Workshops

The National Archives offers a wide range of workshops at The National Archives in Kew in our purpose-built classroom, giving groups an exciting opportunity to work directly with real documents.

We are now taking bookings for Summer Term 2010.

Medieval 1066 - 1485
- Domesday Book - Day of Judgement
  Keep the greedy Normans from the village's wealth!
  
  Key stage 3 - 4
- Crime and Punishment
  How have they changed over the centuries?
  
  Key stage 3 - 4
- Symbols of Power
  Seals from the time of Edward the Confessor to the present
  
  Key stage 2

Early Modern 1485 - 1750
- Henry VIII: The Image of a King
  Appearance is everything for a ruler in the 16th century
  
  Key stage 2
- To Catch a King
  Give marrige advice to Catherine Parr at Hampton Court
  
  Key stage 2
- The English Civil War
  Why did England become a republic in 1649?
  
  Key stage 5
- - Elizabeth I in her own words
    Examine speeches and letters from the pen of Gloriana herself
    
    Key stage 5
  - What is History? (KS1)
    How documents help us find out about the past
    
    Key stage 1
  - What is History? (KS 3/4)
    What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
  - Mid-Tudor Crisis Study Day
    Debate Queen Mary I's reign at the Archives and Hampton Court
    
    Key stage 5
  - Mapping the City
    See London develop over four centuries
    
    Key stage 2
  - Crime and Punishment
    How have they changed over the centuries?
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
  - The Great Fire of London
    How can we know what happened back in 1666?
    
    Key stage 1
  - Dissolution of the Monasteries
    Henry VIII changes the face of England with the stroke of a pen
    
    Key stage 5
  - Symbols of Power
    Seals from the time of Edward the Confessor to the present
    
    Key stage 2
  - A Right Royal Joust
    Dance a Masque in the Great Hall of Hampton Court Palace
    
    Key stage 2
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Empire and industry 1750 - 1850
- Chartism on Trial
  Home Office documents take us to the heart of the movement
  
  Key stage 5
- Famous People: Horatio Nelson
  Why do we remember Admiral Nelson?
  
  Key stage 1
- Poor Victorian Children
  What was life like for poor children in the 1840s?
  
  Key stage 2
- - Kill or Cure: Cholera 1831
    How did the government respond to the deadly infection?
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
  - This Evil Trade: Olaudah Equiano and Abolition
    Investigate the slave trade with an 18th century abolitionist
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
  - The British Empire
    Debate the rights and wrongs of the world's largest empire
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
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Victorians 1850 - 1901
- Jack the Ripper
  Why couldn't the police bring him to justice?
  
  Key stage 3 - 4
- Victorian Child Criminals Poetry Workshop
  What was life like for these children?
  
  Key stage 2
- What is History? (KS 3/4)
  What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
  
  Key stage 3 - 4
- - What is History? (KS1)
    How documents help us find out about the past
    
    Key stage 1
  - Mapping the City
    See London develop over four centuries
    
    Key stage 2
  - Crime and Punishment
    How have they changed over the centuries?
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
  - The British Empire
    Debate the rights and wrongs of the world's largest empire
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
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Early 20th century 1901 - 1918
- Easter Rising 1916
  Did Britain's actions push Ireland closer to Republicanism?
  
  Key stage 5
- What is History? (KS2)
  How do historians know what to believe?
  
  Key stage 2
- Russian Revolution 1917
  The overthrow of the Tsar and the rise of the Bolsheviks
  
  Key stage 5
- - Suffragettes Study Day
    Work with police files and meet a suffragette at Hampton Court
    
    Key stage 5
  - Votes for Women
    Uncover the tactics and treatment of militant suffragettes
    
    Key stage 5
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Interwar 1918 - 1939
- 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

World War Two 1939 - 1945
- The Holocaust
  From the Nuremburg Laws to the Final Solution
  
  Key stage 3 - 4
- Unmasking a Spy: Who was Karel Richter?
  Putting history skills into practice
  
  Key stage 2
- Propaganda and the Art of War
  Study original war art and then make your own
  
  Key stage 2

Postwar 1945 - present
- To Save or Not to Save
  Argue with experts to save your choice of object
  
  Key stage 4 - 5
- Personal study workshop
  Amazing source material and help with your research
  
  Key stage 5
- AS / A2 Level History Masterclass
  Join us for an exciting taste of Oxford University history
  
  Key stage 5
- - Cold War
    How did relations between the wartime allies turn frosty?
    
    Key stage 5
  - Bloody Sunday
    The controversial events of the 30th January 1972
    
    Key stage 4
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