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Medieval 1066 - 1485
- Domesday Book - Day of Judgement
  Keep the greedy Normans from the village's wealth!
  
  Workshops
- A Medieval Mystery
  Can you decode the dark secrets of this cartoon?
  
  Lessons
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Topics
- - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    How have they changed over the centuries?
    
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Early Modern 1485 - 1750
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- What is History? (KS 3/4)
  What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
  
  Workshops
- Crime and Punishment
  How have they changed over the centuries?
  
  Workshops
- - Henry VIII court rules
    How did Henry VIII get up in the morning?
    
    Lessons
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Civil War
    King and subjects fight it out in the 1640s
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - The English Civil Wars
    Whose side are you on?
    
    Videoconferences
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Empire and industry 1750 - 1850
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- Slavery, Resistance and Rebellion
  Uncover documents relating to a dark chaper of British history
  
  Virtual classroom | Empire & Industry 1750 - 1850
- Industrial Lives
  Wealth and health in the Victorian potteries
  
  Videoconferences
- - Rebecca Riots
    What happened during them?
    
    Lessons
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - The British Empire
    Debate the rights and wrongs of the world's largest empire
    
    Workshops
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Kill or Cure: Cholera 1831
    How did the government respond to the deadly infection?
    
    Workshops
  - This Evil Trade: Olaudah Equiano and Abolition
    Investigate the slave trade with an 18th century abolitionist
    
    Workshops
  - Slavery
    How did the Abolition Acts of 1807 and 1833 affect the slave trade?
    
    Lessons
  - Bussa's Rebellion
    How did the enslaved Africans of Barbados rebel in 1816?
    
    Lessons
  - Helyntion Beca (Welsh)
    Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
    
    Lessons
  - Power, Politics and Protest
    The growth of political rights in 19th century Britain
    
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Victorians 1850 - 1901
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- Power, Politics and Protest
  The growth of political rights in 19th century Britain
  
  Topics
- The British Empire
  Debate the rights and wrongs of the world's largest empire
  
  Workshops
- - Victorian Nation
    Happy, healthy and wealthy or divided, lawless and poor?
    
    Topics
  - Prisoner 4099
    What was life like for young offenders in the 19th century?
    
    Topics
  - What is History? (KS 3/4)
    What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
    
    Workshops
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Jack the Ripper
    Why couldn't the police bring him to justice?
    
    Workshops
  - Focus on the Census
    What is the census and what can it tell us?
    
    Topics
  - A Victorian Prison
    Why were Victorian Prisons so tough?
    
    Lessons
  - What is History? (for Welsh Schools)
    Follow a successful quarry town across the centuries
    
    Videoconferences
  - Crime and Punishment
    How have they changed over the centuries?
    
    Workshops
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Early 20th century 1901 - 1918
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Topics
- All Pals Together
  A First World War Soldier's Story
  
  Videoconferences
- - School Dinners
    Why were school dinners brought in?
    
    Lessons
  - Jutland: Death at Sea
    Were lives wasted when the Indefatigable sank?
    
    Lessons
  - The Sinking of the Titanic
    Who was on board?
    
    Lessons
  - The Cabinet Papers 1915-78
    History through the eyes of 60 years of British cabinets
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - A Great War Soldier's Record
    What can we find out?
    
    Lessons
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - The Zeppelin Raids
    How did Great War Zeppelin raids affect British civilians?
    
    Lessons
  - Britain 1906-18
    Contrast, contradiction and change
    
    Topics
  - Great War
    Outbreak, experience, peacemaking and remembrance
    
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Interwar 1918 - 1939
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- Chamberlain and Hitler 1938
  What was Chamberlain trying to do?
  
  Lessons
- The German Occupation of the Rhineland
  What should Britain do about it?
  
  Lessons
- - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Topics
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - The Cabinet Papers 1915-78
    History through the eyes of 60 years of British cabinets
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
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Second World War 1939 - 1945
- World War II
  Take a fresh look at the biggest conflict in history
  
  Topics
- Adolf Hitler
  Was Hitler a 'passionate lunatic'?
  
  Lessons
- The Art of War
  Britain's war artists capture the conflict in artwork
  
  Topics
- - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Topics
  - Convincing the Colonies
    How did Britain try to keep the support of West Africans?
    
    Lessons
  - The Cabinet Papers 1915-78
    History through the eyes of 60 years of British cabinets
    
    Topics
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - The Holocaust
    From the Nuremburg Laws to the Final Solution
    
    Workshops
  - Hitler Assassination Plan
    How did the British plan to kill Hitler?
    
    Lessons
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Belsen Concentration Camp 1945
    What did the British find when they entered?
    
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Postwar 1945 - present
- To Keep or Not to Keep
  Argue with experts to save your choice of object
  
  Workshops
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- Bloody Sunday
  The controversial events of the 30th January 1972
  
  Workshops
- - The Cabinet Papers 1915-78
    History through the eyes of 60 years of British cabinets
    
    Topics
  - World Cup 1966
    Did England rig the result?
    
    Lessons
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Cold War
    The cautious struggle of nuclear powers
    
    Topics
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Bound for Britain
    Experiences of immigration to the UK
    
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