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Resources and Workshops
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James I & VI: How was tobacco viewed, consumed, and traded in the Stuart period?
What can original documents tell us about the history of sugar?
What can British documents tell us about the creation of Bangladesh?
Our Film of the Month from Pathé shows Lunar New Year celebrations in 1961.
Our Document of the Month shows photos from the 'Kindertransport' scheme.
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Our sessions are delivered by a team of education officers.
Book a workshop taught onsite at The National Archives is Kew.
Book an online workshop taught in your classroom.
Use original documents to develop your own questions and lines of historical enquiry.
Our focused topics cover a huge variety of times and places.
Investigations mapped to the curriculum that can be covered in a single period.