Read original documents relating to Suffragettes, the Russian Revolution and the First World War. Cabinet papers, battle plans, maps and unit war diaries chronicle the conflict between Europe’s great powers.
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Bulaya Chanda
What do these documents reveal about Bulaya Chanda, soldier and ‘showman’?
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Capturing our Collections
Artworks inspired by documents found in The National Archives
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Caribbean history in photographs
What can these photographs tell us?
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Cats and mice
What tactics were used by suffragettes, police and government?
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Child migration
Why were children sent to Canada in 1869-1913?
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From Outbreak to Archive: Tales of Public Health
What do the documents reveal about how government and society dealt with public health in the past?
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General Haig
Butcher of the Somme or hero of Amiens?
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Great War soldier’s record
What can we find out?
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Holding History
What is 'The National Archives'?
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Jutland: Death at sea
Were lives wasted when the Indefatigable sank?
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Letters from the First World War, part one
How did these men experience the conflict? (1915)
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Letters from the First World War, part two
How did these men experience the conflict? (1916 - 18)
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Loyalty and dissent
How did Indian soldiers respond to the First World War?
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May Fourth Movement 1919
Why did the Paris Peace Conference lead to a mass protest movement in China?
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Medicine on the Western Front
How can we find out about medical treatment in the First World War?
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Medicine on the Western Front (part one)
How did trench warfare affect injuries and treatment?
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Medicine on the Western Front (part two)
How did trench warfare affect injuries and treatment?
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Mental Health on Record
What do the documents reveal about the understanding of mental health in the past?
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People – GCSE English Language
Using images for descriptive and narrative writing
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Places – GCSE English Language
Using images for descriptive and narrative writing
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Rebels in the records
What can we learn from documents that show how people ‘rebelled’ in the past?
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School dinners
Why were school dinners brought in?
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Suffrage Tales
What would you do?
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The South African War
How did the British conduct war in 1899-1902?
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What methods did the Suffragettes use to gain the vote?
Political reform in 20th century Britain
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Zeppelin raids
How did First World War Zeppelin raids affect British civilians?