Our lessons are investigations mapped to the curriculum that can be covered in a single period or followed up for homework. You can use them ‘as is’ or adapt them to fit your group’s needs.
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1833 Factory Act
Did it solve the problems of children in factories?
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1834 Poor Law
What did people think of the new Poor Law?
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19th century mining disaster
What happened at the Trimdon Grange Mining Disaster?
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19th century people
What can we tell from this photograph?
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A medieval mystery
Can you decode the dark secrets of the cartoon above?
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A Victorian prison
Why were Victorian Prisons so tough?
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Adolf Hitler
Was Hitler a 'passionate lunatic'?
All on board!
What can we learn from old board games?
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Anglo-Saxons – Gift from a King
What was Anglo-Saxon society like?
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Belsen concentration camp 1945
What did the British find when they entered Belsen concentration camp?
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Body Snatchers
What led to the Anatomy Act of 1832?
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Bound for Britain
Experiences of immigration to the UK
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British Response to V1 and V2
How did Britain respond to the threat of attack by missiles in 1943?
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Bussa’s rebellion
How and why did the enslaved Africans of Barbados rebel in 1816?
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Captain Cook in Hawaii
What happened on his final voyage?
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Caribbean history in photographs
What can these photographs tell us?
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Census detective
What can you find out?
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Chamberlain and Hitler 1938
What was Chamberlain trying to do?
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Chertsey
What was Chertsey like in the Middle Ages?
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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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Convincing the Colonies
How did Britain try to keep the support of the people of West Africa?
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Coping with Cholera
How did the authorities react in 19th century?
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Discover the Dissolution
How did the Dissolution change my local area?
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Domesday Book
What can we learn about England in the 11th century?
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Eden’s last stand
Why did Anthony Eden resign in 1938?
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Edward the Confessor
What does the Domesday Abbreviato tells us about Edward the Confessor?
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Elizabethan propaganda
How did England try to show Spain planned to invade in 1588?
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England’s Immigrants, 1330-1550
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Evacuation to Canada
How much care was really taken?
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Evacuation to Shropshire
What was it like in the Second World War?
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Florence Nightingale
Why do we remember her?
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Foundling Hospital
What were conditions like for children in the care of the Foundling Hospital?
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Framlingham Castle
What was the primary function of Framlingham Castle in the ‘Middle Ages’?
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French Revolution
How did the British react to July 1789?
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General Haig
Butcher of the Somme or hero of Amiens?
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German occupation of the Rhineland
What should Britain do about it?
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God blew and they were scattered
Did God really help the English defeat the Spanish Armada?
Gordon Ford’s story
What was it like to be an airman in World War Two?
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Government posters
How did Britain encourage people at home to help win the war?
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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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Great War soldier’s record
What can we find out?
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Gunpowder Plot
Can you uncover the plans of the plotters?
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Helyntion Beca (Cymraeg/Welsh)
Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
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Henry VIII court rules
How did Henry VIII get up in the morning?
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Hitler assassination plan
How did the British plan to kill Hitler?
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Holding History
What is 'The National Archives'?
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How we were taught
What was school like 100 years ago?
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Jacobite propaganda
What was the point of Jacobite propaganda?
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Jutland: Death at sea
Were lives wasted when the Indefatigable sank?
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Kenilworth Castle (part one)
What can you tell from an image?
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Kenilworth Castle (part two)
What do the medieval records reveal?
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Life aboard the Titanic
Who travelled on the fateful maiden voyage?
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Magna Carta teacher’s resources
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Medieval castles
What was their purpose and significance?
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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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Mining explosion
The Trimdon Grange mining accident
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Murder at Kirk o’ Field
What happened in 1567?
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Native North Americans
What was early contact like between Europeans and Natives?
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Past pleasures
How did the Victorians have fun?
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People – GCSE English Language
Using images for descriptive and narrative writing
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Places – GCSE English Language
Using images for descriptive and narrative writing
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Queen Anne
How can we find out about her?
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Rebecca riots
What happened during them?
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Rob Roy
A Victorian railway accident
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Say ‘cheese’: a portrait of Queen Victoria’s family
What can Queen Victoria's family photographs tell us?
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School dinners
Why were school dinners brought in?
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Significant People
Key Stage One Activity Book
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Slavery
How did the Abolition Acts of 1807 and 1833 affect the slave trade?
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Suffrage Tales
What would you do?
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Suffragettes ‘in Trousers’
How did men support votes for women?
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The Great Seal
What can it tell us?
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The Home Front
How did people prepare for the war at home?
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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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Trimdon
What was it like living in a late 19th century mining town?
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Tudor Entertainment
What was the effect of the early playhouses?
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Victorian children in trouble with the law
Did the punishment fit the crime?
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Victorian family history
How can we find out about the life of a Victorian child using family sources?
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Victorian Food and Drink
What do old adverts reveal?
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Victorian Health Reform
How did the Victorians view compulsory vaccination?
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Victorian homes
Was there much difference between rich and poor homes?
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Victorian Railways
Did they create more crime?
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Walter Tull
How can we use sources to find out about him?
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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?
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World Cup 1966
Did England rig the result?
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Zeppelin raids
How did First World War Zeppelin raids affect British civilians?