Our ‘Curriculum Topics’ use the phrasing of the National Curriculum to help you find content that can be used to teach each individual module.
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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1833 Factory Act
Did it solve the problems of children in factories?
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19th century mining disaster
What happened at the Trimdon Grange Mining Disaster?
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Attlee’s Britain 1945-1951
Planning for the future?
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Cats and mice
What tactics were used by suffragettes, police and government?
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Cold War on File
Why did the Cold War emerge?
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Discover the Dissolution
How did the Dissolution change my local area?
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Early Modern witch trials
Who was accused?
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Foundling Hospital
What were conditions like for children in the care of the Foundling Hospital?
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Great Fire of London: how London changed
What happened?
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Helyntion Beca (Cymraeg/Welsh)
Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
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Holding History
What is 'The National Archives'?
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Jacobite propaganda
What was the point of Jacobite propaganda?
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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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Past pleasures
How did the Victorians have fun?
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Rebecca riots
What happened during them?
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Sixties Britain
A social and cultural revolution?
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Suffragettes
How can we find out about suffragettes and the reactions to their methods?
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Suffragettes ‘in Trousers’
How did men support votes for women?
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The Home Front
How did people prepare for the war at home?
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Thirties Britain
The depressed decade?
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Victorian Health Reform
How did the Victorians view compulsory vaccination?
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Women and the English Civil Wars
How did these conflicts affect their lives?
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