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Medieval 1066 - 1485
- Domesday Book - Day of Judgement
  Keep the greedy Normans from the village's wealth!
  
  Workshops
- A Medieval Mystery
  Can you decode the dark secrets of this cartoon?
  
  Lessons
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Topics
- - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Domesday Book
    What can we learn about England in the 11th century?
    
    Lessons
  - Chertsey
    What was Chertsey like in the Middle Ages?
    
    Lessons
  - Crime and Punishment
    How have they changed over the centuries?
    
    Workshops
  - Domesday
    A unique record of 11th century England uncovered
    
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Early Modern 1485 - 1750
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- Kirk o' Field
  What happened in 1567?
  
  Lessons
- William Shakespeare
  What can we find out about his life?
  
  Lessons
- - God Blew and They Were Scattered
    Did God really help the English defeat the Spanish Armada?
    
    Lessons
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - The Great Plague of 1665-6
    How did London respond to it?
    
    Lessons
  - Tudor Hackney
    Step into our recreation of 1601 Hackney
    
    Topics
  - Civil War
    King and subjects fight it out in the 1640s
    
    Topics
  - Elizabethan Propaganda
    How did England try to show the Spanish were threatening invasion in 1588?
    
    Lessons
  - The Royal Seal
    What can it tell us?
    
    Lessons
  - What is History? (KS 3/4)
    What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
    
    Workshops
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Native North Americans
    What was early contact like between Europeans and Natives?
    
    Lessons
  - Crime and Punishment
    How have they changed over the centuries?
    
    Workshops
  - The English Civil Wars
    Whose side are you on?
    
    Videoconferences
  - Fire of London
    What happened?
    
    Lessons
  - Gunpowder Plot
    Can you uncover the plans of the plotters?
    
    Lessons
  - The King, the Crown and the Colonel
    How did Thomas Blood try to steal the crown jewels in 1671?
    
    Lessons
  - The Tudors
    Explore the 16th century with The National Archives and V&A
    
    Topics
  - Henry VIII court rules
    How did Henry VIII get up in the morning?
    
    Lessons
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Empire and industry 1750 - 1850
- Slavery
  How did the Abolition Acts of 1807 and 1833 affect the slave trade?
  
  Lessons
- Rebecca Riots
  What happened during them?
  
  Lessons
- 1833 Factory Act
  Did it solve the problems of children in factories?
  
  Lessons
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Kill or Cure: Cholera 1831
    How did the government respond to the deadly infection?
    
    Workshops
  - The French Revolution
    How did the British react to July 1789?
    
    Lessons
  - 1834 Poor Law
    What did people think of the New Poor Law?
    
    Lessons
  - This Evil Trade: Olaudah Equiano and Abolition
    Investigate the slave trade with an 18th century abolitionist
    
    Workshops
  - Industrial Lives
    Wealth and health in the Victorian potteries
    
    Videoconferences
  - Bussa's Rebellion
    How did the enslaved Africans of Barbados rebel in 1816?
    
    Lessons
  - Captain Cook in Hawaii
    What happened on his final voyage?
    
    Lessons
  - Helyntion Beca (Welsh)
    Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
    
    Lessons
  - Power, Politics and Protest
    The growth of political rights in 19th century Britain
    
    Topics
  - The British Empire
    Debate the rights and wrongs of the world's largest empire
    
    Workshops
  - British Empire
    Rise and decline of the first global empire
    
    Topics
  - Slavery, Resistance and Rebellion
    Uncover documents relating to a dark chaper of British history
    
    Virtual classroom | Empire & Industry 1750 - 1850
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Victorians 1850 - 1901
- Prisoner 4099
  What was life like for young offenders in the 19th century?
  
  Topics
- 19th Century People
  What can we tell from this photograph?
  
  Lessons
- Trimdon
  What was it like living in a late 19th century mining town?
  
  Lessons
- - Say "Cheese"
    What can Queen Victoria's family photographs tell us?
    
    Lessons
  - Victorian Homes
    Was there much difference between rich and poor homes?
    
    Lessons
  - Past Pleasures
    How did the Victorians have fun?
    
    Lessons
  - What is History? (KS 3/4)
    What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
    
    Workshops
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Victorian Children in trouble with the law
    Did the punishment fit the crime?
    
    Lessons
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Jack the Ripper
    Why couldn't the police bring him to justice?
    
    Workshops
  - Crime and Punishment
    How have they changed over the centuries?
    
    Workshops
  - Focus on the Census
    What is the census and what can it tell us?
    
    Topics
  - Victorian Nation
    Happy, healthy and wealthy or divided, lawless and poor?
    
    Topics
  - 19th Century Mining Disaster
    What happened at the Trimdon Grange Mining Disaster?
    
    Lessons
  - A Victorian Prison
    Why were Victorian Prisons so tough?
    
    Lessons
  - Power, Politics and Protest
    The growth of political rights in 19th century Britain
    
    Topics
  - The British Empire
    Debate the rights and wrongs of the world's largest empire
    
    Workshops
  - What is History? (for Welsh Schools)
    Follow a successful quarry town across the centuries
    
    Videoconferences
  - British Empire
    Rise and decline of the first global empire
    
    Topics
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Early 20th century 1901 - 1918
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- Great War
  Outbreak, experience, peacemaking and remembrance
  
  Topics
- All Pals Together
  A First World War Soldier's Story
  
  Videoconferences
- - A Great War Soldier's Record
    What can we find out?
    
    Lessons
  - The Zeppelin Raids
    How did Great War Zeppelin raids affect British civilians?
    
    Lessons
  - Jutland: Death at Sea
    Were lives wasted when the Indefatigable sank?
    
    Lessons
  - The Sinking of the Titanic
    Who was on board?
    
    Lessons
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - How We Were Taught
    What was school like 100 years ago?
    
    Lessons
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - School Dinners
    Why were school dinners brought in?
    
    Lessons
  - Britain 1906-18
    Contrast, contradiction and change
    
    Topics
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Interwar 1918 - 1939
- Chamberlain and Hitler 1938
  What was Chamberlain trying to do?
  
  Lessons
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Topics
- Heroes & Villains
  Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
  
  Topics
- - The German Occupation of the Rhineland
    What should Britain do about it?
    
    Lessons
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - British Empire
    Rise and decline of the first global empire
    
    Topics
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Second World War 1939 - 1945
- World War II
  Take a fresh look at the biggest conflict in history
  
  Topics
- The Holocaust
  From the Nuremburg Laws to the Final Solution
  
  Workshops
- The Art of War
  Britain's war artists capture the conflict in artwork
  
  Topics
- - Adolf Hitler
    Was Hitler a 'passionate lunatic'?
    
    Lessons
  - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Topics
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Government Posters
    How did Britain encourage people at home to help win the war?
    
    Lessons
  - Convincing the Colonies
    How did Britain try to keep the support of West Africans?
    
    Lessons
  - Home Front
    Fighting the war at home
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - The Home Front
    How did people prepare for the war at home?
    
    Lessons
  - Hitler Assassination Plan
    How did the British plan to kill Hitler?
    
    Lessons
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Belsen Concentration Camp 1945
    What did the British find when they entered?
    
    Lessons
  - Evacuation to Canada
    How much care was really taken?
    
    Lessons
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Postwar 1945 - present
- British Empire
  Rise and decline of the first global empire
  
  Topics
- Cold War
  The cautious struggle of nuclear powers
  
  Topics
- Bound for Britain
  Experiences of immigration to the UK
  
  Lessons
- - World Cup 1966
    Did England rig the result?
    
    Lessons
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
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