History

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Aldeburgh Museum

Beccles & District Museum

Displays to support local social and industrial history study, from the Victorian period to World War II.

Brandon Heritage Centre

Displays support local social and industrial history study.

Bungay Museum

Displays to support local history study.

Christchurch Mansion

Break out of the classroom and visit Christchurch Mansion. We provide a number of exciting workshops for school groups.
Contact: Education and Access Officer, 01473 433554

Victorian Home - Discover what life was like for Master and Servant in the Mansion, including a chance to try on replica Victorian clothes.

Ruffs and Stuff - Discover Tudor life by looking at the mysterious pictures in the panelled rooms and trying on replica clothing, including a bum roll.

Painted Messages - In the splendor of the 18th century saloon discover the secret messages in the portraits by renowned local artist Thomas Gainsborough.

Toy Story - A workshop looking at toys through the ages.

Clare Ancient House Museum

Displays support local history, including photographs and computer access to local data (census, rate reviews, people, wills, houses, etc).

Dunwich Museum

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Displays to support local history studies from Roman times.

East Anglia Transport Museum

Road transport displays can support History studies.

East of England Military Museum

Tank displays can support World War II History study.

Easton Farm Park

Resources to support History at Key Stage 1 and 2, including Victorian dairy and model farm

Felixstowe Museum

Displays to support local history studies.

Fishing Trawler Mincarlo

Displays to support local history studies.

Gainsborough's House

Halesworth & District Museum

Loan boxes available. Teaching sessions arranged by appointment. Displays to support local history and archaeology.

Haverhill & District Local History Centre

Study centre has many resources to support local history study including Roman artefact and Victorian toy loan boxes, and exhibition panels available for loan.

HMS Ganges Museum

Ipswich Museum

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Resources available to support local history and Anglo-Saxon studies.

Ipswich at war KS1&2 World War Two - a workshop to compliment NC History unit 9 'What was it like for children during the war'. Resources concerning rationing, evacuation and air raids. Workshop activities include using a stirrup pump, and operating a morse code machine. Elements also support numeracy and literacy.

Ipswich Transport Museum

Displays can support studies of transport, local history and World War II.

Lanman Museum

Displays support local history studies, including Victorians, World War II and Britain since the 1930s

Lavenham Guildhall Museum

Laxfield & District Museum

Displays support local history studies, including Victorians and Britain since the 1930s.

Little Hall

Local history, Tudors, World War II and Britain since the 1930s.

The Long Shop Museum

Comprehensive resource packs available on Victorian Britain, including:

Housing

Employment

Working conditions

Click here to go direct to the The Long Shop Museum history resources online www.longshop.care4free.net/education.html

Lowestoft & East Suffolk Maritime Museum

Displays support local history studies. NEW Trail, back pack activities and loan box for KS 1 and 2 history. Can you help Ben in his Quest to find out about his family's past? Contact the museum for more information.

Lowestoft Museum

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Displays support local history studies, including Victorians, World War II and Britain since the 1930s. .

Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum

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Displays can support local history study, including World War II.

Mechanical Music Museum & Bygones

Mid Suffolk Light Railway Museum

Displays can support local history study.

Mildenhall & District Museum

Volunteer staff are available to give teaching sessions, both in the classroom and the museum on Victorians and local history.

Moyse's Hall Museum

St Edmundsbury Heritage Service Loan Boxes: £10.00 per week. Maximum loan 3 weeks. Borrower collects and returns.
All boxes are held at Moyse's Hall Museum. Teacher/facilitators information sheets and notes included.

Anglo-Saxon (KS 1-2): Using original and replica artefacts of varying purpose, this box should enable the user to gain a preliminary understanding of the Anglo-Saxon way of life. This box also conatins some craftwork activities to suit a range of ages and abilities.

Flintnapping (KS 1-2): A resource box comprising of videos and books covering the history of Flint Working and usage from Neolithic times to the 20th century; accompanied by a selection of authentic flint items from arrows to gunflints.

Roman (KS 1-2): Using replica artefacts of varying purpose, this box should enable the user to gain a preliminary understanding of the Roman way of life.

Victorian Washday (KS 1-2): By means of original and replica washday utensils and clothing, this box enables the user to begin to discover the hard work of a Victorian washday. Follow-up work can include exploring the lives of different social classes of the times. Outsized artefacts (e.g. Posser, Mangle) available upon request.

Victorian Toys (KS 1-2): By the use of replica and modern variations of Victorian books, toys and masks the games that were played in Victorian times can enhance the understanding of history. The packs contain small and fragile toys, therefore it is recommended that care is taken. Facilitated workshops available at Moyse's Hall Museum.

Victorian Life (KS 1-2): By use of original and replica objects, classes can learn more about the way of life for an everage Victorian. The pack contains clothing, farming tools and everday household objects, as well as items relating to leisure time.

World War II (KS 1-2): Bringing local events and world history alive through artefacts, replicas, posters, videos and facsimilies of documents. This pack contains items such as rations, black out curtains, helmets and bomb damage reports.

1950s Reminicence Box (KS 3): A collection of both original and replica items from which it is hoped will appeal on different levels to all ages. To some the Coronation Memorabilia will rekindle old memories, to the young the toys of the fifties may draw interesting comparisons with the toys of today. Can contain a toy that is not symbolically acceptable today, a Golly, but is useful for discussions on and learning about social changes / mores through history. Please notify staff if you wish this to be included.

Learning from Objects (KS 1-2): An introduction to 'seeing' and 'reading' the sories from a selectrion of artefacts from 400,000 years old to yesterday. Facilitated workshops available at Moyse's Hall Museum.

Museum of East Anglian Life

Programme of educational events and demonstrations. Victorian classroom available to hire with costume and resources supplied. Education room available for use. History loan boxes available to use in school, including Victorians and Britain since the 1930s.

National Horseracing Museum

Displays chronicle the history of horseracing.

Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum

Displays to support World War II studies

Orford Museum

Parham Airfield Museum

Displays to support World War II studies.

Rougham Control Tower Museum

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Displays to support World War II studies

Saxmundham Museum

Southwold Museum

Quiz sheet and displays to support local history study.

Southwold Sailors' Reading Room

Suffolk Punch Heavy Horse Museum

The Suffolk Punch played an integral role in our rural history and the Museum has excellent resource material available for many aspects of the National Curriculum including:

KS1- History

KS2 -Victorian Britain

KS2 - Britain since Edwardian Times and the depression

KS2 - local history

KS3 - aspects of the social and agricultural revolutions and life in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Sutton Hoo

Extensive resources available for Key Stage 2 Anglo-Saxon study, also Key Stage 1 studies of an Edwardian House.

KS2 Exhibition Explorers - Self guided, the exhibition tells the story of the discovery of the ship burial, and looks at what the archaeological record can tell us about Anglo-Saxon society. There is a full size reconstruction of the Mound 1 burial chamber. An interpretation guide for teachers and parent helpers is available.

KS2 Burial Ground Tour - Guided groups are taken down into the valley of the River Deben. Here they can more easily begin to understand the connection between the burial site and the river. Approaching the burial site they think about how the ship was hauled uphill. They will then be able to walk onto the burial mounds to experience the special atmosphere of the site.

KS2 Short Burial Ground - Teachers may take their classes on a visit to the grave field. You will not be able to go onto the mounds. Teacher's notes are available.

KS2 Who was buried in Mound 1? - Guided or self-guided, an extensive collection of photographs of Mound 1 finds is provided for your children to analyse. What kind of person would have owned them? Why would they have been buried? What do they tell us about Anglo-Saxon society?

KS2 Who dug the hole? - Guided or self-guided, children examine replica artefacts from our handling collection. As arcaeologists, what can they deduce about the lives of the people who dug the hole and dragged the ship up hill? An opportunity to remember that Sutton Hoo isn't just about famous kings and fabulous treasure.

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KS2 Sutton Hoo Book can be guided or self-guided. It is an activity incorporating elements of Drama. A book publisher would like to commission the class to produce a book about Sutton Hoo. Groups work on different activities each of which culminates in the production of part of the book. Finished booklets can be displayed at school or in Tranmer House.

KS2 Sandtray Archaeology - Guided or self-guided, excavations in sand trays allow children to learn some of the techniques of archaeology. They will record artefacts and the surface features of an Anglo-Saxon site.

KS1 Life in an Edwardian House - Guided or self-guided, children can investigate what life was like in a large Edwardian house by looking at original features and archive photographs. They can contrast the lives of the family and their staff.

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village

KS2 Exploring an early Anglo-Saxon settlement The Village is the only early Anglo-Saxon settlement reconstructed on the original excavated site. There are seven buildings to explore and the new Hall is partly built. The site encourages children to establish their own links with the homes of the early Anglo-Saxons. All school groups watch a short video introduction before visiting the reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Village on its original site. The Ranger/Interpreter or other staff introduce the groups to each session and help with questions, but are not with them all the time.

KS2 Exploring the Anglo-Saxon Centre Visit the Anglo-Saxon Centre with its display of finds from this and other local early Anglo-Saxon sites. The Centre displays the key finds from the settlement and the cemetery, along with material from other local cemeteries. The focus is upon what we can learn about the people from these objects. The central display shows life-size reconstructions of female costumes and how they and men's costume changed between the C5th. and C7th. Handling posts and boxes add to the activities available. The Ranger or other staff introduce the group to this session and help with questions, but are not with them all the time.

KS2 Anglo-Saxon Resources Resources for teachers are available to help in the classroom.

What Happened Here? Anglo-Saxon Village (book)

The Anglo-Saxons, a resource pack from West Stow (folder with sheets)

Understanding West Stow and Village Guide (2 guide books)

Other resources also available, ask for a full list.

All are �5.50 (including postage and packing) and come with a FREE Children of Stowa storybook.

Free Pre-visit Teachers are encouraged to visit in advance. If you visit on a Special Event day please be aware that it will be different on the day of your visit and similarly our weekend staff may not be able to answer any question about educational visits.

Woodbridge Museum

Information and displays on Anglo-Saxons and local history.

Woolpit & District Museum

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Displays on local history