Units: History
51 units
1. How "dark" were the Dark Ages?
Social history
6 lessons
2. Why has Alfred been called "Alfred the Great"?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
3. How powerful was the Pope?
The connected world
4 lessons
4. How did a Norman become King of England?
War and peace
4 lessons
5. How much did England change during the Norman Conquest?
Power and rebellion
6 lessons
4 lessons
7. How was Baghdad connected to the wider world?
The connected world
4 lessons
8. Why did Europeans join the Crusades?
War and peace
6 lessons
9. Who lived in Crusader states?
The connected world
4 lessons
10. What can the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine tell us about who held power in the Middle Ages?
The connected world
4 lessons
11. Why did Kings struggle to rule England?
Power and rebellion
6 lessons
12. How did the Mongols create a world Empire?
The connected world
4 lessons
4 lessons
14. How big a threat was the Peasants' Revolt to the power of monarchs
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
6 lessons
16. What does the life of Mansa Musa reveal about medieval Mali?
The connected world
4 lessons
17. Who held power in medieval towns?
Social history
4 lessons
4 lessons
19. Why have historians described 1492 as a turning point in world history?
The connected world
4 lessons
20. What was Luther trying to achieve?
Powerful ideas
4 lessons
21. Why did Henry VIII make the break with Rome?
Power and rebellion
6 lessons
6 lessons
23. Why was the world opening up to Elizabeth I and her people?
The connected world
6 lessons
24. Why did the Civil War break out in 1642?
Power and rebellion
6 lessons
6 lessons
26. How revolutionary was the Glorious Revolution?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
27. Who lived in 'British' America?
The connected world
4 lessons
28. Did the Enlightenment fuel the American Revolution?
Powerful ideas
6 lessons
29. How Enlightened was the French Revolution?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
30. What did the French Revolution mean to Britons?
Powerful ideas
4 lessons
4 lessons
4 lessons
33. Why are different stories told about Britain's journey to democracy?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
34. Why does it matter what we call the 1857 conflict in India?
The connected world
4 lessons
35. What did British colonialism look like in the nineteenth century?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
4 lessons
4 lessons
6 lessons
39. What do the stories of the 'often forgotten armies' reveal about the Western Front?
The connected world
6 lessons
40. Why did WWI end in November 1918?
War and peace
4 lessons
41. What kind of peace was made in 1919?
War and peace
4 lessons
42. What were the Bolsheviks trying to achieve?
Powerful ideas
4 lessons
43. Why did fascists gain support?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
44. How were people controlled in totalitarian states?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
45. Why did the League of Nations fail?
War and peace
4 lessons
6 lessons
47. What was the holocaust?
War and peace
2 lessons
4 lessons
49. How did India achieve independence in 1947?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons
50. What kind of stories can be told about the sixties?
Social history
6 lessons
51. Who 'decolonised' in the twentieth century?
Power and rebellion
4 lessons