The Honorable History of Children

Podcast by Honor Gilbertson

English

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About The Honorable History of Children

Children have often been ignored, forgotten and overlooked in history, this podcast attempts to find out why. The first series is designed for 9 to 12 year old attempting to show children that history is fun, relatable, changeable and important. It urges kids to inquire about the past, feel angry, sad, empowered and inspired by the lives of other children. It encourages them to think beyond the classroom and consider their own agency and privilege within society. The second series is a bit different. Designed for teenagers, it uses oral histories to explore how British children and young people in Britain coped with the extraordinary changes that occurred during The Second World War and its aftermath. Taking young people on a journey through the experiences of young people in the past; evacuation, German bombardment, VE and VJ day, migration, nationalisation, and the birth of the teenager, this series uncovers more than what just happened. It shows young people how to challenge popular perceptions about our past, using a popular and common method used by historians today, oral history.

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5 episodes

Series 2, Episode 1: A glimpse of British childhood: 1939 to 1945

The first episode of this two part series uses oral histories to explore the experiences and perspectives of children during the Second World War. It interweaves oral histories with contemporary news reports and children's testimonies from the time to offer a new, younger narrative of war. Covering the role evacuation played on children's lives, as well as prisoners of war, American GI's, German bombardment and Victory in Europe and Japan, it focuses on the emotional experiences of a generation whose voices are often consumed into a wider, more dominant adult narrative.

5 May 2025 - 59 min

Series 1, Episode 4, GIRLS

Refresh yourselves of some of the most shocking poor laws imposed on children, find out about Victorian girls and their connections with the evil spirits, and investigate where villages for children actually came from.

5 May 2025 - 14 min

Series 1, Episode 3, SCHOOL

Exploring the origins of one of the worst things that ever happened to British children, school. Who was responsible for the timetabling, the number of subjects and how was this able to be spread to every child in the UK, find out here.

5 May 2025 - 17 min

Series 1, Episode 2 REFORM

Uncover how adults have tried to reform children. Taking you on a historical roller coaster through Oliver Twist imagined workhouses, Victorian food fights, and the children who protested against the system, until something worse came along...

5 May 2025 - 13 min

Series 1, Episode 1 RULES RULES RULES

Find out why kids are always left out of history. Taking you on s journey through some of the most shocking historical rules imposed on children!

5 May 2025 - 13 min

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