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Africa Wider World Unit lessons package
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Pearson Edexcel Migrants, c800-present
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Why was the American West so fiercely contested in the years 1835-1895? An overview
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Is History Review right about the ‘lurching’ US government policy towards Plains Indians?
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How much can we learn from George Catlin about the Plains Indian way of life?
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Were migrants pushed from the East, or pulled from the West?
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Why did the Donner Party’s westward migration prove to be such a disaster?
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Silk Roads Lessons and Assessment Package
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What do the experiences of Abigail Scott Duniway reveal about life on the Great Plains?
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How effectively did settlers find solutions to the problems of life on the plains?
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Was the ‘Wild West’ really the ‘Mild West?
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Was the growth of the railroads the main reason for the development of the cattle industry?
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What was it like to be a cowboy in the mid-19th century?
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Why was Peter French murdered on his ranch – and how did his murderer evade justice?
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How damaging was the westward expansion of 1851-76 for the Plains Indian way of life?
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Germany 1918-39 for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
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Conflict and Tension 1945-72 – Scheme of Work
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Germany 1890-1945 – Scheme of Work
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Did the Romans have the best toilets in history?
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Tidying up an eight-year-old’s set of Horrible Histories
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What can different stories we tell about Britain 500-today? An overview
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GCSE History: Guide to planning and teaching Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
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How to get the best out of the Edexcel Crime and Punishment 9-1 GCSE unit
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Crime and Punishment for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
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Whitechapel c1870-c1900 for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
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Crime and Punishment 1000AD to today: An overview
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What factors are important in the history of crime and punishment?
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Was Saxon crime prevention primitive or sophisticated?
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How do you think Saxon Cedric will be punished?
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Norman Conquest – 6 lesson knowledge rich enquiry SOW free download.
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Who should be the next King?
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Was England ripe for invasion in 1066?
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What problems did Harold face in the summer of 1066?
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What happened at the Battle of Hastings? A role play
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Has the Battle of Hastings artist done his homework?
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For people living at the time, was the Norman Conquest a change for the better?
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Norman Conquest knowledge organiser – free download
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Did the historian Marc Morris get it right about the significance of the Norman Conquest?
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Norman Conquest tarsia
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Is Simon Schama correct about the Battle of Hastings?
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Was the medieval period really an ‘Age of Faith’? An overview
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How much can Doom paintings reveal about Medieval attitudes to the afterlife?
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Why on earth would anyone go on a medieval pilgrimage?
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Medieval Beliefs Knowledge Organiser
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Why do historians disagree about the Crusades? 1
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Medieval Murder: Changing crime prevention in the late Middle Ages
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Who was the best Medieval Monarch? An overview
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Who was the most successful Plantagenet monarch? Part 1: Henry II
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Why was Edward III such a successful medieval monarch?
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Medieval Power Knowledge Organiser
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Barons, knights and empresses: Why was the monarchs’ authority challenged in the medieval period?
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Medieval Power Substantive Knowledge Test
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Revealing who was the real Richard the Lionheart
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Was King John really nasty, selfish and terrible?
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How should we commemorate Licoricia of Winchester?
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Norman Conquest Saver Package
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Dirty, boring and treacherous: Was medieval village life really that bad? An overview
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What were peasants’ lives really like?
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Why were the remains of ten people buried in a pit away from the main churchyard in Wharram Percy?
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What was the farming year like for ordinary people?
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Medieval Ordinary Life Knowledge Organiser
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The mystery of the Charterhouse Square skeletons
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Why should we bother learning about the Black Death?
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Peasants Revolt decision maker: what would you have done?
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What were the consequences of the Peasants Revolt?
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Medieval Ordinary Lives Substantive Knowledge Test
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Is Wat Tyler significant enough to have a park named after him?
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Why were Monarchs so worried about new crimes 1500 – 1700?
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Was ‘the appearance and state of the world’ changed during the early modern period? (Overview)
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Inside the mind of Henry VIII Decision-maker
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Should the National Portrait Gallery sell Henry VIII cushions?
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Religion and Beliefs in the Early Modern Period
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Why did the ideas of Martin Luther go viral?
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How should we tell the story of Richard Whiting’s execution?
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Why was Richard Whiting executed?
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Why was St Winifred’s Church vandalised in the 1500s?
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Early Modern Beliefs Knowledge Organiser
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How far were ordinary people really impacted by the Reformation?
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Early Modern Beliefs Substantive Knowledge Test
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Cultural Encounters in the Early Modern Period
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Why was privateering so common in the Early Modern Period?
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Should Walter Raleigh be honoured with a national day of remembrance?
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Was the Plymouth Colony of 1620 a success?
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Early Modern Cultural Encounters Knowledge Organiser
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Can the vandalism of ‘Conquistador’ Hernàn Cortés’ memorial be justified?
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What is the lasting legacy of the Spanish Empire?
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Early Modern Cultural Encounters Substantive Knowledge Test
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How to get the best out of the Edexcel British Depth Study: Early Elizabethan England
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ELIZABETHANS 1558-88 – Scheme of Work
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Early Elizabethan England for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
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Elizabethan England 1568-1603 for AQA 9-1 GCSE
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How was Elizabeth’s character and reign shaped by events in her early life?
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What problems did Elizabeth face at the beginning of her reign?
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How did Elizabeth maintain her authority?
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How serious a challenge did Elizabeth face from the Puritans?
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What kind of Church did Elizabeth choose in 1559?
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How big a threat was Mary Queen of Scots to Elizabeth in 1568?
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What made the Northern Earls Revolt in 1569?
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What threat did Catholic plots pose to Elizabeth?
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Can you update Ladybird’s explanation for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots?
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How much does a 16th Century Dutch painting reveal about why England and Spain went to war?
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How accurately does the film ‘Drake of England’, deal with the Spanish Armada and its failure?
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Why was there an increase in poverty and vagabondage in Elizabethan England?
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Was Elizabethan society really under threat from a ‘rascally rabbalage’ of vagabonds?
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Was the Elizabethan period a ‘golden age’ of culture for Elizabethans?
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Why did so many Elizabethan sailors risk long and dangerous voyages overseas?
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Why did the Virginia colonies fail?
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Who should survive a ‘rehang’ in the NPG – Raleigh or Drake?
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Who was to blame for the Essex rebellion?
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Mystery enquiry: Why were ‘they’ punished so harshly?
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Was England really hit by a witch craze in the 17th century?
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Early Modern Power SOW overview
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What were the causes of the English Civil War?
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Was the English Civil War significant?
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Early Modern Power Knowledge Organiser
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‘A major shift in English politcal thought’: Is Howard Nenner right about the 18th century monarchy?
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Was Blackadder right about 18th century elections?
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Substantive knowledge test on Power in the Early Modern Period
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Early Modern Ordinary Lives Overview
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What can a print from 1640 tell us about life in the early modern period?
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Could you improve a museum exhibition on the Elizabethan poor?
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Early Ordinary Lives Knowledge Organiser
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‘The most flourishing and opulent country in the world’: How much had England’s economy really improved?
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Why was Temperance Lloyd executed in 1682?
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Early Modern Ordinary Lives Substantive Knowledge Test
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Was smuggling viewed as a serious crime in the 18th Century?
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Why was John Weeks executed?
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Germany 1890-1945 for AQA 9-1 GCSE
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Migration 1: The context of English Society before the Viking invasion
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Migration 2: Why did the Viking ‘sea-wolves’ invade England?
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Migration 3: Peaceful or pillaging: What was the impact of the Vikings in England?
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Migration 4: How did the Vikings change the city of York?
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Migration 5: Why did the Normans migrate to England in the years after 1066?
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Migration 6: What was the most significant aspect of the Norman invasion?
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Migration 7: How welcome were ‘denizens’ and ‘aliens’ in the later medieval period?
Women's history, Migrants in Britain, Medieval, Edexcel, GCSE 2016
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Migration 8: How should we commemorate Licoricia of Winchester? GCSE version
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Migration 9: Why were European Jews persecuted during the 1300s?
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Migration 10: How typical is the migration story of ‘John Blanke the Blacke Trumpet’?
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Migration 11: Why did the Flemish migrate to England in the early modern period?
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Migration 12: How welcome were the Flemish migrants in Sandwich?
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Migration 13: How much can we learn from Hall’s Chronicle about ‘Evil May Day’?
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Migration 14: Why did so many Huguenots migrate to England during the early modern period?
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Migration 15: What was the impact of Huguenot migration in the 17th century?
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Migration 16: What was the nature of Roma Gypsy migration in the early modern period?
Migrants in Britain, Early Modern, Edexcel, GCSE 2016, Introductory Lessons
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Migration 17: How did the slave trade impact on migration to England in the early modern period?
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Migration 18: How did the growth of the British Empire impact on patterns of migration?
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Migration 19: Why was the life and work of Olaudah Equiano so significant?
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Migration 20: Is Wilson Williams right about the significance of the slave trade for Liverpool?
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Migration 21: What does the Slave Compensation Commission tell us about the impact of slavery in Britain?
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Migration 22: ‘A captive girl’… How typical were the experiences of Sarah Forbes Bonetta?
Women's history, Migrants in Britain, Industrial, Edexcel, GCSE 2016
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Migration 23: Were lascar sailors really ‘the most exploited vagabonds of the sea’?
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Migration 24: Why was there so much internal migration in the 18th and 19th centuries?
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Migration 25: What impact did migrants have on British life and society?
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Migration 26: Drunken women and slip-shod vowels: How were Irish migrants received in Liverpool?
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Migration 27: How were Jewish migrants like Aaron Lieberman treated in London’s East End?
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Migration 28: How can we map the Jewish presence in London’s East End?
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Migration 29: How typical was Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech of attitudes towards migration in the 20th and 21st centuries?
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Migration 30: Why has the biggest influx of refugees in British history been forgotten?
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Migration 31: How were Caribbean soldiers treated during and after the First World War?
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Migration 32: Why was Charles Wotten murdered in 1919?
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Migration 33: How much can we learn from Paul Kuttner’s diaries about the Kindertransport of 1938-40?
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Migration 34: What were the experiences of Polish migrants to Britain in the post-1945 period?
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Migration 35: Why did the Windrush-era migrants make Britain their home?
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Migration 36: What would you put in a time capsule to commemorate the Windrush generation?
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Migration 37: What was the story of migrants’ experiences in Bristol in the 20th century?
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Migration 38: Were Leicester’s Ugandan Asians really ‘Britain’s most successful immigrant community’?
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Migration 39: What impact has European Union migration had on Britain?
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Migration 40: ‘Britain has provided a welcoming home for migrants throughout history’. How far do you agree?
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Silk Roads 1: Was Persia in fact, ‘ the Greatest of all ancient Empires?’
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Silk Roads 2: How did The Silk Road Empires grow?
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Silk Roads 3: Does the Silk Road deserve its name?
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Silk Roads 4: How did emperors and violence spread the peace of Christianity?
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Silk Roads 5: What can an interview with Peter Frankopan tell us about the importance of learning about the Silk Roads?
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Guide to the HRC Diverse Key Stage 3 Curriculum
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The Silk Roads Knowledge Organiser
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Silk Roads Substantive Knowledge Test
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The connection between tea, coffee, clothes and an antique plate
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1. Introduction task: What was the big story of the Medieval Period?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Free Resources
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2. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Knowledge Organiser
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Year 7 Diverse Overview Lessons package
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3. Was Leonardo Bruni right about the ‘ignorant and barbaric’ Middle Ages?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Introductory Lessons
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4. Was there a clash of civilisations in medieval Europe?
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5. How much movement was there in medieval Europe?
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6. What did medieval Europeans know of the wider world?
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7. How powerful was the Hansa League?
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8. The Black Death or the Little Ice Age: Which had the biggest impact?
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9. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Tarsia
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10. Year 7 Diverse Overview Knowledge Test
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11. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Written Assessment
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Free Resources
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1. Introduction Task: What impact did migrant groups have on the development of early Britain?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain, Free Resources
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2. Migrants to Early Britain Knowledge Organiser
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Year 7 Migration to Early Britain Lessons package
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3. What can archaeological remains tell us about Celtic life in Britain?
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4. How did Boudicca resist the Roman invaders?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain
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5. What can we learn from Ivory Bangle Lady about Roman migration to Britain?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain
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6. Which migrant group had the biggest impact on early Scotland?
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7. Was Bede right about the Anglo-Saxon invaders?
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8. Did the Anglo-Saxons really lay the ‘foundations of England’?
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9. How did King Cnut consolidate control in England?
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10. Does Emma of Normandy deserve more credit for the impact she had?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain
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11. What does the Gosforth Cross tell us about the impact of the Vikings?
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12. Migrants in Early Britain Tarsia
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11. Year 7 Migrants to Early Britain Test
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14. What impact did migrant groups have on the development of early Britain?
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1. Introduction Task: Was China under the Tang Dynasty really ‘the greatest civilisation on earth’?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Free Resources
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2. Tang Dynasty Knowledge Organiser
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3. What was the story of the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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4. What can paintings from the Mogao caves tell us about life under the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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5. Why was Xuanzang’s journey to India so important?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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6. What impact did trade along the Silk Roads have on the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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7. What can the city of Chang’an tell us about life under Tang rule?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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8. Does Empress Wu deserve her reputation as a ruthless murderer?
Wider World Histories, Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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9. How useful is Du Fu’s poem for telling us about the catastrophes of the 750s?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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10. Were the Tang emperors to blame for the collapse of the dynasty in 907?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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11. Tang Dynasty Tarsia
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12. Tang Dynasty Knowledge Test
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13. Was The Tang Dynasty really the ‘greatest civilisation in earth’? Final Assessment
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty
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1. Introduction: How does the climate help to explain the changing fortunes of the Vikings?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 4. Year 7: The Vikings and the Climate
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2. The Vikings and the Climate – Knowledge Organiser
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Year 7 Vikings and Climate lesson package
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3. Overview: How far can patterns of Viking migration be put down to the climate?
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4. What does the Rök runestone tell us about the Little Ice Age?
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5. What impact did the climate have on Viking culture?
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6. How did climate and the environment help Viking trade develop?
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7. How can different types of researchers work together to find out more about the Vikings?
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8. Can we solve the mystery of the lost Viking settlement on Greenland?
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9. Vikings and Climate change Tarsia
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 4. Year 7: The Vikings and the Climate
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10. Vikings and Climate Knowledge Test
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11. Vikings and Climate final assessment
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1. Introduction Task: ‘Arrogant, warlike and very pleased with themselves’: What were the Normans really like?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 4. Year 7: Norman Conquest
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2. Norman Conquest for diverse curriculum – Knowledge Organiser
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3. What do contemporary sources tell us about Edward the Confessor’s reign?
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4. How predictable was the rise of William of Normandy?
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5. Why do sources from the time disagree about the Battle of Hastings?
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6. How did William conquer the rest of England?
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7. What were the consequences of the Harrying of the North?
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How do we learn more about Africa and African history?
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8. How significant was Gytha Thorkelsdottir?
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9. Should we think of William as the first ‘chivalrous’ king of England?
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10. What impact did the Normans have on ordinary people’s lives?
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11. What can the Assembly at Salisbury tell us about William’s rule?
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12. Is it true that ‘much remained the same’ after the Norman Conquest?
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13. Norman Conquest Tarsia
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 4. Year 7: Norman Conquest
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14. Norman Conquest Knowledge Test
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15. Norman Conquest Final Assessment
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1. What was it like to be an ‘alien’ or an outsider in medieval England?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
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2. Medieval Outsiders Knowledge Organiser
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3. How did the experiences of Jewish people change during the medieval period?
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4. What was it like to be disabled in the medieval period?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England, Introductory Lessons
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5. Was Emma De Bestow treated fairly at her 1383 court case?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
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6. Why was Julian of Norwich so significant?
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7. How should we remember the Folville gang?
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8. How welcome were migrants in medieval England?
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9. Why was an 80-year-old woman executed in 1494?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
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10. Outsiders in Medieval England Tarsia
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11. Outsiders Knowledge Test
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12. Outsiders final assessment
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1. Introduction task: Was there really a ‘golden age’ in Medieval Africa?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 7. Year 7: Medieval Africa
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2. Medieval Africa Knowledge Organiser
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3. What can we learn from the archaeological finds at Mapungubwe?
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4. Salt, gold and shells: How did trade help Africa become better connected?
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5. What can we learn from the Sundiata Epic about medieval Mali?
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6. Why did Mansa Musa go on such a long journey in 1324?
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7. Why was the work of the ‘bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu’ so important?
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8. What was the most important reason for the decline of Mali?
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9. How far did contact with the Portuguese benefit West Africa?
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10. Medieval Africa Revision Tarsia
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11. Medieval Africa Substantive Knowledge Test
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12. Medieval Africa Final Assessment
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Is it true that Benin enjoyed a ‘golden age’ during the 15th and 16th centuries?
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Did the Obas of Benin really rule through superstition and fear?
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Why did the Obas of Benin participate in the slave trade?
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How much can we learn from Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua’s slave narrative?
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Why did Britain and China go to war in 1840?
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Is John D Clare right about the Indian Mutiny?
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Did John D Clere get it right about the Indian Mutiny?
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Could you bring Sir Harry Rawson to justice for the Benin Massacre?
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Should the British Museum return the Benin Bronzes?
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Was Letitia Bunting right to walk out of Zulu?
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How well connected was Early Modern Africa? Challenging Hugh Trevor Roper.
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How accurate is Professor Olupona’s interpretaton about the influence of Islam in Africa?
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How and why was Africa ‘invented’ in the 19th century?
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French Revolution – 10 enquiry package
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What and when was the French Revolution?
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What does Mary Jones’ story reveal about Early Modern crime prevention?
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Who were the winners and losers in France in the 1770s?
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Why couldn’t France get out of debt in the 1780s?
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How far did Louis XVI live up to his portrait?
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Causes of The French Revolution: Pulling it all together
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When was it inevitable that Louis XVI would be executed?
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Does Robespierre deserve the title ‘The Butcher of the Revolution’?
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Why bother learning about the French Revolution?
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Which ‘new’ crimes worried the authorities in the Industrial Period?
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How much did life in Britain change during the years 1750-1900?
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How much can the Olympic opening ceremony tell us about the Industrial Revolution?
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Religion and Beliefs in the Industrial Period
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Is Trevor Ling right about nineteenth-century religion? An overview
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Industrial Beliefs Knowledge Organiser
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‘Disbelief crept over me’: Did Darwin cause everyone to lose faith after 1859?
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Industrial Beliefs Substantive Knowledge Test
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To what extent was political change caused by riots and rebels in the 19th century?
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Why was Bill Sykes transported?
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Was transportation to Australia a success?
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Which reformer most deserves to go on the back of a £5 note?
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Industrial Power SOW download
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British Empire 1700-1900 – Six lesson saver package
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What can we learn from Sarah Baartman about attitudes towards empire in the 19th century?
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Blood on Prime Minister William Gladstone’s Statue
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Why was the Bloody Code abolished in the 1820s – 1830s?
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What can tea show about Britain from 1700?
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The role of Tea in Britain from 1700 – 6 Lesson Package
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Did anyone really bother to enforce the law properly 1700-1900?
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How should we remember the Peterloo Massacre?
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Swing Riots Decision Maker
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Design a tea cosy dedicated to our national drink
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Why did Sussex gamekeeper Henry Ayling report so much debt in 1830?
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How typical was Elizabeth Lavender’s execution in 1799?
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Ordinary Lives in the Industrial Period SOW overview
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Was Harriet Taylor Mill the most significant feminist campaigner of the 19th century?
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Substantive Knowledge Test for the Industrial Period
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Is the BBC History magazine right about the ‘Happy Victorians’? An Overview.
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Should Richard Arkwright be in the National Portrait Gallery?
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What was it like to be a worker during the Industrial Revolution?
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Industrial Ordinary Lives Knowledge Organiser
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Who benefitted most from the Industrial Revolution?
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Could you prosecute the captain of the Slave Ship Zong?
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Where to site a museum to the Industrial Revolution
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How successful in improving conditions was the 1842 Mines Act?
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Should Peter Sanderson move to Manchester in the 1850s?
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Was Britain to blame for the Irish Potato Famine?
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Commander of H Division: Dream job or nightmare?
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1880-2004: How good was the view from the Reichstag?
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What is the story of Germany between 1890–1945?
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Was there anything new about 20th century crimes?
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How much did the police-force change after 1900?
Edexcel, Crime and Punishment, GCSE 2016, Introductory Lessons
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Did the 20th century see the biggest change in the punishment of offenders?
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Was Emily Davison a Martyr for the Suffragette cause?
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Preparing a news bulletin about the start of World War One
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Why did Clara Haber kill herself in May 1915?
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Why was Margaretha MacLeod executed in 1917?
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Why was World War One described as ‘Great’?
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Sarah Barnes’ World War One Memorial Campaign
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Should your history department spend money on Lenin artefacts?
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Hollywood scandals: Can you predict the contents of the Hays Code?
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Does Al Capone embody the American Dream?
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The Cinderella Man: a metaphor for 1920s America?
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What was life like in Britain during the 1930s?
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Why did James Maley go to Spain?
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Germany 1918-1945 – 27 enquiry lesson package
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Was the Munich Putsch of 1923 a Success or Failure?
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Why did people join the Nazi Party?
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How would you design a Weimar election poster from 1924?
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Was Stresemann really the saviour of Weimar?
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Why didn’t many people vote Nazi 1924-29?
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Why did Hitler become Chancellor mystery
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Was the Holocaust during World War Two inevitable?
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A Radio Discussion about the history of Black Britain
