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Early 20th Century (KS5)

Battle plans, maps and unit war diaries chronicle the conflict between Europe's great powers.

From 1915 read the Cabinet discussions on the progress of the war at the highest level.

Topics
- Britain 1906-18
  Contrast, contradiction and change
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- The Cabinet Papers 1915-82
  History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
  
  Key stage 4 - 5
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
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Lessons

Workshops
- Suffragettes through government eyes: 'A little daylight game'?
  What do the records reveal?
  
  Key stage 5
- Easter Rising 1916
  How justified was Britain's response?
  
  Key stage 5
- Russian Revolution 1917
  The overthrow of the Tsar and the rise of the Bolsheviks
  
  Key stage 5

Videoconferences
- Easter Rising 1916
  How justified was Britain's response?
  
  Key stage 5

Virtual classroom
- Easter Rising 1916
  How justified was Britain's response?
  
  Key stage 5
- Virtual Classroom Taster
  Introduction to our innovative interactive online sessions
  
  Key stage 1 - 5

Time periods

History by numbers

60

Age of Edward VII at his coronation
628

Victoria Crosses awarded for actions during the First World War
181

3rd class survivors of the sinking of the Titanic
9,200,000

Women voters in 1918 election
19,240

British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme

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