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Medieval
974 - 1485

Early modern
1485 - 1750

Empire and industry
1750 - 1850

Victorians
1850 - 1901

Early 20th Century
1901 - 1918

Interwar
1918 - 1939

Second World War
1939 - 1945

Postwar
1945 - present

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Featured resources

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Women's Histories

A list of current resources for women’s histories on the National Archives website.

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1919 race riots

How significant a factor was race in the riots of 1919?

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Child migration

Why were children sent to Canada in 1869-1913?

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Film of the month

Pathé: Public Record Office 1968

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Document of the month

Our Document of the Month is Charles II's Great Fire of London declaration 1666.

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Sessions we teach

Our sessions are delivered by a team of education officers.

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Onsite Workshops

Book a workshop taught onsite at The National Archives is Kew.

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Online Workshops

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Themed Collections

Use original documents to develop your own questions and lines of historical enquiry.

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Focused Topics

Our focused topics cover a huge variety of times and places.

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Lessons

Investigations mapped to the curriculum that can be covered in a single period.