Outside the classroom

Learning in history should not only take place in the classroom. Making use of the built and landscape environment can be an integral part of learning and progression in history, whether through a visit to a historic site, surveying of the landscape to find historical clues, or forming a human timeline across the school field.  

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  • What your local Archive Service can offer to schools

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    Imagine a place where your pupils become detectives working on mysteries from the past such as the tale of Thomas Sargeant, a 15-year-old factory worker who died in a chemical works in 1898. Your local archive is bursting with stories about real people like this which can give children an...

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  • ‘Not again!’ - an additional viewpoint on using railways

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    ‘Not again!’ I can remember my son muttering as his football thudded against the kitchen wall, ‘I went there in Year 2 and then in Year 4 and now I have to go there again in Year 6.’ He was referring to his school trips to the remains of the gunpowder factories in our village,...

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