venerable Bede

William I

King Alfred

Viking runes obtained:

COMPLETE THE SEQUENCE

CHOOSE THE CORRECT FIGURE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE RUNES OBTAINED:

Back to the present

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 3

SOMETHING WENT WRONG!

TRY AGAIN!

TRAVELLING from

The late middle ages

Tudor times

To

Read all the texts, watch the videos, look at the pictures, then when you're ready, test your knowledge of Plantagenet and Tudor times

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TRAVELLING from

In 1154 Henry II of Anjou, the son of Matilda, acceeded to the throne of England, becoming the first Plantagenet king and ending the civil war. In 1209 the university of Cambridge was established. Henry's son, Richard I (also known as "Richard Lionheart") joined the Crusade. It was under his brother John's reign that Magna Carta was signed in 1215, a charter limiting his power and allowing the lords more say in government., For most of the 14th century England was at war with France (The Hundred Year's War). Henry V defeated the French at Agincourt, to restore his claim to France, but Joan of Arc rallied the French, and in 1453 the English ended their claim to territories in France. But in 1455 England suffered a civil war (The War of the Roses) when two rival kings, the Yorks and the Lancasters, fought each other for the throne. This quarrel ended when Henry Tudor defeated the last Plantagenet king, and became Henry VII. The five Tudors ruled England from 1485 until 1603. England built a large navy and trade increased. The country became more powerful and prosperous, sending explorers around the world. Towns and cities grew in size as people started businesses rather than working on farms. People began to feel more freedom as the law was respected, and leisure activities such as going to the theatre became popular. In 1534, Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church: as his wife, Catherine of Aragon, didn't manage to give him a son, he asked the Pope to divorce them, but the Pope refused, so Henry decided to establish the Anglican Church. His daughters reigned after him, first Mary I who was very catholic, then the protestant Elizabeth I, who was one of England's most formidable monarchs. She encouraged explorers around the world.

The late middle ages

To

Tudor times

1215

1485

1154

1534

1610

1453

1337

100 Years War

War of the Roses

Magna Carta

Anglican Church

Plantagenet Kings

Tudor Kings and Queens

Have you read all the texts, watched the videos, clicked on all the interactive links? When you're ready, test your knowledge of Plantagenet and Tudor times

START

Who was Henry II ?

Lancaster

Find the exit: search the room with your torch (your mouse) to click on the right answer...

Tudor

son of Stephen

a York

Planta-genet

Not involved in the War of the Roses?

FIND THE EXIT

Stuart

York

Lan-caster

War of the Roses on TV?

Find the exit

Casa de Papel

Downtown Abbey

The Tudors

Game of thrones

Not by Shakespeare

FIND THE EXIT

King Lear

Twelfth Night

Tamburlaine

Romeo & Juliet

Henry V

Hamlet

MacBeth

Elizabeth I was not...

FIND THE EXIT

tolerant

strong

cunning

vain

weak

FIND THE EXIT

SEARCH

Search...

SEARCH

SEARCH

Back to the present

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 9

SOMETHING WENT WRONG!

TRY AGAIN!

TRAVELLING TO

Early MODERN britain

Read all the texts and watch the videos before you embark on your mission.

Read and watch

When Elizabeth I died in 1603 and James I (James VI of Scotland) became king, the Stuarts followed the Tudors.In 1605 a Catholic plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament was foiled. The leaders, including Guy Fawkes, were executed. In 1620 102 Puritans (called 'Pilgrim Fathers') sailed to North America, where they founded the first British colony. In 1642, a civil war broke out following a quarrel between Charles I and his Parliament over money and power. After seven years of fighting, the king lost, and the leader of the Parliamentarians, Oliver Cromwell, had him beheaded. Cromwell installed the republic. But the people soon wanted a king back, and Charles I's son returned. He became Charles II in 1661. Under his reign, the study of medicine and science was encouraged, but in 1665 a dreadful plague broke out in London, killing thousands of people. This was followed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London.It destroyed nearly four-fifths of the ciry, killing hundreds On 1 May 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed, the result of Acts of Union being passed by the parliaments of England and Scotland Queen Anne had 19 children but none survived her, so when she died in 1714, a German prince, George I became king: this was the beginning of the Hanoverian dynasty.. Britain became the leading sea power in the world and began building colonies in faraway places, but it also lost the valuable colonies of North America, which declared independence.in 1776.Around 1780, the first large factories were opened as industry developped, following the discovery of the steam engine by Newcomen in 1712. Products that were hand-crafted before began to be mass-produced. Roads were built and rich people lived in grand country houses. More people took an interest in literature, painting and music. .

Early MODERN britain

TRAVELLING TO

1605

1649

1665

1837

1603

1620

1642

1661

1666

1776

1714

The May-flower

American independence

Guy Fawkes

Republic

Civil War

The Plague

Industrial revolution

The Great Fire

The Stuarts

The Hanoverians

Have you read all the interactive texts, watched all the videos? Then board the Mayflower, answer correctly all the questions and finish the journey

START

QUESTION 01 of 05

How did the leader of the gunpowder plot, Guy Fawkes, die?

He was hanged

He was burned alive

He broke his neck

QUESTION 02 of 05

What was the name of the ship that brought the first Puritan settlers to America?

The Mayflower

The Pilgrim father

The Titanic

QUESTION 03 of 05

What law did Isaac Newton establish thanks to an apple?

The law of gravity

The law of motion

The law of inertia

QUESTION 04 of 05

What did not help stop the Great Plague of 1665?

The Great Fire

Killing all the dogs

Confinement

QUESTION 05 of 05

What is the origin of the Hanoverian dynasty?

The Netherlands

America

GeRmany

Back to the present

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 1

SOMETHING WENT WRONG!

TRY AGAIN!

TRAVELLING TO

CONTEMPORARY AGE

Read the text, watch the videos, look at the timeline, carefully and answer the questions correctly

START

Queen Victoria, reigned from 1837 to 1901. People took an interest in Human Rights, so that slavery was abolished in the colonies in 1838. Britain led the world in exploration and increased the number of its colonies, which became known as the British Empire. In 1853 Britain joined a coalition against Russia in the Crimean War. Two wars were caused by quarrels within colonies, in India and South Africa (the Boer War). In London and other parts of Britain lots people were very poor, a situation criticized by Charles Dickens. Inventions like electric light, the telephone, running water in houses made life better. Education became compulsory up to age 12, and sport and leisure activities became available to working people. The governments were concerned about the increasing number of poor people in Britain. Trade unions began to develop. The idea of the modern Welfare State in Britain germinated in the social thought of late Victorian liberalism.In 1914, however, most nations of the world were drawn into a war with Germany, which was later called the First World War. Although Britain was never invaded, it was bombed by air and its ships were attacked. British troops fought on the Western front, in Belgium ad Northern France. The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted by King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because of its German connotation. Germany surrendered in 1918 and life slowly returned to normal with the invention of the radio and cinema. But a great depression began in the 1930s, and this slowed or stopped industrial growth. Millions of people lost their job.Just as the world was recovering, the German leader Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. This Second World War saw British cities bombed again. British troops and their allies fought all over the world, until Germany surrendered in 1945. Then began another period of rebuilding which lasted for 50 years. In 1947 India obtained its independence. In Britain, the Labour party created the Welfare State. Prosperity increased so that almost everyone could own a TV and a car.EAt the end of the sixties, the Troubles began in Northern Ireland. In 1973, Britain joined the European Community. In 1984, When Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister, the coal miners lost a long and bitter strike over pit closure. In 1994 the Channel Tunnel was opened. In 2016 a referendum took place and Britain decided to leave the European Union.

1940-1945

1914-1918

18531856

1899-1902

1973

2016

1984

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Ready for some questions?

Crimean War

Boer War

miners' strike

Brexit was voted

EC

WWII

WWI

START

House of Winsor

House of Hanover

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

QUESTION 01 of 05

Who was 'the Iron Lady'?

Margaret Thatcher

Queen Victoria

Florence Nightingale

QUESTION 02 of 05

Where did Florence Nightingale first try to improve the nursing conditions of Patients?

in london hospitals during WWI

in the crimean war

In occupied France during WWII

QUESTION 03 of 05

Which book was not written by Charles Dickens?

Robinson Crusoe

Oliver Twist

A Christmas Carol

QUESTION 04 of 05

What animal was Churchill associated with by the russians?

a pitbull

a bulldog

A poodle

QUESTION 05 of 05

What was the other name for the Northern Ireland conflict?

The Troubles

The IRA

the ulster defence

Back to the present

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 0

SOMETHING WENT WRONG!

TRY AGAIN!

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TRAVELLING TO

FUTURE

Enter the correct password!

SAVE THE FUTURE

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SOMETHING WENT WRONG!

YOU HAVE TO RETURN TO THE PRESENT

CONGRATULATIONS!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELp. THE FUTURE IS SAFE.