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Year 9

Interpreting the British Empire: how has it been commemorated and contested? 

Lessons (6)

  • The Great Exhibition and the British Empire

    I can explain what the Great Exhibition is able to tell us about British attitudes towards empire.
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    2 Quizzes
    1 Video

  • Imperial anxiety and celebration of Empire

    I can explain the causes of 'imperial anxiety' and how Britain responded to this through a celebration of empire.
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    2 Quizzes
    1 Video

  • Imperial decline

    I can describe the trend of British imperial decline that took place towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.
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    2 Quizzes
    1 Video

  • Decolonisation and contesting empire

    I can recall that in the mid 20th century, decolonisation and nationalist movements took place across the British Empire.
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    2 Quizzes
    1 Video

  • New imperial history

    I can explain how historians' interpretations of empire differ and how this has evolved over the course of the 20th century.
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    2 Quizzes
    1 Video

  • Commemoration and contestation of the British Empire

    I can explain how and why perspectives regarding the British Empire have changed over time and that historians still debate the impacts of the Empire today.
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    2 Quizzes
    1 Video