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Working with photographs as sources
There are quite a lot of things you need to watch out for when using photographs as sources. Just like documents they must be treated with caution.
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All of our resources follow an enquiry-based approach and use records from our collections at The National Archives.
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There are quite a lot of things you need to watch out for when using photographs as sources. Just like documents they must be treated with caution.
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This resource looks at two documents in depth that trace the final 72 hours leading up to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.
Use this lesson to examine original documents and consider some of the main legislative steps taken to create a system of apartheid in South Africa.
This resource includes all the original documents used to create our resources about the signing of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.
This resource includes all the original documents used to create our resources about the signing of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.
Use this lesson to explore documents concerning the meeting between Hitler and Chamberlain in 1938 and advice given to the Prime Minister in Britain.
This set of documents relates to the nature of the Cold War and how it progressed in Europe and through the Korean War.
This set of documents relates to the development of nuclear weapons during the Cold War, and policies and events that resulted from their existence.
This set of documents relates to the early stages of the Cold War, focusing on the nature of the wartime alliance and the causes of the conflict that followed.
Use the sources in this lesson to find out how Adolf Hitler was viewed by foreign commentators in the 1930s and 40s.
This resource, designed for key stage 4, looks at the significance of the Downing Street Declaration and how historians use sources.
This resource uses journal entries from 1607 that describe what happened between early English settlers and Native Americans in Virginia.
This set of documents relates to the witch craze in 17th-century England, focusing on beliefs, behaviours and legal processes.
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