Topics (KS2)

Our topic websites cover a huge variety of times and places. Many contain structured investigations for use directly in the classroom. Some are more useful for research and preparation but what they all have in common are the access they allow to our unique collections.

Medieval 1066 - 1485
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Key stage 2 - 5

Early Modern 1485 - 1750
- The Tudors
  Explore the 16th century with The National Archives and V&A
  
  Key stage 2 - 3
- Tudor Hackney
  Step into our recreation of 1601 Hackney
  
  Key stage 2 - 3
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
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Empire & Industry 1750 - 1850
- Moving Here
  200 years of the history of migration to England
  
  Key stage 2 - 4
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Key stage 2 - 5

Victorians 1850 - 1901
- The Victorians
  Work like a real historian to uncover Victoria's England
  
  Key stage 2 - 3
- Prisoner 4099
  What was life like for young offenders in the 19th century?
  
  Key stage 2 - 4
- Focus on the Census
  What is the census and what can it tell us?
  
  Key stage 2 - 4
- - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Key stage 2 - 4
  - Victorian Nation
    Happy, healthy and wealthy or divided, lawless and poor?
    
    Key stage 2 - 4
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
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Early 20th Century 1901 - 1918
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Moving Here
  200 years of the history of migration to England
  
  Key stage 2 - 4
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- - Britain 1906-18
    Contrast, contradiction and change
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
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Interwar 1918 - 1939
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Moving Here
  200 years of the history of migration to England
  
  Key stage 2 - 4
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Key stage 2 - 5

World War Two 1939 - 1945
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Moving Here
  200 years of the history of migration to England
  
  Key stage 2 - 4
- Home Front
  Fighting the war at home
  
  Key stage 2 - 3
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
  - The Art of War
    Britain's war artists capture the conflict in artwork
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
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Postwar 1945 - present
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Moving Here
  200 years of the history of migration to England
  
  Key stage 2 - 4
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Key stage 2 - 5

Medieval 1066 - 1485

Early Modern 1485 - 1750

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Empire & Industry 1750 - 1850

Victorians 1850 - 1901

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Early 20th Century 1901 - 1918

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Interwar 1918 - 1939

World War Two 1939 - 1945

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Postwar 1945 - present

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