Topics (KS5)

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
- Civil War
  King and subjects fight it out in the 1640s
  
  Key stage 3 - 5
- 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

Empire & Industry 1750 - 1850
- Power, Politics and Protest
  The growth of political rights in 19th century Britain
  
  Key stage 3 - 5
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Key stage 2 - 5

Victorians 1850 - 1901
- Power, Politics and Protest
  The growth of political rights in 19th century Britain
  
  Key stage 3 - 5
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Key stage 2 - 5

Early 20th Century 1901 - 1918
- Britain 1906-18
  Contrast, contradiction and change
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- The Cabinet Papers 1915-80
  History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
  
  Key stage 4 - 5
- 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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Interwar 1918 - 1939
- The Cabinet Papers 1915-80
  History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
  
  Key stage 4 - 5
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Heroes & Villains
  Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
  
  Key stage 3 - 5
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
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World War Two 1939 - 1945
- The Art of War
  Britain's war artists capture the conflict in artwork
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Heroes & Villains
  Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
  
  Key stage 3 - 5
- The Cabinet Papers 1915-80
  History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
  
  Key stage 4 - 5
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
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Postwar 1945 - present
- The Road to Partition
  Selected documents on the creation of India and Pakistan
  
  Key stage 4 - 5
- Civil Rights in America
  A selection of documents on the fight for desegregation
  
  Key stage 4 - 5
- Sixties Britain
  A social and cultural revolution?
  
  Key stage 5
- - Cold War
    The cautious struggle of nuclear powers
    
    Key stage 3 - 5
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
  - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Key stage 3 - 5
  - The Cabinet Papers 1915-80
    History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
    
    Key stage 4 - 5
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
  Show/hide more items