FAMOUS PEOPLE LESSON 7:

Boudica and

Winston Churchill

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BOUDICA

Boudica was born around the time

of the Roman invasion in

Britain in 43 AD and became the

Queen of the Iceni tribe.

BOUDICA

They lived in this area of Britain

shown on the map but in 61 AD her

husband, Prasutagus, died and left half of his land to the Romans and the

other half to Boudica’s daughters.

BOUDICA

Boudica was angry about the Romans getting her land so she formed an

army to fight back.

BOUDICA

She destroyed three Roman towns where the British

towns of Colchester, St

Albans and London are today, killing

70,000 Romans and their supporters.

BOUDICA

Eventually she was defeated and

captured by the Roman general Paulinus in a famous battle

called ‘The battle of Watling street’.

BOUDICA

Instead of being taken prisoner, Boudica took poison to kill herself so the

Romans couldn’t take her back to Rome as a prize.

Boudica was famous for

standing up to the Roman

invaders and almost driving

them out of Britain.

SUMMARY: SO WHY WAS BOUDICA FAMOUS?

INTERESTING FACTS

Queen Victoria had a stature built of Boudica and placed next to the houses of Parliament.

Many people think Boudica had red hair, but the only mention of this is from a man called Cassius Dio, who called her ‘Tawny-haired’ 150 years after she died!

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Winston Churchill was born on the

30th November 1874 to a rich English family.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

It was soon clear that he liked

adventure, so in 1899 he became a

writer for a newspaper

covering a war called the ‘Boer War’ in Africa.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

He had many adventures, including getting

captured and escaping on a stolen horse!

WINSTON CHURCHILL

When the First World started in

1914, the government gave Churchill the title ‘First Lord of the Admiralty’ and

put him in charge of the navy.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

But Churchill’s greatest triumph was as the British

Prime Minister from 1940 to

1945, when the country was

fighting Germany in the Second

World War.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

He led the country through

some very difficult

times such as ..

WINSTON CHURCHILL

.. the retreat from Dunkirk,

when the British army was saved by

933 small ships.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

.. the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air

Force protected the country

from German planes ..

WINSTON CHURCHILL

.. and D-day, when 160,00

soldiers landed in France to

start to defeat the Germans.

He was famous because he led and

inspired British people during one of

the worst times in their history, leading to the defeat of Nazi

Germany.

SUMMARY: SO WHY WAS WINSTON CHURCHILL

FAMOUS?

INTERESTING FACT

Winston Churchill was well known for a famous speech called ‘the Few’, about the brave pilots in the Battle of Britain.

He loved cigars!

QUICK QUIZ: WHO DID WHAT?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON

CHURCHILL?

WHO FOUGHT THE ROMANS?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON

CHURCHILL?

WHO FOUGHT THE ROMANS?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON

CHURCHILL?

WHO LIKED CIGARS?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON

CHURCHILL?

WHO LIKED CIGARS?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON CHURCHIL

L?

WHO WAS CAPTURED AND ESCAPED?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON

CHURCHILL?

WHO WAS CAPTURED AND ESCAPED?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON CHURCHIL

L?

WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD RED HAIR?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON

CHURCHILL?

WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD RED HAIR?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON

CHURCHILL?

WHO MADE A FAMOUS SPEECH AB OUT ‘THE FEW’?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON

CHURCHILL?

WHO MADE A FAMOUS SPEECH AB OUT ‘THE FEW’?

BOUDICA?

ORWINSTON CHURCHIL

L?

THANK YO U FOR WATCHIN G T HIS PRESENTAT ION

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