Messages Through Time (History - Evidence)
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 (History 3a, 3b, 4a and 4b).
To order a high-quality printed pack for free email info@postalheritage.org.uk. You can also download the entire pack as one big PDF file, or several smaller files, below.
Download the complete Messages Through Time pack:
Messages Through Time (complete pack) (PDF, 1.14MB)
Download by theme
You can also download the pack in sections by theme, which may be easier on a slower computer:
- Theme 1 - Using Evidence
- Theme 2 - 1500-1750
- Theme 3 - 1750-1900
- Theme 4 - Modern World Study
- Theme 5 - Citizenship
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)
