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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Early Modern witch trials
Who was accused?
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Foundling Hospital
What were conditions like for children in the care of the Foundling Hospital?
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Great Fire of London: how London changed
What happened?
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Great Plague of 1665-1666
How did London respond to it?
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Gunpowder Plot
Can you uncover the plans of the plotters?
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Huguenots in England
What was the experience of Huguenot migrants in seventeenth century England?
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Jacobite propaganda
What was the point of Jacobite propaganda?
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Murder at Kirk o’ Field
What happened in 1567?
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Queen Anne
How can we find out about her?
Samuel Pepys
What does his will reveal?
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Significant People
Who is who?
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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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Tobacco
James I & VI: How was tobacco viewed, consumed, and traded in the Stuart period?
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William Shakespeare
What can we find out about his life?
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Women and the English Civil Wars
How did these conflicts affect their lives?