B. Historical Re-Creation
Show B-1: The 1900 House (week 2)
Description: The show is about a modern family that tries to the live in the way of the late Victorians in 1900 for three months in a modified house. It was shown on Channel 4 in the UK and PBS in America.
Reading Task: Read a book written between 1900-1910. Or, a book written about the early 1900’s.
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Show B-2: Outback House (week 3)
Description: Outback House was an Australian historical reality TV series in which the concept was to have a modern day family living in a facsimile of an historical dwelling with their staff, making do with only the technology and materials of the time. Outback House was set in 1861 Outback Australia, on a sheep station called Oxley Downs in New South Wales.
Reading Task: Read a book about Australia, or a book that is set in Australia.
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Show B-3: Cabin Fever (week 4)
Description: Cabin Fever is a reality TV show (Ireland) consisting of a group of 10 contestants chosen specially for the show, most of whom had no sailing experience (though they had received a quick course in sailing technique prior to setting sail), who were to be put on the 27.4 metre (90 foot), two-masted schooner with a professional crew of two.
Reading Task: Read a true story about a voyage (an example would be a book about the Titanic), or a story involving being at sea (a book about pirates, or any type of deep sea or ocean adventure).
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Show B-4: Quest for the Bay (week 5)
Description: Quest for the Bay followed an 8-person volunteer team, seven men and one woman, as they attempted to recreate the journey made by fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company during the 1840s by traveling from Winnipeg to the Hudson Bay. The trip was 800 miles (1200 kilometers) and took the team though the heart of the Canadian wilderness. The crew members only possessed equipment used during the period, down to the food and clothing, and included a replica of a 40-foot wooden York Boat.
Reading Task: Read a book about pioneers (any country) or a book about Canada in the 19th Century.
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Show B-5: Warrior Challenge (week 9)
Description: Warrior Challenge was a show involving volunteer American and British military personnel and public workers competing in historically accurate simulations of military life in the given time period. Along the way, the competitors vied in challenges. Unlike reality shows on commercial networks, there was no winner of the show; thus, no prizes were awarded.
Reading task: read a book about a warrior or soldier in historical or fantasy fiction.
