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Sir Francis Drake and the Circumnavigation of the World

  25 March 2010

francis_drakeDurham UniversityUsing original source material this investigation asks you to decide whether Drake’s journey was one of plunder or discovery?

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  Label Also labeled: History, ICT, KS2, Students, Teachers


The Settlement of Roanoke

  25 March 2010

roanokeDurham UniversityBased on primary sources this resource asks what went wrong for the earliest settlers in America.

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  Label Also labeled: KS2, History, ICT


Rich & Poor in Tudor Times

  25 March 2010

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Find out more about the lives of the Tudors using a range of inventories from the period.

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  Label Also labeled: KS2, History


What was Durham like in the past?

  25 March 2010

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This local history study focuses on the Market Place in Durham to show how and why it has changed.

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  Label Also labeled: KS2, KS3, History


Victorian Durham

  25 March 2010

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Find out more about life in Victorian Durham in this online resource which also includes links to a trail around the city centre.

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS2


What is History?

  25 March 2010

What is History?Durham University

Designed to act as introduction to the study of history at secondary school, this resource includes sections on timelines, different types of source material, anachronisms and bias.

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  Label Also labeled: KS3, History


How did so many Africans become slaves?

  25 March 2010

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Using printed and manuscript material dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, this resource looks at the ways by which Africans were enslaved and the reasons for that enslavement.

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  Label Also labeled: KS2, KS3, History, PSHE & Citizenship


Does the Middle Passage deserve its awful reputation?

  25 March 2010

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The Middle Passage has been described as ‘agonising and insufferable’. This resource uses a range of sources to establish how the veracity of this statement.

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS2, KS3, PSHE & Citizenship


What was slave life like?

  25 March 2010

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This resource considers the life of slaves and asks whether Booker T Washington's description of life as "miserable, desolate and discouraging" is accurate.

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS2, KS3, PSHE & Citizenship


The Struggle to End Slavery

  25 March 2010

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Find out what people who supported slavery thought and what motivated the anti-slavery campaigners to agitate for an end to slavery in the 19th century.

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS2, KS3, PSHE & Citizenship


Remembering Slavery

  25 March 2010

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An online exhibition of sources looking at different aspects of the transatlantic slave trade.

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS2, KS3, KS4, PSHE & Citizenship


Populisation and urbanisation: the impact of the industrial revolution

  25 March 2010

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This investigation focuses on the development of a small town in Co. Durham to demonstrate the impact of industrialisation in the 19th century

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS3, KS4


Crime in Durham: 1750 - 1900

  25 March 2010

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Using examples from Durham, this resource looks at the nature of crime, the purpose of punishment and the work of prison reformers.

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS3, KS4, PSHE & Citizenship


Interactive Whiteboard resources for the study of slavery

  25 March 2010

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A downloadable series of resources considering different aspects of the transatlantic slave trade that have been designed for use on SmartBoards.

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS3, KS4, PSHE & Citizenship


What was it really like to fight in the First World War?

  25 March 2010

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Since the 1960s the emphasis has been on the awful conditions, the terrible casualty rates and on the stupidity and cowardice of the 'butchering and bungling' generals. But what was it really like for the men on the Western Front?

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  Label Also labeled: History, KS3, KS4


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