Tagged with Age 11-14
Resource : Historical enquiries
Historical enquiries for all ages exploring the Age of Revolution – from transport, the industrial revolution and Captain Cook’s shopping list, to campaigns, protests, revolutionary ideas and the French revolution.
Resource : True or false?
Revolutionary facts and figures - can students fool their classmates?
Resource : Twitter campaigns
How might the Chartists or the Abolitionists have used Twitter in their campaigns for political and social revolution?
Resource : Talking about a revolution
Use a simple app to make an object or artwork speak - what might they have to say about their owner or maker, where they’ve been, what they’ve seen…?
Resource : Revolutionary memes
Use a simple app to put a modern-day twist on a historical object or image.
Resource : Mystery objects
What were these revolutionary objects really used for? Classroom games to test students’ powers of deduction – and trickery!
Resource : Looking closely at images
How many details can students see – and remember? What do they tell us about the past?
Resource : Activities
Simple ideas, tips and activities for students of all ages, bringing the Age of Revolution to life through revolutionary objects, paintings, letters and songs from museums and galleries across the UK.