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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Attlee’s Britain 1945-1951
Planning for the future?
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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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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 in her own words
What can we learn about Elizabeth’s style of ruling?
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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 were the issues faced by England’s most famous Tudor Queen?
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Fifties Britain
Never so good? Or too good to be true?
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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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Helyntion Beca (Cymraeg/Welsh)
Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
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Independent research
Do you need help with your independent research?
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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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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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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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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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Rebecca riots
What happened during them?
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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: ‘A little daylight game’?
What do the records reveal about the movement?
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The Holocaust
Key documents from The National Archives
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The Road to Partition 1939-1947
The violent creation of two new nations
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Thirties Britain
The depressed decade?
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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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Victorian Industrial Towns
What made them unhealthy?
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Virtual classroom taster
Would you like to book a live virtual classroom taster session?
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Wartime Propaganda
How did Britain try to keep the support of West African peoples?
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Workhouse Voices
What did paupers say about the Poor Law?