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Interpreting historical sources
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-sources
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This section covers interpreting documents, counting sources, interpreting buildings and gravestones, monuments and memorials.
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Historical trade directories
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-research/trade-directories
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This guide gives advice and tips on using historical trade directories containing general information about towns and villages that would be useful or interesting to a visitor or resident.
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History of tobacco and our health
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/tobacco-history
How did tobacco become one of the first truly global commodities, and arguably history’s most deadly habit?
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History in the Classroom
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2360
Module code: HS2360 How should history be taught in schools? Should the focus be on learning about the key events of ‘Our Island Story’ or a thematic overview of global trends? Does the right sort of history create the right sort of citizen? Who should decide what is taught:...
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History in the Classroom
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2360
Module code: HS2360 How should history be taught in schools? Should the focus be on learning about the key events of ‘Our Island Story’ or a thematic overview of global trends? Does the right sort of history create the right sort of citizen? Who should decide what is taught:...
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History in the Classroom
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs2360
Module code: HS2360 How should history be taught in schools? Should the focus be on learning about the key events of ‘Our Island Story’ or a thematic overview of global trends? Does the right sort of history create the right sort of citizen? Who should decide what is taught:...
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Gender History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2231
Module code: HS2231 This module looks at the ideas and realities of gender, and gender relations, in a historical context. You’ll be examining how women and men saw themselves and each other, how they were expected to behave – and how they actually behaved.
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Gender History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2231
Module code: HS2231 This module looks at the ideas and realities of gender, and gender relations, in a historical context. You’ll be examining how women and men saw themselves and each other, how they were expected to behave – and how they actually behaved.
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Gender History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs2231
Module code: HS2231 This module looks at the ideas and realities of gender, and gender relations, in a historical context. You’ll be examining how women and men saw themselves and each other, how they were expected to behave – and how they actually behaved.
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History of the BBC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/history-of-the-bbc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 ‘100 Voices that made the BBC’ series – ‘Entertaining the Nation’. Historical site from the BBC which is based on oral histories. It is curated by Dr.