English · GCSE · Nineteenth-Century Novel
A Christmas Carol: how the story is built
gcse-enli-3-1-2-acc-sFree210:15Heddy Score 1 of 7, below the standardPlays from youtube-nocookie.com. No YouTube cookies until you press play.
What you need to know
- Scrooge, a mean old businessman, is visited by Marley's ghost on Christmas Eve
- Three spirits show him his past, the present and a possible future
- He wakes on Christmas morning a changed, generous man
- The novella is divided into five staves
In this clip
0:55–210:15A Christmas Carol: the story in ordergcse-enli-3-1-2-acc-pAlso coversA Christmas Carol: how the story is builtgcse-enli-3-1-2-acc-sHeddy ScoreSeven checks every clip must pass before students see it: trusted, on the map, accurate, focused, accessible, safe, and proven by students.1/7, Below the standard
- Trusted source · passed. The creator's own upload, live and playable here.
- On the map · not judged yet. A teacher watched it: it mainly teaches this map topic.
- Spec-true · not judged yet. Accurate, and right for the current UK specification.
- Focused · failed. One idea, short enough to watch in one go.
- Accessible · not judged yet. Good captions, clear sound and pictures.
- Safe for children · not judged yet. Right for 11 to 16 year olds, with no sales pitch.
- Proven · not judged yet. Earned from our students: they learn from it, find it helpful and watch it to the end.
Our students
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Our own students' answers. These are what move ★7 Proven.Why we picked it
A full unabridged audiobook reading of A Christmas Carol (about three and a half hours); useful for hearing the whole text, not a lesson.
Classic Audiobooks with Elliot on YouTubechecked 2026-10-16