Supporting worksheet for Chapter 42 of Ben Wilson’s ‘Empire of The Deep’ to support the Edexcel A Level: gaining and losing an empire 1763-1914. Wilson’s book provides an overview of the changing role of the Royal Navy support the breadth element of the course The sheets are designed to be printed on A3 but can be amended and saved as PDF’s for A4 printing if desired

Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today’s global trading systems. Four hundred years ago British merchants landed on the coast of India and founded a trading post to export goods to London. Over the next 200 years, their tiny business grew into a commercial titan. Using the letters and diaries of the men and women who were there, this documentary tells the story of the East India Company, which revolutionised the British lifestyle, sparked a new age of speculation and profit and by accident created one of the most powerful empires in history. Yet inexorable rise ended in ignominy. Dogged by allegations of greed, corruption and corporate excess, by the 1770s the company’s reputation was in tatters. Blamed for turning its back as millions died in the Bengal famine, and thrown into crisis by a credit crunch in Britain, the world’s most powerful company had run out of cash, sparking a government intervention. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be fully edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing

Supporting worksheet for Chapter 44 of Ben Wilson’s ‘Empire of The Deep’ to support the Edexcel A Level: gaining and losing an empire 1763-1914. Wilson’s book provides an overview of the changing role of the Royal Navy support the breadth element of the course The sheets are designed to be printed on A3 but can be amended and saved as PDF’s for A4 printing if desired

Two introductory slides to explain the chronological course of British rule in Canada.

Two introductory slides to explain the chronological course of British rule in Australia.

Two introductory slides to explain the chronological course of British rule in The Nile Vally.

Gaining and Losing an Empire - Why Here? Why Now? Introductory slides for the Breadth Study on The Royal Navy. Three introductory slides to explain the chronological course of the changing role, rsponsibilities and challenges facing The Royal Navy

An overview slide of the individuals related to this unit of study. The resource consists of a single PowerPoint slide

An overview slide of the individuals related to this unit of study. The resource consists of a single PowerPoint slide

Empire of the Seas - Worksheets to support the BBC Dan Snow Documentary Ep.2,3 & 4. Written to support the Edexcel A level: Gaining and Losing an Empire -1763-1914 Ep.1 is free to download Ep2. - The Golden Ocean: In The Golden Ocean, Snow charts the period from 1690 to 1759 and reveals how England - soon to be Britain - and her Navy rose from the depths of military and economic disaster to achieve global supremacy. Ep.3 - High Tide: In the third programme in this epic four-part series on how the Navy has shaped modern Britain, Dan Snow sheds light on the evolution of Nelson’s Navy in the late 18th century. It was the most powerful maritime fighting force in the world, with highly trained crews and ambitious officers. He explores the national enterprise which supported it, and explains how the empire it helped create put Britain on the path to war with France. Ep4. - Sea Change: In the last of this four-part series, historian Dan Snow explores the ups and downs of a climactic century in naval and British history. Rapacious and ruthless, the 19th-century Navy used ‘gunboat diplomacy’ to push British interests further afield than ever before. It was control of the sea rather than her land empire that was the key to Britain’s growing wealth.

An overview slide of the individuals related to this unit of study. The resource consists of a single PowerPoint slide

An overview slide of the individuals related to this unit of study. The resource consists of a single PowerPoint slide

An overview slide of the individuals related to this unit of study. The resource consists of a single PowerPoint slide

‘The Line’ Seven Wonders of the Industrial World Written as an enrichment/flipped/independent learning activity the worksheet contains a variety of data collection activities for the video. The episode follows the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad, the first transcontinental rail system, which would unite the eastern and western seaboards of the United States. Started in Sacramento by a consortium of local shopkeepers with no experience in building a railroad, the episode follows their efforts to build from west to east through the forbidding Sierra Nevada mountains with the help of Chinese labourers whilst simultaneously following the efforts of the workers of the Union Pacific to build from east to west, and their problems in dealing with the lawless nature of the Wild West, attacks by hostile Indians, and financial corruption and scandal. This is a two page document Included is a 30 Multiple Choice Question Sheet Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing

The Nazis: A Warning from History - Chaos and Consent- GCSE History 9-1 Support Worksheet for BBC TV Documentary Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing Also includes an additional 30 MCQ word document and answers

Worksheet to support the Olusoga BBC Documentary extract from BBC Teach The story of the Palatines who migrated to Britain in the 1700s Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - The story of the Palatines who migrated to Britain in the 1700s BBC Teach > Secondary Resources > KS3 / GCSE History > Migration Historian David Olusoga tells the story of the Palatines, one of a number of groups of European migrants who came to Britain in the 18th century to escape poverty, religious persecution and seek a better life. In 1709, in an area in Blackheath in south London, 13,000 German migrants called the Palatines formed what became regarded as Britain’s first refugee camp. They spoke different languages and belonged to different churches and became a curiosity for thousands of Londoners of the period. Most hoped to travel on to Carolina in the New World, after promises of work and prosperity, but in the end only a few made the trip to North America, and many returned to Germany. Olusoga meets Dr. Brodie Waddell from Birkbeck at the University of London, who is an expert on this period. This short film is from the BBC series, Migration. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing Including a 15 question, multiple choice quiz for HW/Testing

BBC Teach - The story of British indentured workers emigrating to America Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - History KS3 / GCSE: The story of British indentured workers emigrating to America Four hundred years ago all manner of children, teenagers, and young men and women, mainly from the poorest families, were sent, often against their will, to board ships leaving from Bristol across the Irish Sea, and into the Atlantic Ocean. They were sent to meet the growing demand for cheap labour in Britain’s newly created colonies in North America. From 1610 to American independence in 1776, half a million people left Britain for North America.Some were political and religious dissenters, like the Puritans, Quakers and the Irish and Scottish Presbyterians.And some were convicts, sent by the British government to clear out its overcrowded prisons. But around half - that’s a quarter of a million - were indentured servants. And most were sent against their will. In this short film David Olusoga meets writer Don Jordan, who tells the stories of some of these young people. This short film is from the BBC series, Migration Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resources can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing Including a 15 question, multiple choice quiz and answers for HW/Testing

Search - BBC teach - Class Clips - History KS3 / GCSE: Jewish migration to Manchester in the late 1800s BBC Teach > Secondary Resources > KS3 / GCSE History > Migration In this short film for secondary schools historian David Olusoga visits Manchester which, along with the other industrial manufacturing towns surrounding it, acted as a magnet for waves of economic migrants from all over the world. In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, 30,000 Jewish migrants from Russia and Eastern Europe settled in Manchester. David Olusoga meets Janice Haber and her family, the descendents of Jewish migrants, and talks to historian Ruth Percy who describes how Conservative politicians and right wing newspapers of the time exploited economic concerns associated with the new migrants, stoking up racist xenophobia against migrants like the Jews, which would become familiar throughout the 1900’s. The arrival of the Jews and other migrants led to changes in the law, and to the emergence of modern immigration legislation – laws that persist to this day. This short film is from the BBC series, Migration. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing Including 15 multiple choice questions for reviewing / HW

Written support the BBC Teach Olusoga documentary extract -How British migrants made fortunes working for the East India Company? Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips - How British migrants made fortunes working for the East India Company European powers started trading with India from the early 1500’s. At first, all British trade was dominated by the London based East India Company, which was granted the monopoly on trade with India in 1600. Over the following 200 years the company became increasingly prominent in the European trading routes with India. Historian David Olusoga, meets Professor Margot Finn, an expert on the period, and profiles the Russell family who purchased Swallowfield House near Reading, which is today a block of luxury flats. The house symbolises how these so called Nabobs, British migrants in the employ of the East India Company, returned from India as extremely wealthy men, which allowed them to establish themselves at the higher end of the British class system. This short film is from the BBC series, Migration. Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing A one page resource Including 15 multiple choice questions for reviewing /HW