Series

Horrible Histories

33 episodes

Horrible Histories turns the past into comedy songs, and this collection gathers the show's musical numbers into a fast, funny history playlist for grades 3 to 6. Pulled from the official BBC Studios channel, each song packs one topic into two or three minutes: the Stone Age and ancient Egypt, Greeks and Romans, Tudors and Victorians, on to the suffragettes, Rosa Parks, and the Second World War. Teachers reach for these as a memorable hook or a quick review, and every title carries its own discussion questions and a short activity. The set is curated and vetted for upper-elementary classrooms.

what this series covers

What Horrible Histories covers

33 episodes in the library, tagged for 3rd–6th. Heaviest coverage: Social Studies and Health. Between them they line up with 7 distinct standards across 3 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

3rd: 10
4th: 28
5th: 33
6th: 33

Episodes per subject

Social Studies: 33
Health: 2

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 5

D2.His.3.3-5Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
D2.His.14.3-5Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
D2.His.2.3-5Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
D2.Civ.14.3-5Illustrate historical and contemporary means of changing society.
D2.His.1.3-5Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.