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Medieval 1066 - 1485
- Symbols of Power
  Seals from the time of Edward the Confessor to the present
  
  Workshops
- Domesday Book
  What can we learn about England in the 11th century?
  
  Lessons
- Chertsey
  What was Chertsey like in the Middle Ages?
  
  Lessons
- - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
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Early Modern 1485 - 1750
- The Tudors
  Explore the 16th century with The National Archives and V&A
  
  Topics
- Tudor Revels
  Dance a Masque in the Great Hall of Hampton Court Palace
  
  Workshops
- Gunpowder Plot
  Can you uncover the plans of the plotters?
  
  Lessons
- - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Tudor Hackney
    Step into our recreation of 1601 Hackney
    
    Topics
  - To Catch a King
    Give marriage advice to Catherine Parr at Hampton Court
    
    Workshops
  - The Royal Seal
    What can it tell us?
    
    Lessons
  - Kirk o' Field
    What happened in 1567?
    
    Lessons
  - Elizabethan Propaganda
    How did England try to show Spain planned to invade in 1588?
    
    Lessons
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Mapping the City
    See London develop over four centuries
    
    Workshops
  - Fire of London
    What happened?
    
    Lessons
  - Henry VIII Court Rules
    How did Henry VIII get up in the morning?
    
    Lessons
  - Symbols of Power
    Seals from the time of Edward the Confessor to the present
    
    Workshops
  - Henry VIII: Image of a King
    Appearance is everything for a ruler in the 16th century
    
    Workshops
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Empire and industry 1750 - 1850
- 1833 Factory Act
  Did it solve the problems of children in factories?
  
  Lessons
- Poor Victorian Children
  What was life like for poor children in the 1840s?
  
  Workshops
- Children in the Mines
  Help the commissioner gather evidence on life underground
  
  Virtual classroom | Empire and industry 1750 - 1850
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - 1834 Poor Law
    What did people think of the New Poor Law?
    
    Lessons
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Victorians 1850 - 1901
- Prisoner 4099
  What was life like for young offenders in the 19th century?
  
  Topics
- 19th Century People
  What can we tell from this photograph?
  
  Lessons
- Trimdon
  What was it like living in a late 19th century mining town?
  
  Lessons
- - Say "Cheese"
    What can Queen Victoria's family photographs tell us?
    
    Lessons
  - Victorian Homes
    Was there much difference between rich and poor homes?
    
    Lessons
  - Past Pleasures
    How did the Victorians have fun?
    
    Lessons
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Victorian Children in trouble with the law
    Did the punishment fit the crime?
    
    Lessons
  - Victorian Child Criminals Poetry Workshop
    What was life like for these children?
    
    Workshops
  - Mapping the City
    See London develop over four centuries
    
    Workshops
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Victorian Family History
    How can we find out about the life of a Victorian child using family sources?
    
    Lessons
  - Focus on the Census
    What is the census and what can it tell us?
    
    Topics
  - Rob Roy
    A Victorian Railway Accident
    
    Lessons
  - Census Detective
    What can you find out?
    
    Lessons
  - Victorian Nation
    Happy, healthy and wealthy or divided, lawless and poor?
    
    Topics
  - 19th Century Mining Disaster
    What happened at the Trimdon Grange Mining Disaster?
    
    Lessons
  - Florence Nightingale
    Why do we remember her?
    
    Lessons
  - Mining Explosion
    The Trimdon Grange mining accident
    
    Lessons
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Early 20th century 1901 - 1918
- Britain 1906-18
  Contrast, contradiction and change
  
  Topics
- How We Were Taught
  What was school like 100 years ago?
  
  Lessons
- What is History? (KS2)
  How do historians know what to believe?
  
  Workshops
- - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
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Interwar 1918 - 1939
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Topics
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Topics
- Moving Here
  200 years of the history of migration to England
  
  Topics

Second World War 1939 - 1945
- Life During Wartime
  The impact of conflict on everyday life in Churchill's Britain
  
  Workshops
- Government Posters
  How did Britain encourage people at home to help win the war?
  
  Lessons
- The Home Front
  How did people prepare for the war at home?
  
  Lessons
- - Unmasking a Spy: Who was Karel Richter?
    Putting history skills into practice
    
    Workshops
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - British Response to V1 and V2
    How did Britain respond to the threat of missile attack in 1943?
    
    Lessons
  - The Art of War
    Britain's war artists capture the conflict in artwork
    
    Topics
  - Propaganda and the Art of War
    Study original war art and then make your own
    
    Workshops
  - Home Front
    Fighting the war at home
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Evacuation to Canada
    How much care was really taken?
    
    Lessons
  - Moving Here
    200 years of the history of migration to England
    
    Topics
  - Evacuation to Shropshire
    What was it like in the Second World War?
    
    Lessons
  - Gordon Ford's Story
    What was it like to be an Airman in the Second World War?
    
    Lessons
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Postwar 1945 - present
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Topics
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Topics
- Moving Here
  200 years of the history of migration to England
  
  Topics

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