## Please note We are refreshing our teaching resources and regularly adding new and updated ones. All of our old resources are permanently available in the [UK Government Web Archive](https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20260828114052/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/). Dismiss notification Education # Teaching resources All of our resources follow an enquiry-based approach and use records from our collections at The National Archives. Featured ## [Working with photographs as sources](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/working-with-photographs-as-sources/) ![Monochrome photograph of three people in thick fur coats standing amongst stacked boxes in a store room.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/COPY1-452_Three_memb_F92cmQt.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Age range : KS3 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. ## Filters ### Filter by key stage Key stage 1 (Ages 5–7) Key stage 2 (Ages 7–11) Key stage 3 (Ages 11–14) Key stage 4 (Ages 14–16) Key stage 5 (Ages 16–18) ### Filter by time period Medieval (900–1485) Early modern (1485–1750) Industrial revolution (1750–1901) Early Twentieth Century (1901–1945) Post-War and modern (1945–present) Cross period ### Filter by theme Archive skills Black, Asian and global majority history Crime and punishment Economy, trade and industry Empire and decolonisation Family, community and everyday life LGBTQ+ history Local history Medicine, welfare and society Migration and identity Power, politics and reform Significant people, places and events War and revolution Women's history Update filters ## Results Showing **1–12** of **66** teaching resources * ### [72 Hours to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/72-hours-to-the-belfast-good-friday-agreement/) ![A smiling woman holds up a banner reading 'We want peace'.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/.2e16d0ba_nJWvFn7.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS3 This resource looks at two documents in depth that trace the final 72 hours leading up to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. * ### [Apartheid in South Africa](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/apartheid-in-south-africa/) ![Black and white photography of a smartly-dressed Black couple hugging below a sign saying 'Native bus stop'.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/south-african-c.7d0d08e7.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS4–⁠KS5 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. * ### [Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement 1998 Themed Collection, part one](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/belfast-good-friday-agreement-1998-themed-collection-part-1/) ![A woman stands in a doorway reading a leaflet titled 'Agreement'. In the distance a postman walks away.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/BGFA_le.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS4–⁠KS5 This resource includes all the original documents used to create our resources about the signing of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. * ### [Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement 1998 Themed Collection, part two](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/belfast-good-friday-agreement-1998-themed-collection-part-2/) ![Two pages of a document in a red binder. At the bottom of one page it is signed by four politicians.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/The_Belfast_Good_Friday_Agre.ca7115f1.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS4–⁠KS5 This resource includes all the original documents used to create our resources about the signing of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. * ### [Chamberlain and Hitler 1938](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/chamberlain-and-hitler-1938/) ![Simple cartoon illustration of Neville Chamberlain.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/Neville_Chamberlain__8l2Pe7Z.b493ccbd.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS3–⁠KS4 Use this lesson to explore documents concerning the meeting between Hitler and Chamberlain in 1938 and advice given to the Prime Minister in Britain. * ### [Cold War on File: Europe and Korea](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/cold-war-europe-and-korea/) ![Map of Berlin with its borders marked out in green and with a line of dashes and dots.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/FO371..2e16d0ba.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS4–⁠KS5 This set of documents relates to the nature of the Cold War and how it progressed in Europe and through the Korean War. * ### [Cold War on File: The threat of nuclear war](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/cold-war-threat-of-nuclear-war/) ![Two pages from a booklet including text and illustrations of a normal terraced street, a water cistern and a soldier holding a piece of measuring equipment.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/HO-338-57-11-Civil-defence-a.0375d076.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS4–⁠KS5 This set of documents relates to the development of nuclear weapons during the Cold War, and policies and events that resulted from their existence. * ### [Cold War on File: The wartime alliance and the 'iron curtain'](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/cold-war-wartime-alliance-and-iron-curtain/) ![Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin stand smiling next to each other, with soldiers on either side.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/CO1069-892-The-big-.c95a8402.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS4–⁠KS5 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. * ### [Descriptions of Adolf Hitler](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/descriptions-of-adolf-hitler/) ![A scratchy pen illustration of Adolf Hitler. He is looking down with a pronounced scowl on his face.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/INF3-1298_Hitler_in__atiEoaU.674819ec.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS3–⁠KS4 Use the sources in this lesson to find out how Adolf Hitler was viewed by foreign commentators in the 1930s and 40s. * ### [Downing Street Declaration](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/downing-street-declaration/) ![Albert Reynolds and John Major. Reynolds is waving at the camera.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/Downing_Street_Declar.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS4 This resource, designed for key stage 4, looks at the significance of the Downing Street Declaration and how historians use sources. * ### [Early contact between English colonists and Native Americans](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/english-colonists-and-native-americans/) ![Engraved illustration of a Native American.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/Virginia_UF.0ce21720.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS3–⁠KS4 This resource uses journal entries from 1607 that describe what happened between early English settlers and Native Americans in Virginia. * ### [Early modern witch trials: Accusation and trial](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teaching-resources/early-modern-witch-trials-accusation-and-trial/) ![A handwritten document.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/Source-Six-SP18-18.ceb85747.fill-600x400.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg) Key stage : KS5 This set of documents relates to the witch craze in 17th-century England, focusing on beliefs, behaviours and legal processes. * [1](?page=1 "Page 1") * [2](?page=2 "Page 2") * ⋯ * [6](?page=6 "Page 6") [Next](?page=2 "Next page") ## Looking for one of our older teaching resources? 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