Interwar 1918 - 1939 | The National Archives

While the Treasury grapples with the financial crisis of the 1930s, the Cabinet and the Foreign Office press for peace as the situation in Europe worsens.

Our collections document the rise of the dictators, the international diplomacy that failed and Britain's preparations for war.

Topics
- Heroes & Villains
  Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
  
  Key stage 3 - 5
- Human Rights
  800 years of the struggle for rights
- How to Read a Document
  Interpret the records of the road to war
- - The Cabinet Papers 1915-78
    History through the eyes of 60 years of British cabinets
    
    Key stage 4 - 5
  - Citizenship
    A history of people, rights and power
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Key stage 2 - 4
  - British Empire
    Rise and decline of the first global empire
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
  - Treasures
    Highlights from the collections of The National Archives
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Lessons
- The German Occupation of the Rhineland
  What should Britain do about it?
  
  Key stage 3 - 4
- Chamberlain and Hitler 1938
  What was Chamberlain trying to do?
  
  Key stage 3 - 4

Workshops
- British Union of Fascists
  The rise of the far right in 1930s Britain
  
  Key stage 5
- Rise of National Socialism
  Joseph Goebbels and the Nazi power of persuasion
  
  Key stage 5

Videoconferences
- Rise of National Socialism
  Joseph Goebbels and the Nazi power of persuasion
  
  Key stage 5

Virtual classroom

Podcasts
- The making of the Stalinist state 1928-1941 (Part 1)
  Dr Jane McDermid puts Joseph Stalin's Russia under the microscope.
  
  Key stage 5
- The making of the Stalinist state 1928-1941 (Part 2)
  Dr Jane McDermid puts Joseph Stalin's Russia under the microscope.
  
  Key stage 5
- Britain and the challenge of Fascism
  Saving Europe at a cost
  
  Key stage 5