KS3 History

Murder

The Assassination of James A. Garfield

James Abram Garfield was born on 19 November 1831 in Orange Township, Ohio, into circumstances that gave little hint he…

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Biographies

Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 2 July 1908, into a Black family that valued education, discipline and…

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Warfare

The Battle of Yorktown

By 1781, the American War of Independence had dragged on for six exhausting years. The early drama of Lexington, Concord,…

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History

The History of Prisons

For much of human history, imprisonment was not the main punishment for crime. In the ancient world, societies were often…

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Warfare

The Battle of Britain

By the summer of 1940, Britain faced one of the darkest moments in its history. In less than a year,…

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History

The History of Tattoos

Long before tattooing became associated with sailors, subcultures, or modern self-expression, people were marking human skin in permanent ways thousands…

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Biographies

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier was born on 20 February 1927 in Miami, Florida, while his Bahamian parents were in the United States…

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Warfare

The Fall of Tenochtitlan

Long before Hernán Cortés marched toward the Valley of Mexico, Tenochtitlan already stood as one of the most remarkable cities…

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History

The History of the Circus

Long before the circus became associated with striped tents, painted clowns, and daring trapeze artists, people across the ancient and…

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Warfare

The Siege of Orléans

By the late 1420s, France was teetering on the edge of collapse. What had begun nearly a century earlier as…

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