Political and social reform

Our ‘Curriculum Topics’ use the phrasing of the National Curriculum to help you find content that can be used to teach each individual module. Our taught sessions and online resources cover a variety of time periods and places. Many contain structured investigations for use directly in the classroom. Others are more suited for research and preparation. They all allow access into our unique collections.

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1919 race riots

How significant a factor was race in the riots of 1919?
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19th century mining disaster

What happened at the Trimdon Grange Mining Disaster?
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A ‘right’ to relief?

In what ways did paupers hold the Poor Law to account?
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Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement

From Conflict to Peace - 25 Years On
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BGFA25 – Discussion Activity

From Conflict to Peace - 25 Years On
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Capturing our Collections

Artworks inspired by documents found in The National Archives
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Cats and mice

What tactics were used by suffragettes, police and government?
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Civil rights and racial segregation

What was the response to racial segregation in the US?
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Cold War on File

Why did the Cold War emerge?
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Coping with Cholera

How did the authorities react in 19th century?
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Crime and Punishment: Robert Peel

How was law enforcement changed by Sir Robert Peel’s new Metropolitan Police Force?
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Discover the Dissolution

How did the Dissolution change my local area?
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Dr James Barry

Why was he significant in 19th century medicine?
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Foundling Hospital

What were conditions like for children in the care of the Foundling Hospital?
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From Outbreak to Archive: Tales of Public Health

What do the documents reveal about how government and society dealt with public health in the past?
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Have we underestimated the Victorian Poor?

To what extent did the Victorian Poor accept their fate in the workhouse?
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Holding History

What is 'The National Archives'?
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Mangrove Nine protest

What does this reveal about police brutality and racism in '70s Britain?
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May Fourth Movement 1919

Why did the Paris Peace Conference lead to a mass protest movement in China?
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Mental Health on Record

What do the documents reveal about the understanding of mental health in the past?
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Protest and Democracy 1816 to 1818, part 1

Was this the start of mass politics in Britain?
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Protesting against the New Poor Law

What can archival material tell us about protest?
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Russia in Revolution

How did witnesses of the Russian Revolutionary period portray these events to the British government?

Samuel Pepys

What does his will reveal?
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Suffragettes ‘in Trousers’

How did men support votes for women?
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Suffragettes through government eyes

What do government records reveal about the suffrage movement?
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The Chinese Civil War

Why did the fighting between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party happen?
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Victorian Health Reform

How did the Victorians view compulsory vaccination?
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What caused the 1832 Great Reform Act?

Political and social reform in 19th century Britain
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What caused the ‘Swing Riots’ in the 1830s?

Political and social reform in 19th century Britain
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What was Chartism?

Political and social reform in 19th century Britain
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Whitechapel

How can we find out about what Whitechapel was like in 1888?
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Why did the Luddites protest?

Political reform in 19th century Britain
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Why was radical writer Thomas Paine significant?

Political and social reform in 18th century Britain
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Women and the English Civil Wars

How did these conflicts affect their lives?
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Workhouse Voices

What did paupers say about the Poor Law?
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Workhouse Voices Creative Writing

Stories inspired by letters from the past
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Workhouse Women

How were women treated in the Victorian workhouse?