How Would You Feel?

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Hi, this is my first thread so please be kind.

My DD is in yr1 and came home from school with a letter asking to use the internet to find out about Guy Fawkes and which king he wanted to blow up. So we sat at computer last night and I said what we were going to try and find out, before the page even loaded dd started saying "He was a plotter and wanted to blow up King James in 1605 because he wanted to be a Catherine (she meant Catholic)and was not allowed to be"
She then went on to say "In the olden days when people were naughty they got stretched until there fingers came off, got their guts cut out then got their heads chopped off and put on a stick" She said her teacher told her.
TBH honest I was gobsmacked, is that not a bit heavy for a 5 yr old to be taught? Or am I being silly?

Anyway she's now asking how they got stretched, and how they got the guts out and chopped the head off. What do I say to her? I'm almost tempted just to tell her to ask her teacher.

Thanks for any replies

They should have them in your local library btw so you try them out first.

Alternatively there's this sort of encyclopaedia thing which seems to cover a range of times and cultures

Romans & Egyptians are both very good- we have the CDs that came free witht he Telegraph- you can pick them up on ebay for about £1.50-£2.00 inc shipping and they are fun if you have to travel to and from school in the car

Its probably worth pointing out that, with a much more realistic imagination about what these tortures actually entail, you see tham as a far worse thing than she does.

She has a much more 'cartoon' view of these nasty things as it will never have occurred to her what is actually happening.

Go with it! like everyone else has said....

Thanks again everyone, I've been to the library and got her Horrible History of the world, and Horrible History of Britain.
I have to admit I was up reading them myself last night lol.