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Education session
Suez Crisis 1956
In this workshop at The National Archives, students examine the consequences for Britain, both at home and globally, in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis of 1956.
- Age ranges
- Key stage 4 (Ages 14–16)
- Key stage 5 (Ages 16–18)
- Date
- All year
- Location
- At The National Archives
About this image
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Suez Canal. Catalogue reference: CO 956/690
About this session
Time period
- Post-War and modern
Theme
- War and revolution
What to expect in the workshop at The National Archives
Regarded as one of the most pivotal episodes in Britain’s postwar history, we will explore how Britain’s position in the world changed, how other countries responded, and what lessons were learned from the crisis.
Students will handle and analyse range of original documents, including Foreign Office files and the Prime Minister’s and the cabinet’s papers and telegrams. Each of these offer a dramatic insight into British concerns at the heart of government at the time and in the years beyond.
The two-hour workshop is led by an experienced history educator and is taught in a unique learning space at The National Archives in Kew.
Contact us
If you need any help with your booking, please get in touch.
- Telephone
- 020 3908 9162
- educationbookings@nationalarchives.gov.uk
Connections to the curriculum
GCSE
- Edexcel-Options 28/29: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945–95
A-level
- AQA 2S: The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007
- AQA 1J: The British Empire, c1857–1967
Key details
- Location
- At The National Archives
- Date
- All year
- Price
- Free
- Age ranges
- Key stage 4 (Ages 14–16)
- Key stage 5 (Ages 16–18)
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