History KS2 | The Victorians: Isambard Kingdom Brunel | BBC Teach

Who built Victorian Britain? Well if there’s a famous Victorian building, structure or mode of transport, the odds are that Isambard Kingdom Brunel had something to do with it.

This short film explores how this genius honed his skills from a young age to become the great builder that he is known as today.

We see our narrator Scherrikar Bell tell us all about Mr Brunel and how he built his way around Britain and helped people to move around the country too.

The film discusses Brunel’s mathematical genius with his geometry skills, as well as his buoyancy theory, before explaining how Brunel was the engineer behind three large ships, the SS Great Western, The SS Great Eastern and the SS Great Britain.
This short film is from the BBC series, The Victorians.

Suitable for teaching at Key Stage 2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Curriculum for Excellence First and Second Level in Scotland.

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History KS2 | The Victorians: Isambard Kingdom Brunel | BBC Teach