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New Resource Coming in Autumn 2024!
April 10, 2024 - Megan King
We’re excited to share that our final resource, Billy Waters: Songs from the Shadows, is coming in Autumn 2024! Designed to support history teaching around marginalised peoples, migration, disability, and cultures of poverty and performance in the Age of Revolution (1775-1848), this 20-page graphic novel and accompanying sonic resource creates space for students to […]
Exploring Traditional vs. Contemporary Surface Pattern for ceramics, with Christ Church Academy and the Spode Museum
October 19, 2021 - Kate McNab
Year 8 pupils from Christ Church Academy teamed up with the British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) and the Spode Museum, to explore and compare traditional techniques and contemporary, digital techniques for applying surface patterns to ceramics. The school is a ‘Clay School’ – an initiative developed by The Clay Foundation to ensure that every local school […]
Animating the Merthyr Rising with The Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh and Christ College Brecon
July 1, 2021 - Kate McNab
The Education Department of the Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh, and Christ College Brecon, came together to produce a stop-motion animated film depicting the Merthyr Rising of June 1831. View their final film here. Find out how to make your own stop-motion animation in the classroom (or at home) here. Inspiration In June […]
Making our virtual reality Women’s March Through Time with Lancaster University
June 30, 2021 - Kate McNab
The IT Partnering and Innovation team at Lancaster University worked with Key Stage 3 pupils from Grange School in Bradford and New Focus photography group to create a revolutionary virtual women’s march through time. Find out how to make your own virtual march in the classroom. 1. Inspiration and ideas Students were introduced to the […]
Animation Competition winners
March 24, 2021 - Kate McNab
Big congratulations to our competition winners Heath Mount School and Wilson’s School, who were inspired by our Revolutionary Collection and our Animation made with Finham Primary School – and a lot of lego! Take a look at our showreel for a taste of their fantastic films. Why not try making your own Revolutionary Animation […]
Making revolutionary digital comic books with Brunts Academy
January 25, 2021 - Anna Husband
Key Stage 3 students from Brunts Academy used Surface Pros and the Fresco app/software to create their own artworks. Students had expressed an interest in using technology to develop their artwork and this proved a fantastic way to do it. Undertaking the project during an after-school club helped give students more opportunity to […]
Exploring Black Histories in the Age of Revolution
October 29, 2020 - Richard Moss
George Rose, Waterloo veteran From our extensive Waterloo collection is the story of George Rose, a Black soldier at Waterloo. Rose was born into slavery in Spanish Town, Jamaica in around 1791. By 1809 he had escaped to Britain and his discharge papers, held in the National Archives, show that at the age of 18 […]
Making our Abolition quilt using digital collaging with Hull Museums
May 20, 2020 - Kate McNab
Heritage Learning, the education service for Hull Museums, worked with Year 5 students from St George’s Primary school to make two matching quilts, one for the school and one for the museum to display. The quilts were made up of printed digital collages that explored the many different groups and individuals involved in the campaign […]
Animating the revolutionary Newcomen Beam Engine with Barnsley Museums
April 21, 2020 - Kate McNab
Barnsley Museums Learning team worked with Year 5 students from Jump Primary School to animate and project the internal workings of the Newcomen Beam Engine onto the external wall of its building at Elsecar Heritage Centre. All students achieved Arts Award Discover as a result of the work they carried out during the project. See […]
Using Scratch to explore adaptation and evolution with Hampshire Cultural Trust
April 7, 2020 - Kate McNab
The Age of Revolution was a time of exploration and discovery in the field of natural sciences. Captain Cook’s voyages brought new knowledge to Europe about the animals, plants and peoples in Australia, Hawaii and other lands in the Pacific. Charles Darwin’s studies aboard HMS Beagle led him to develop the theory of natural selection […]
