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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A Great Christmas Inconvenience
What can we learn from the documents about how some Victorians celebrated Christmas?
Craft Club – Christmas Cards
Festive pop-up cards
Fun in the Files
What can our documents reveal about how people had fun in the past?
Holidays are Here!
What can our documents reveal about how families enjoyed summer holidays during the Second World War?
Classroom resource
Past pleasures
How did the Victorians have fun?
Classroom resource
Sixties Britain
A social and cultural revolution?
The Beautiful Game
What can our documents reveal about an incredible sports match?
Classroom resource
The Boxers of Whitechapel
What do the documents reveal about the inhabitants?
Classroom resource
Thirties Britain
The depressed decade?
Classroom resource
Tudor Entertainment
What was the effect of the early playhouses?
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Victorian Food and Drink
What do old adverts reveal?
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Victorian lives
How was life different in Victorian times?
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William Shakespeare
What can we find out about his life?