Find out what life was like in 1901; information about the census and how to discover more about the people and places in it. You can search the 1901 census at www.1901censusonline.com. If you want to learn more about what a census is, visit Focus On... the Census in our schools site, the Learning Curve. |
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Churchill, Kennedy, Mussolini, Stalin, Truman, King - were they heroes or villains? You can look at the evidence and make up your own mind using this Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Learn about the transatlantic slave trade through our new research guide and online resources. Read abolitionists' wills and accounts of a slave ship's voyage across the Atlantic. |
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View our fascinating and colourful collections of illustrations, propaganda, cartoons, films and art created during World War Two. |
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Discover the rich history of Asian and Black communities living in Britain during this time as seen through contemporary documents. |
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World War 1, votes for women, the growth of the welfare state – find out more about Britain at a time of great upheaval and change in this Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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From Crimea (1854) to Korea (1951) - a selection of four British battles. This exhibition uses a documents, images and text to describe how and why Britain was at war. |
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Trace the extraordinary role of the British Empire in the history of Britain and the world. This is a Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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The history of the British Caribbean is explored in this exhibition through government documents, photographs and maps dating from the 17th century to the 1920s and discovered during a cataloguing project at The National Archives of the United Kingdom. |
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Citizenship is often in the news but what is it? How has it changed over the centuries? |
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Use this Learning Curve resource to find out about archival sources and investigate the conflict involving King Charles I, Parliament, the people and Oliver Cromwell. |
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Discover the causes and effects of the Cold War, from the original documents and film footage of the time. This is a Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Investigate crime in Britain, its prevention and punishment, from the 13th century to the present. This is a Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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On the night of May 16, 1943, the specially formed 617 Squadron flew 19 modified Lancaster bombers to Germany, on a mission that was to become one of the most famous episodes of WWII, the Dambusters raid. |
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An online exhibition featuring 300 mid-Victorian ceramic designs and other curiosities. |
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Learn how and why Domesday was created, the differences between Great and Little Domesday |
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Learn and view the type of original documents needed to trace your family history. |
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A valuable research tool to trace ancestors who served in the First World War and create a wider understanding of the global nature of war and its consequences. |
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Explore the 1891 census using maps, photographs and census returns. This is a Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Explore one of Britain’s oldest and most famous documents, Domesday Book. |
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View historical films ranging from the beach at Folkestone in 1904 to the war zone of Vietnam in 1969. This is a Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Isaac Rosenberg (1890 - 1917) is one of the lesser known of the war poets, though he is considered to be one of the finest. Although some of Isaac's records were destroyed during the Second World War, familyrecords.gov.uk show how the remaining records provide an insight into his life. |
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Women have worked in diverse roles during wartime including nursing, teaching and farming and as clerks, fitters, cooks, pilots, drivers, anti-aircraft gun operators, decoders, RADAR operators and spies. Familyrecords.gov.uk profile individual women and some of the organisations in which they served. |
This website for Key stage 1 pupils tells the story of the Great Fire of London in an engaging interactive way with activities and games. It was created by the Museum of London in partnership with The National Archives, London Fire Brigade Museum, National Portrait Gallery and London Metropolitan Archives.
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Investigate the causes and the nature of World War 1 in this Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Explore the paranormal and eerie documents that lurk among the many records held at The National Archives. |
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How can we discover the full meaning of historical cartoons? Find out in this Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Discover the full meaning of a historical document taken from the time of mounting tension before the outbreak of World War 2. This interactive exhibition is a Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Using original documents from The National Archives, this exhibition provides a historical background to some of the rights we today take for granted. Explore the struggle for and development of rights, browse the timeline of events and see images of original documents. |
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What was life like on the Home Front during World War 2? We look at preparations for war, the bombing of Britain, spies, the role of women and much more in this Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Learn of the different types of sources available to assist with local and regional historical studies from 1700. |
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The National Archives has one of the world’s richest holdings of historical mapping, more than six million maps and plans, with more added every year. |
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Set to the background of Britain's involvement in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and of fears of invasion by France, this exhibition describes the Battle of Trafalgar and its immediate aftermath. |
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How and why did political rights change in 19th century Britain? Find out in this Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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View complete public information films from the 20th Century. The selection of films from 1945 -1951 features some fascinating events from Britain's post-war history |
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Find out about the history of espionage from this fascinating selection of secret documents. |
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This collection of some of our photos is part of a larger project with our partners in the Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access (SEPIA) project. It shows the development of transport of all kinds, here and elsewhere in Europe. |
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See some of the treasures of The National Archives, collected over a 1000 years of British history. |
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Hear the remarkable story of Hackney and the Daniell family who lived there in Tudor times - with video drama and a virtual reality reconstruction. This is a Learning Curve resource for schools in partnership with Hackney Archives. |
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A step-by-step online tutorial to teach medieval Latin to an advanced level. Practise what you learn with interactive activities and extracts from original documents held here at The National Archives. |
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This tutorial is a beginners’ guide to the Latin used in documents between 1086 and 1733. It is the first online tutorial to help you learn the Latin from this period. |
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Learn how to read and transcribe old handwriting. This interactive guide will mark your attempts at transcribing 10 documents dating from the reign of Henry VIII to 1800. |
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Uniting the Kingdoms? How the many kingdoms in Britain and Ireland united. |
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What was life really like in Victorian Britain? Find out in this Learning Curve resource for schools. |
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Learn about World War Two by using our animated maps and investigations containing original documents, film, photographs and audio. This is a Learning Curve resource for schools.” |
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