Learning Packs & Resources
Messages Through Time
Messages Through Time is a resource pack for the study of Historical Evidence at Key Stage 3. It can help develop skills of historical interpretation and historical enquiry as outlined in the National Curriculum.
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Messages Through Time (PDF, 1.14MB)
Download Facsimile Archive Documents
Download full colour facsimile archive documents from the pack, to use in whatever context you wish:
Document 1 - Merchant's Letter, 1593 (PDF, 193KB)
Document 2 - Valentine card, 1790 (PDF, 124KB)
Document 3 - Slave owner's letter, 1825 (PDF, 120KB)
Document 4 - Envelope from Tahiti, 1847 (PDF, 67KB)
Document 5 - Crimean War letter, 1854 (PDF, 185KB)
Document 6 - Suffragette 'human letters', 1909 (PDF, 121KB)
Document 7 - RMS Titanic telegrams, 1912 (PDF, 140KB)
Document 8 - World War 1 pilot's letter, 1916 (PDF, 159KB)
Document 9 - Letters from a soldier, 1914-18 (PDF, 228KB)
Document 10 - Greetings telegram, 1938 (PDF, 85KB)
Document 11 - Airgraphs, 1941-45 (PDF, 135KB)
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