1509-1745
In this section you will find articles to help you unpick the truths from the myths of the Tudor period, examine how Cromwell took the country to war and explore how some the most important political thinkers began to shape the modern world. There is also guidance for teaching some of the information collected here to pupils and different age ranges. In the Europe section for this time period you can explore religion, the Reformation and the Renaissance as well as the scientific breakthroughs of men such as Copernicus and the impact of war and turmoil. Unifying Britain Europe and the wider world during this period was trade and there are a number of articles and podcasts that explore that theme and the events connected to it, such as the horrors and injustices of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. There are also articles on exploration, Japan, Indian and the changes that were occurring to nations and political systems at that time.
Britain & Ireland 1509-1745
- Unpicking the threads of interpretations
- Cunning Plan 177: teaching about life in Elizabethan England by looking at death
- Historical and interdisciplinary enquiry into the sinking of the Mary Rose
- Cunning Plan 175: Using the England's Immigrants database
- Planning increasingly complex causal models at Key Stage 3
- Exploring the importance of local visits in developing wider narratives of change and continuity
Europe 1509-1745
- Podcast Series: The Spanish Golden Age
- Queen Anne
- Podcast Series: The Renaissance
- Podcast Series: The Reformation
- Podcast Series: Origins of the European Financial Markets
- Enlightened Despotism
World 1509-1745
- Historical scholarship, archaeology and evidence in Year 7
- Polychronicon 173: From American Indians to Native Americans
- Couching counterfactuals in knowledge when explaining the Salem witch trials with Year 13
- The Aztecs & Spanish Conquest for GCSE
- Bristol and the Slave Trade
- Podcast Series: The British Empire 1600-1800