1867 Reform Act Session Information

This session can be taught:  

• as a one-hour online session 

If you would like to come to Palace Green Library for this session instead, please contact us for further details. 

Online Session:   

This session uses sources from the Grey Collection at Durham University’s Archives and Special Collections. 

Before your session: 

You will be sent a source from our archives to look at with your class. 

During the session: 

Using the source you have studied before the session and adding more documents and even cartoons to this selection, we will be able to consider whether the reform which promised to allow more people to vote was a political risk by Disraeli and the public perception of this decision. 

Need to know:   

• An online session for KS4 is one hour in length.  
• Session times are generally fixed to fit in with your timetable as best we can.  
• You will need to book a short test call with us to check that you can see and hear us on the whiteboard in your classroom. These are available at 3.30pm, 3.45pm and 4pm.  
• We will ask you to book separate sessions for each of your classes so that we can keep them as interactive as possible.   
• You will be sent an email with resources to print out for the pre-session work, the class session and then the post-session activity. 
• These sessions are free for KS4 students. 

Session costs