Activities

ABOUT THIS SECTION

Here you will find a number of ideas for activities that you can use with your class in the British Galleries. The suggested activities focus on History and Art and Design but contain cross-curricular elements. Each is structured in such a way as to provide ideas for preparation work at school, activities to do in the Museum and follow-up work in the classroom. The activities can be adapted for both primary and secondary school pupils.

Downloadable worksheets relating to each task are available on this site to help pupils record information in the Museum. Each programme of work also includes supporting historical and art historical information and associated images.

Worksheet Title	Key Stage	View
Design and Nature	KS1
Then and Now	KS1
Pattern and Shape	KS2 (years 3 & 4)
Life in Tudor and Stuart Times	KS2
Victorian Home Life	KS2
The Tudor Court	KS2
The Great Exhibition	KS2
Influences from Other Cultures	KS3
Embroidering the Past	KS3 & KS4

The supporting information for the programmes of work has been taken from these two publications.

"Design and the Decorative Arts - Britain 1500-1900" Michael Snodin and John Styles Price £45

"The British Galleries 1500-1900" Dinah Winch Price £4.95