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Churchill Archives Centre: Education

The wide-ranging collections held at Churchill Archives Centre are a valuable resource for students at all levels. Our focus is on 20th century history but we also hold material which could be used by students of the Victorian and Edwardian periods, or the history of science. Visiting students can assimilate evidence from our historical sources and assess their reliability and value.

Students and teachers can access our holdings online in The Churchill Era and Churchill: The Evidence, websites with exercises specially designed for the A' Level History curriculum in England and Wales, and the Scottish History curriculum (see below for further information). The University of Cambridge offers a course on Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin and the Grand Alliance, 1940-1945, organised by Professor David Reynolds (Christ's College), which is tied closely to the Centre's collections and in May 2000 even included a re-enactment of the Yalta conference. The Archives Centre also supports the third-year Special Subject course "Class, Party and Social Identity in England, 1914-1945" which is organised by Dr Jon Lawrence (Emmanuel College) and students can access displays of primary sources used on both courses.

Access

We are happy to welcome individual students pursuing projects or teachers researching material for use in the classroom. A prior appointment is required (telephone 01223 336087).

Practical guidelines on using primary sources are available.

Isaac Norwich of New York City with his D-Day display, including documents from Churchill Archives Centre.

Group visits

By prior arrangement group visits for school parties can be arranged. Such tours are particularly relevant to GCSE and A' Level history students and feature:

• A "behind the scenes" tour of the Centre.
• Practical guidance on how to use primary sources for research.
• An insight into the work of the Archives Centre and its collections.
• Displays of archive material from the Churchill Papers and other collections, drawing on material dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries and tailored to reflect the periods studied in the classroom.
• School parties can also visit the exhibitions outside Cambridge.

Schools or Education Websites

• The Churchill Era
  This site enables teachers and students to use archive material from many of our collections, in the classroom or at home. Exercises have been built around original documents, reflecting the important issues of Churchill's career. Please note that this site is still under development.
  
• Churchill: The Evidence
  A special website prepared by the National Library of Scotland including a virtual exhibition of the Churchill Papers and exercises for use in the classroom. Please note that the exercises have been devised with the Scottish Curriculum in mind.
• The education pages of the National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/educationservice/default.htm.
• The Imperial War Museum's education pages http://www.iwm.org.uk/education/.
• The Society of Archivists' Archives in Education Group.

For further information, please contact Katharine Thomson