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Harold Godwinson

What problems did Harold face in the summer of 1066?

Norman Conquest, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons

Battle of Hastings reconstruction

Has the Battle of Hastings artist done his homework?

Norman Conquest, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons

Pilgrimage 1

Why on earth would anyone go on a medieval pilgrimage?

Medieval Beliefs, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons

How should we commemorate Licoricia of Winchester?

Women's history, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons

Rat

Why should we bother learning about the Black Death?

Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons

Henry VIII

Inside the mind of Henry VIII Decision-maker

Early Modern Overview, Key Stage 3: Early Modern, Introductory Lessons

Henry VIII

Should the National Portrait Gallery sell Henry VIII cushions?

Early Modern Overview, Key Stage 3: Early Modern, Introductory Lessons

Why was Richard Whiting executed?

Early Modern Beliefs, Key Stage 3: Early Modern, Introductory Lessons

Mary Queen of Scots

Can you update Ladybird’s explanation for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots?

Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016, Introductory Lessons

Elizabeth dancing

Was the Elizabethan period a ‘golden age’ of culture for Elizabethans?

Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, Introductory Lessons

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

3. Was Leonardo Bruni right about the ‘ignorant and barbaric’ Middle Ages?

Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Introductory Lessons

4. What was it like to be disabled in the medieval period?

Year 7 Diverse KS3, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England, Introductory Lessons

6. Why do both Russia and Ukraine want to claim Anne of Kiev as their own?

Wider World Histories, Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus, Introductory Lessons

Zulu

Was Letitia Bunting right to walk out of Zulu?

Industrial Empire, Key Stage 3: Industrial, Introductory Lessons

Hugh Trevor Roper

How well connected was Early Modern Africa? Challenging Hugh Trevor Roper.

Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Introductory Lessons

The Fighting Temeraire

How much did life in Britain change during the years 1750-1900?

Key Stage 3: Industrial overview, Key Stage 3: Industrial, Introductory Lessons

How much can the Olympic opening ceremony tell us about the Industrial Revolution?

Key Stage 3: Industrial overview, Key Stage 3: Industrial, Introductory Lessons

Bill Sykes

Why was Bill Sykes transported?

Introductory Lessons

What can we learn from Sarah Baartman about attitudes towards empire in the 19th century?

Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Industrial overview, Industrial Empire, Women's history, Introductory Lessons

Gladstone statue

Blood on Prime Minister William Gladstone’s Statue

Introductory Lessons

DNA Alec Jefferies

How much did the police-force change after 1900?

Edexcel, Crime and Punishment, GCSE 2016, Introductory Lessons

Sarah Barnes' locket

Sarah Barnes’ World War One Memorial Campaign

Key Stage 3: 20th Century, Introductory Lessons

Lenin

Should your history department spend money on Lenin artefacts?

Key Stage 3: 20th Century, Introductory Lessons

How should we remember Winston Churchill?

Key Stage 3: 20th Century, Introductory Lessons

Stresemann

Was Stresemann really the saviour of Weimar?

Edexcel, Germany 1890-1945, AQA, GCSE 2016, Germany 1918-39, Introductory Lessons

Nazi film

Triumph of the Will: Can you beat the Online Expert?

Edexcel, Germany 1890-1945, AQA, GCSE 2016, Germany 1918-39, Introductory Lessons

The Blob

What do 1950s sci-fi movies reveal about American fears and attitudes to the Cold War?

Edexcel, AQA, Conflict 1945-72, Cold War 1941-91, GCSE 2016, Key Stage 3: 20th Century, Introductory Lessons

JFK

Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis Decision Making

Edexcel, AQA, Conflict 1945-72, Cold War 1941-91, GCSE 2016, Key Stage 3: 20th Century, Introductory Lessons

Jamaica stamp

Black Britain: Was Lord Kitchener Right? Was London the ‘Place to be’?

Key Stage 3: 20th Century, Introductory Lessons