In the Classroom: age 7 – 11
Classroom resources and activities bringing learning to life across the curriculum through museum collections.
For teachers of children aged 7 - 11.
Use our tried-and-tested resources to explore a range of topics with your children including Transport, Medicine, Inventors, Artists, Victorians, Protest, the Industrial revolution and the Abolition of slavery.
All of our learning resources are authored by education specialists and historians.
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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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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 7 – 11
Simple activities for teachers of children aged 7-11, 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 5 – 11
Historical enquiries for teachers of children aged 5 - 11, exploring the Age of Revolution – from transport and the industrial revolution, to Captain Cook’s shopping list.
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Creative and digital making projects: age 7 – 11
Innovative creative projects and challenges for teachers of children aged 7 - 11, using the people, events, places and ideas from the Age of Revolution as a stimulus.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.