‘This place has great capabilities for improvement’

As ardent advocates of eighteenth-century history, Rhian Fender and Stephen Ragdale were determined to ensure that the period found a secure place within their department’s Key Stage 3 curriculum. Given the extraordinary range of contrasts that epitomise the long eighteenth century, and only ten lessons within which to explore them, Fender and Ragdale here present a fascinating account of their curricular decision-making, showing how they combined an emphasis on breadth with a strong focus on material culture, to create a sense of (the whole) period that was both visual and physical...