In the Classroom: age 11 – 14
Classroom resources and activities bringing learning to life through museum and gallery collections.
For teachers of students aged 11 - 14.
Use our tried-and-tested resources to explore a range of topics with your students including Protest, the Industrial revolution, the French Revolution and the Abolition of slavery, the Arts and Design.
All of our learning resources are authored by education specialists and historians.
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Guides for teachers
Use these guides to make the most of our Revolutionary collection across the curriculum with students of all ages.
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Classroom activities: age 11 – 14
Simple activities for teachers of students aged 11-14, bringing classroom learning to life through revolutionary objects, paintings, letters and songs from museums and galleries across the UK.
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Historical enquiries: age 11 – 14
Historical enquiries for teachers of students aged 11 - 14, exploring the Age of Revolution – from transport and protest to migration and the abolition of slavery.
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Creative and digital making projects: age 11 – 14
Innovative creative projects and challenges for teachers of students aged 11 - 14, using the people, events, places and ideas from the Age of Revolution as a stimulus.
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An animated introduction to the Age of Revolution
For an introduction to the Age of Revolution and how it links to our lives today, watch this lively animation made with pupils of year four, five and six at Finham Primary School.
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Age of Revolution Top Trumps – available FREE to schools
A unique set of Top Trumps featuring 30 radical and revolutionary figures from the Age of Revolution
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The Peterloo Graphic Novel – available free to schools now
A vivid, original and historically accurate 'comic book' account of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, published as part of the 200th anniversary commemorations, is now available to schools.
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Peterloo Imagine a World Redacted Version for schools
A complete version of the schools edition of the Peterloo graphic novel with fully redacted text is available for schools.
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A Revolutionary Collection
Our Revolutionary collection brings together objects, artworks, literature, archive materials and songs from museums and galleries across the UK. Each one is supported by information and fascinating facts to help you explore the different themes, people, events and ideas of the Age of Revolution.
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Age of Revolution timeline
This timeline illustrates key people, events and ideas represented by the objects in our Revolutionary Collection.
A Revolutionary Collection
Our Revolutionary collection brings together objects, artworks, literature, archive materials and songs from museums and galleries across the UK. Each one is supported by information and fascinating facts to help you explore the different themes, people, events and ideas of the Age of Revolution.
Political revolution
From Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas Paine and American Independence, to revolutionary France and Marx and Engels, enduring ideas about equality, rights and freedoms during the Age of Revolution, and some of their key proponents.
Social and cultural revolution
The movements for better working conditions, rights and representation for ordinary people, the campaign against transatlantic slavery, the migration of people within and beyond Britain, and the wave of artists, musicians and authors who reflected the period’s upheavals in works that still resonate and delight today.
Economic and technological revolution
Life-changing discoveries and innovations in scientific thinking, technology and medicine in the Age of Revolution, their impacts on work and society, and relationships with trade and the economy.
War and the international order
The wars precipitated by the struggles for independence and attempts at empire building that characterise the Age of Revolution, and their impact on the changing world map.