Early 20th Century 1901-1918

Read original documents relating to Suffragettes, the Russian Revolution and the First World War. Cabinet papers, battle plans, maps and unit war diaries chronicle the conflict between Europe’s great powers.

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All on board!
What can we learn from old board games?
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All pals together
Would you like to meet our tommy, Henry Fairhurst?
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Armistice and Legacy
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Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Histories
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Britain 1906-1918
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British Empire
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Cabinet Papers 1915-1988
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Caribbean histories revealed
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Caribbean history in photographs
What can these photographs tell us?
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Cats and mice
What tactics were used by suffragettes, police and government?
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Changing Living Standards 1900-1960
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Child migration
Why were children sent to Canada in 1869-1913?
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Citizenship
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Codes and Secret Messages
What do the documents reveal about codes and secret messages?
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Craft Club – Christmas Cards
Festive pop-up cards
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Crime and punishment
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Curiosities
What is this curious object?
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Currency converter: 1270–2017
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Disaster at Sea
How can we find out about significant events in the past?
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Focus on Film
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Focus on Isaac Rosenberg
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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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From the Front
How typical was Albert Edwin Rippington’s experience of war?
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General Haig
Butcher of the Somme or hero of Amiens?
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Great War 1914-1918
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Great War soldier’s record
What can we find out?
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Holding History
What is 'The National Archives'?
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How we were taught
What was school like 100 years ago?
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Human rights
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Introduction
What is The National Archives?
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Jutland: Death at sea
Were lives wasted when the Indefatigable sank?
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Letters from the First World War, part one
How did these men experience the conflict? (1915)
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Letters from the First World War, part two
How did these men experience the conflict? (1916 - 18)
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Life aboard the Titanic
Who travelled on the fateful maiden voyage?
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Loyalty and dissent
How did Indian soldiers respond to the First World War?
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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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Medicine on the Western Front (part one)
How did trench warfare affect injuries and treatment?
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Medicine on the Western Front (part two)
How did trench warfare affect injuries and treatment?
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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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Moving Here
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People – GCSE English Language
Using images for descriptive and narrative writing
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Places – GCSE English Language
Using images for descriptive and narrative writing
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School dinners
Why were school dinners brought in?
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Significant Events
What happened then?
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Significant People
Who is who?
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Significant Places
What's in a place?
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Somme Tales
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Suffrage Tales
What would you do?
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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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Suffragettes on file
What did the struggle for the vote involve?
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Suffragettes through government eyes: ‘A little daylight game’?
What do the records reveal about the movement?
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Suffragettes: Outrage at Kew
What's the story?
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The Beautiful Game
What can our documents reveal about an incredible sports match?
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The Sinking of the Titanic
Why were so many lives lost in the disaster?
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Time Travel Club Activities
Discovering The National Archives
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Travel smart through time (SEND)
How and why have people travelled around in the past and how have they done it safely?
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Treasures
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Virtual classroom taster
Would you like to book a live virtual classroom taster session?
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Walter Tull
How can we use sources to find out about him?
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What is history? (KS2)
How do historians know what to believe?
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Women in Uniform
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Women’s Histories
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Writing War, Writing Peace
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Zeppelin raids
How did First World War Zeppelin raids affect British civilians?
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