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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Boston Tea Party
How was the 1773 Boston Tea Party significant for the American Revolution?
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Bussa’s rebellion
How and why did the enslaved Africans of Barbados rebel in 1816?
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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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Christmas is cancelled!
What were Cromwell’s main political and religious aims for the Commonwealth 1650-1660?
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Gunpowder Plot
Can you uncover the plans of the plotters?
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Holding History
What is 'The National Archives'?
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Jacobite propaganda
What was the point of Jacobite propaganda?
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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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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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Rebels in the records
What can we learn from documents that show how people ‘rebelled’ in the past?
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Resistance and Rebellion in the Caribbean
How did enslaved people resist?
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Russia in Revolution
How did witnesses of the Russian Revolutionary period portray these events to the British government?
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Suffragettes through government eyes
What do government records reveal about the suffrage movement?
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Suffragettes: Outrage at Kew
What's the story?
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Terfysg Beca (Cymraeg/Welsh)
Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
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The King, the Crown and the Colonel
How did Thomas Blood try to steal the Crown Jewels in 1671?
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Women and the English Civil Wars
How did these conflicts affect their lives?