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
- Cunning Plan 183: Teaching a broader Britain, 1625–1714
- Putting black into the Union Jack: weaving Black history into the Year 7 to 9 curriculum
- Move Me On 183: sees no reason to include Black or Asian British history
- What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the impact of the British Empire on Britain?
- Inventing race? Using primary sources to investigate the origins of racial thinking in the past
- Unpicking the threads of interpretations
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
- Using metaphor to highlight causal processes with Year 13
- Film: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
- Inventing race? Using primary sources to investigate the origins of racial thinking in the past
- What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the impact of the British Empire on Britain?
- Broadening and deepening narratives of Benin for Year 8
- In pursuit of shared histories: uncovering Islamic history in the secondary classroom