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Handout
BBC

Bbc: 1983: Thatcher Triumphs Again

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed analysis of the election of 1983 in which Margaret Thatcher was decisively re-elected. Includes audio clips from BBC broadcasts.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: News: June 1987: Thatcher's Third Victory

For Students 9th - 10th
British Broadcasting Corporation gives a detailed analysis of Mrs. Thatcher's historic election to a third term as Prime Minister.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: 1979: Thatcher Wins Tory Landslide

For Students 9th - 10th
British Broadcasting Corporation gives a detailed analysis of the election of 1979 which swept Margaret Thatcher into office.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: History: The Welfare State Never Ending Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
An article by a British Member of Parliament that traces the history of the welfare state in Britain. It examines its beginning in the early 1900s through its overreaching problems at the end of the twentieth century. Archived.
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Website
British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Top Girls

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Written by Caryl Churchill in 1982, "Top Girls" was one of the first plays to engage directly with Thatcherism. Read an overview of "Top Girls" and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and videos.
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Article
BBC

Bbc News: Remembering the Thatcher Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the British Broadcasting Corporation provides BBC's 20th anniversary retrospective on Margaret Thatcher's rise to power as the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain. This articles is written by her former press...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Remembering Thatcher the Day She Won

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from BBC provides the twentieth anniversary retrospective of the day Margaret Thatcher won the election for Prime Minister in 1979. Various personalities comment on their response that day.