We've highlighted obvious connections to AS/A2 courses, but this is not intended to be a full list. All of the source material used in the exhibitions is suitable for teacher devised tasks using original documents and can be useful for those courses that have a prescribed document paper. You can also use exhibitions to provide introductory material for a number of AS/A2 modules and course work essays or research for personal studies, although the supporting material is aimed at a younger audience. All courses refer to the 2005 specifications.
KS5 The World Turned Upside Down:Monarchy and Republic in England, 1642-53 (Edexcel AS Unit 1)
KS5 The English Civil War 1637-49 (OCR AS Document Study)
KS5 Oliver Cromwell (OCR A2 Historical Investigation)
KS5 Aspects of British history 1832-1848 (AQA AS Module 3)
KS5 The condition of England 1832-53 (OCR Document study)
KS5 Radicalism and the British state: The Chartist experience 1838-1850 (Edexcel A2 Unit 6)
KS5 Poverty and the British state c1815-50 (Edexcel AS Unit 1)
KS5 Health of the people and social policy 1832-75 (Edexcel AS Unit 2)
The seventeenth century was an extraordinary time for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Find out more about the civil wars and the people who lived through them - in their own words. There are six galleries in this exhibition:
Sensational sources
What kind of king was Charles I?
Why did people go to war in 1642?
Why did people want the king back in 1646?
Why did Britain become a republic?
What kind of ruler was Oliver Cromwell?
In each gallery you will find case studies with sources and questions to help you investigate the material. To help, there is a glossary and background material on key people and events. There are also report writing activities and worksheets and a video reconstruction of civil war people. In order to help students face the challenge of 17th century language and expression, all sources have an audio version, transcripts and simplified transcripts. Key stage 5 students studying this topic will be able to make use of these original documents.
This gallery considers why the government changed the political system in 1832. There are four sources to investigate and an additional role-play activity for small groups.
This gallery is about the Chartists and their demands. There are four sources to investigate. Additional activities include a writing frame for a poster and a sequencing task.
The gallery addresses this question: Were the rich just as likely to catch cholera as the poor? There are a selection of sources and related questions.
KS5 Aspects of British history 1895-1921 (AQA AS Module 3)
KS5 Welfare and the constitution: The Liberal governments (Edexcel AS Unit 2)
KS5 Votes for women c 1880-1918 (Edexcel AS Unit 1)
KS5 England in a new century 1900-18 (OCR Document study)
KS5 Liberals and Labour 1899-1918 (OCR Period study)
KS5 War and society in Britain 1793-1918 (OCR Themes in history)
The aim of this videoconference workshop is for students to develop their understanding of the type of women who became Suffragettes and how the WSPU used militancy to promote their cause.
This exhibition investigates the varied life of the British people 1906 to 1918, following the broad themes of contrast, contradiction and change. There are seven galleries:
Liberal welfare reforms, 1906-11
achievements of the Liberal reforms
early 1900s women's suffrage
gaining women's suffrage
civilians and war, 1914-18
propaganda, 1914-18
review and revision
Each gallery tackles a big question that is broken down into a number of case studies. These use a range of primary sources with related questions and additional exam practice questions. There is background information on the sources and a gallery worksheet. Further help exists in the form of document transcripts. Pupils would be advised to have access to a dictionary.
The 'review and revision' gallery is designed for pupils to test their understanding of the period.
This exhibition investigates the tragedy of the First World War, 1914-1918. It explores the causes of war the experiences of those who fought on its battlefields and how the Great War has been commemorated. There are six galleries:
The Great War: conflict and controversy
Why did Britain go to war in 1914?
The trench experience
Lions led by donkeys?
How has the Great War been remembered?
Why was it so hard to make peace?
In each gallery you will find a key question based on the sources within each case study and there is background material to help you study the sources.
Why did Mussolini invade Abyssinia? Was the Abyssinian campaign a great victory for Italy? Was the League of Nations the real villain in the Abyssinian crisis? There is a worksheet on the reasons for the invasion.
KS5 The Rise of National Socialism in Germany to 1933 (Edexcel AS Unit 1) KS5 Hitler and the Nazi State: Power and Control, 1933- 1945 (Edexcel A2 Unit 6) KS5 Nazi Germany 1933 -1945 (OCR)
This videoconference workshop aims to help students investigate and understand how the Nazis rise to power was influenced by their use of propaganda. Students will also develop their skills at using propaganda speeches as a source of evidence for investigating the past, through the study of original contemporary documents held at the National Archives.
Sources used: typed document
KS5 Chamberlain and Anglo-German relations 1918-1939 (OCR Historical investigations)
This is designed to help pupils handle documents and encourage them to ask the right sort of questions, cite sources to support their own judgements and draw conclusions. The documents relate to the British government's policy of appeasement, 1937-1938, and show how Eden and Chamberlain responded to the threats posed by Germany, Italy and Japan. There are guided questions to interrogate the sources. Students can type their answers onto a screen notepad and receive feedback in the form of on-screen marking.
Why did Stalin want to industrialise the USSR? How did Stalin industrialise the USSR? Was industrialisation a success? There is a worksheet on the industrialisation of the USSR.
KS5: The origins and development of the Cold War, 1945-1962 (Edexcel A2 Unit 6)
KS5 Cold War in Europe 1945-89 (OCR Period study)
KS5 Stalin and the development of the Cold War in Europe 1941-55 (OCR Historical investigations)
KS5 The emergence of super powers and the new world order 1900-1962 (AQA AS Module 1)
KS5 Aspects of European and world history: 1900 to present day (AQA A2 Module 4)
KS5 USA and Vietnam (AQA A2 Module 6)
This exhibition contains six galleries that investigate the causes and effects of the Cold War. Using a wide of range of sources, including film, pupils can explore these galleries:
Did the Cold War really start in 1919-39?
How strong was the wartime alliance, 1941-45?
Who caused the Cold War?
How did the Cold War work?
The nuclear game
How close was it?
Was Vietnam a turning point in the Cold War?
Within each gallery there are case studies using original sources with questions.
Pupils will also find timelines, notes on the sources, document transcripts and a worksheet for each case study to help them organise their work. Pupils have an opportunity to create their own exhibition on how the Cold War worked (gallery 4). There are text links to a glossary and an Archive Section that has extended versions of the sources used in the case studies. The exhibition features the Nuclear Bunker in Essex with a tour using stills.
What happened at Little Rock Central High School? What were the results of the civil rights campaign in Birmingham? What was the March on Washington? How did people view Martin Luther King after his death? There are two activities on the following: the March on Washington and Martin Luther King's contribution to civil rights.
This gallery looks at what factors caused the end of the empire. There are four case studies on the end of the British rule in these regions: the Dominions; Ghana (West Africa); India; Ireland.
This workshop aims to help students to investigate and understand how the Second World War and the fall of Singapore changed attitudes to imperial rule within British colonies, and within Britain itself, through the study of original contemporary documents held at the National Archives.
