Education sessions and resources

Our taught sessions and online resources cover a variety of time periods and places. Many contain structured investigations for use directly in the classroom. Others are more suited for research and preparation. They all allow access into our unique collections.

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1919 race riots

How significant a factor was race in the riots of 1919?
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A ‘right’ to relief?

In what ways did paupers hold the Poor Law to account?
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African nurses

What part did they play in British health services?
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American Revolution

What political ideas in the colonies influenced the American Revolution?
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Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement

From Conflict to Peace - 25 Years On
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BGFA25 – Discussion Activity

From Conflict to Peace - 25 Years On
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Boston Tea Party

How was the 1773 Boston Tea Party significant for the American Revolution?
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Civil rights and racial segregation

What was the response to racial segregation in the US?
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Cold War

How concerned were the British in the early stages of the Cold War?
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Commonwealth migration since 1945

What was the context and impact of migration in modern Britain?
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Crime and Punishment: Robert Peel

How was law enforcement changed by Sir Robert Peel’s new Metropolitan Police Force?
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Criminal petitions

What do they reveal about the justice system?
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Crisis in the reign of Mary I

How far can Mary I’s reign be considered a time of crisis?
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Discover the Dissolution

How did the Dissolution change my local area?
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English Reformation c1527-1590

How did state and people respond to religious change?
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Enquiring into Elizabeth

What can we learn about Elizabeth I’s ruling style from her letters and speeches?
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Fifties Britain

Never so good? Or too good to be true?
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French Revolution

How did the British react to July 1789?
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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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Henry’s royal rules (SEND)

What were the rules of daily life for a king in Tudor times?
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Hidden Love: LGBTQ+ lives in the 1920s and 1930s

What can our documents reveal about LGBTQ+ lives in the 1920 and 30s?
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Hong Kong and the Opium Wars

How did Hong Kong become part of the British Empire?
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Huguenots in England

What was the experience of Huguenot migrants in seventeenth century England?
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Introduction to document research

What can archives reveal about the past and how history is constructed?
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Irish Partition

Why was Ireland divided in 1921?
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Jacobite propaganda

What was the point of Jacobite propaganda?
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LGBTQ+ Rights in Britain

How have changes in laws and attitudes affected LGBTQ+ people in Britain?
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Loyalty and dissent

How did Indian soldiers respond to the First World War?
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Mangrove Nine protest

What does this reveal about police brutality and racism in '70s Britain?
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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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Mental Health on Record

What do the documents reveal about the understanding of mental health in the past?
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Partition of British India

What can The National Archives documents reveal about the partition of British India?
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Punishment in the workhouse – Lesson One

What can ‘pauper voices’ reveal about punishments for workhouse children?
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Punishment in the workhouse – Lesson Two

What can ‘pauper voices’ reveal about attitudes towards punishments in the workhouse?
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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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Richard II

Were the troubles facing England in the 1370s and 1380s due to Richard II’s age and inexperience?
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Russia in Revolution

How did witnesses of the Russian Revolutionary period portray these events to the British government?
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Sixties Britain

A social and cultural revolution?
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Suffragettes through government eyes

What do government records reveal about the suffrage movement?
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The Chinese Civil War

Why did the fighting between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party happen?
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The Holocaust

Key documents from The National Archives
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The Search for ‘Terra Australis’

What did Captain Cook’s secret mission involve?
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The South African War

How did the British conduct war in 1899-1902?
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Tobacco

James I & VI: How was tobacco viewed, consumed, and traded in the Stuart period?
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Tudor rebellions

How seriously did they challenge the authority of the crown?
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Twenties Britain (part one)

Decade of conflict, realignment and change?
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Twenties Britain (part two)

Decade of conflict, realignment and change?
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Ugandan Asians

What was the impact of the expulsion from Uganda on the lives of British Asians?
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Uncovering LGBTQ+ lives in the archive

What types of sources might be useful to find out about the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the past?
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Wartime Propaganda

How did Britain try to keep the support of West African peoples?
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What caused the 1832 Great Reform Act?

Political and social reform in 19th century Britain
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What was Chartism?

Political and social reform in 19th century Britain
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World Cup 1966

Did England rig the result?