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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Attlee’s Britain 1945-1951
Planning for the future?
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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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Caribbean history in photographs
What can these photographs tell us?
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Chartism
Who were the Chartists?
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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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Cold War on File
Why did the Cold War emerge?
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Commonwealth migration since 1945
What was the context and impact of migration in modern Britain?
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Coping with Cholera
How did the authorities react in 19th century?
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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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Early Modern witch trials
Who was accused?
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Elizabeth I’s monarchy
Rule of a ‘weak and feeble’ woman?
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England’s Immigrants, 1330-1550
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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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Georgian Britain
Age of modernity?
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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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Home Front 1939-1945 (part one)
How did Britain fight the war at home?
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Home Front 1939-1945 (part two)
How did Britain fight the war at home?
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Hong Kong and the Opium Wars
How did Hong Kong become part of the British Empire?
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How did the government respond to a mass protest at ‘Peterloo’ in 1819?
Political reform in 19th century Britain
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Indian Independence
What led to Partition in 1947?
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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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Jacobite Rebellion of 1715
Rebels with a cause?
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Jacobite Rising of 1745
A serious threat to the Hanoverians?
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James I
What were the key areas of dispute?
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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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Magna Carta, 1215 and beyond
A medieval revolution?
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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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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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Partition of British India
What can The National Archives documents reveal about the partition of British India?
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Protest and Democracy 1816 to 1818, part 1
Was this the start of mass politics in Britain?
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Protest and democracy 1818 to 1820, part 2
How close was Britain to revolution?
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Protesting against the New Poor Law
What can archival material tell us about protest?
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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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Sixties Britain
A social and cultural revolution?
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Suffrage Tales
What would you do?
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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
What do government records reveal about the suffrage movement?
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Terfysg Beca (Cymraeg/Welsh)
Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
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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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Thirties Britain
The depressed decade?
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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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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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Victorian Industrial Towns
What made them unhealthy?
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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 caused the ‘Swing Riots’ in the 1830s?
Political and social reform in 19th century Britain
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What methods did the Suffragettes use to gain the vote?
Political reform in 20th century Britain
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What was Chartism?
Political and social reform in 19th century Britain
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What was the significance of the Match Girls’ Strike in 1888?
Political and social reform in 19th century Britain
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Why did the Luddites protest?
Political reform in 19th century Britain
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Why was radical writer Thomas Paine significant?
Political and social reform in 18th century Britain
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Workhouse Voices
What did paupers say about the Poor Law?
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World Cup 1966
Did England rig the result?