Postwar 1945-present

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A Significant Person
Why is this person from the past remembered?
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African nurses
What part did they play in British health services?
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Archives Live: Windrush 75
Special live event from The National Archives
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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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Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Histories
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Bound for Britain
Experiences of immigration to the UK
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British Battles
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British Empire
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Cabinet Papers 1915-1988
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Capturing our Collections
Artworks inspired by documents found in The National Archives
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Caribbean history in photographs
What can these photographs tell us?
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Changing Living Standards 1900-1960
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Citizenship
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Civil rights and racial segregation
What was the response to racial segregation in the US?
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Civil Rights in America
Follow the progress of the struggle through the archives
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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
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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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Coronations: Ceremony and Change
How can we find out about Coronations in the past? How far have Coronations changed over time?
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Crime and punishment
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Currency converter: 1270–2017
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Empire Windrush: Caribbean migration
Why did people from the Caribbean travel to live and work in Britain?
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Empire Windrush: Life for Migrants in the 1940s and 50s
What do these documents reveal about life for Caribbean migrants to Britain in the 1940s and 1950s?
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Empire Windrush: The Notting Hill Carnival
What do the sources reveal about the significance of the Notting Hill Carnival and why it began?
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Fifties Britain
Never so good? Or too good to be true?
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Focus on Film
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Fun in the Files
What can our documents reveal about how people had fun in the past?
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Holding History
What is 'The National Archives'?
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Hunting for History
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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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Leaders and Controversies
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Life in 1950s Britain
What can we find out about life in 1950s Britain using documents from the time?
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Life in 1960s Britain
What can we find out about life in 1960s Britain using documents from the time?
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Mangrove Nine protest
What does this reveal about police brutality and racism in '70s Britain?
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Moving Here
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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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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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Platinum Jubilee
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Public Information Films
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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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Significant Events
What happened then?
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Significant People
Who is who?
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Sixties Britain
A social and cultural revolution?
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Spotlight On: Thatcher
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The Empire Windrush
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The Independence of Bangladesh in 1971
What can British documents tell us about the creation of Bangladesh?
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The Mangrove Nine
How much can documents from The National Archives reveal about the Mangrove Nine?
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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
What 'treasures' are there at The National Archives?
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Treasures
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Unboxing the Archive
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Uncovering the past
How can we use photographs to find out about the past?
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What is history?
How do historians know what to believe?
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Women’s Histories
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World Cup 1966
Did England rig the result?
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