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HA Conference 2013 Using Historic Sites Creatively

Learn how to utilize EH archive material and creative approaches to teach and learn about historic sites. Explore controlled assessment ideas and access EH education program.

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HA Conference 2013 Using Historic Sites Creatively

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  1. HA Conference 2013Using Historic Sites Creatively Zoe Spring - Education Coordinator (North) Sheree Tucker - Education Coordinator (Midlands & East of England)

  2. Today’s workshop • Introduction to EH archive material and how it can be used for teaching and learning • Controlled assessment ideas/case studies • Information about the education programme at EH and how you can access it • Some creative approaches to site visits

  3. Introduction to EH properties • Images are all EH properties • 400 sites and 374,000 listed buildings • Images are all taken from our free online resource for teachers Heritage Explorer • Idea for a quick and easy starter activity • Will use the answers to give you an idea of the range of properties and what resources we have to help teachers • All education visits are free Let’s see how you did!

  4. Prehistoric Monuments Find more informationStonehenge Teacher's Kit

  5. Castles Richmond Castle Teacher’s kit Richmond castle Teacher’s Kit

  6. Monasteries Find out more.Teaching ActivityUsing Abbeys - Teacher's Handbook

  7. Industrial sites Mills Teacher's KitIndustrial Heritage & Timeline

  8. 20th Century Historically Important Sites Read detailed archaeological description.

  9. Country Houses

  10. World Heritage Sites Image by Theme & Teaching Activity Housesteads Teachers kit

  11. Reconstruction Drawings Images by theme - Reconstruction DrawingsTeachers Handbook

  12. Aerial Photography and Archaeology Read detailed archaeological description.More Aerial Photographs

  13. Controlled assessment • Both OCR and AQA offer GCSE Controlled Assessments based on historic sites • EH is planning to increase the amount of support we can offer to schools who already use our sites in this way or who wish to develop a new CA • Aim is to show you what is available at present – including a brand new, hot off the press CA based on Portchester Castle • Also to get your views on using EH sites for CA and what you feel would help you most

  14. Controlled Assessment based on PortchesterCastle writtenbyteachers from Swanmore College of Technology in Hampshire. Teaching Activity

  15. Other resources • Pre visit smartboard lesson • Student Workbook - chronology of the site and also how it has been interpreted. • Post visit lesson - draws together what they have learnt • Interpretations Officer interview coming soon • Online Heritage Trail – use to recap on what they saw on visit and for students unable to go on site visit • Teachers kits and Teachers Handbooks • Heritage Explorer – images, reconstruction drawings and • Case studies St Patrick's School • Portico research - historical information • Pastscape research - archaeological information

  16. What do we offer schools? • Free Educational Visits • You get in for free, you design the day and we provide supporting information and free orientation visits for teachers. • Discovery Visits • Facilitated visits led by trained staff, freelance facilitators or volunteers at some properties • Resources to support visits • Online • In print • Onsite

  17. Accessing Our SitesFree Educational Visits • Every year over 400,000 students visit English Heritage sites. • If you book an FEV the group get in for FREE and you are entitled to a free orientation visit to help you plan your day. • You also have access to: • Online resources • Printed materials • Publications e.g. 20% discount on guidebooks • Guides • Hazard Information Sheets • Teacher’s Kits • Free familiarisation visit • Facilitated Visits • Onsite resources such as costumes and handling collections All of which help you to get the most of your day.

  18. Accessing Our SitesDiscovery Visits • Hands-on site-based activities which combine inspiring out of the classroom experiences with quality learning • They have been specially developed to meet the needs of different groups across the Key Stages • They are led by specialist educators, site staff and volunteers • They cover the breadth of English history, but also a range of other subjects across the curriculum • They enable students of all ages and abilities to meet characters from the past, role-play, make or handle intriguing objects, dress up • Charge of £100 per school group (adult helpers free)

  19. Meeting a Roman Soldier!

  20. Big Book of Castles Handling collections GPS and Heritage Trails Flipcams Story boxes Costumes Historical Games Exhibitions Accessing Our Sites Site specific resources

  21. Creative approaches to site visits It doesn’t have to involve worksheets!

  22. Creative approaches to site visits • Develop your own Geocache Trail for a property giving the students the brief of designing an interpretative tool for other visitors • Use digital cameras to film a trailer advertising a property • Use wipe boards to create word banks and interesting facts which children gather from interpretation panels • Group work – planning an attack and defending a castle • Find and seek images trails • Designing audio or virtual tours • Designing a property leaflet • Creative and imaginative writing

  23. And finally….. A chance to be creative and tell us what you think!!

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