Changes in Britain from Stone Age to the Iron Age |
Bronze Age in Focus |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Bronze Age technology and travel |
Talk and artefact handling session on Bronze Age life using the Bronze Age Gallery with a clay workshop making a clay Bronze Age boat. |
Bronze Age in Focus |
Drama and Artefact Handling |
Bronze Age to Iron Age technology and trade |
Talk and artefact handling session on changing trade and technology before the coming of the Romans to Britain with a drama workshop on Stone to Iron Age life |
Bronze Age in Focus |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Materials through the ages |
Talk and artefact handling workshop on materials and their usage focusing on the Bronze Age with a practical workshop designing and making a clay pot based on those in the Museum’s Bronze Age collection. |
Bronze Age in Focus |
Drama and Art |
Bronze Age technology and change |
A drama workshop on Bronze Age community life with a clay workshop making a clay Bronze Age boat. |
Subject resource pack for Bronze Age » |
Roman Empire and its Impact on Britain |
Roman Kent 1 |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Celts and Romans |
Talk and artefact handling session on Celts and Romans in Britain with a clay workshop making a clay head of a Roman soldier or head of Boudicca. |
Roman Kent 2 |
Drama and Artefact Handling |
Celts and Romans |
Talk and artefact handling session on Celts and Romans in Britain with a drama workshop, looking Romano-British life |
Roman Kent 3 |
Drama and Art |
Claudius and conquest |
A drama workshop, looking Romano-British life with a clay workshop making a Roman soldier head. |
Roman Kent 4 |
Drama and Art |
Roman myths |
A drama workshop, focusing on Roman myths with an art workshop making a clay head of Medusa. |
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Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons |
Anglo-Saxon 1 |
Drama and Artefact Handling |
Art and culture |
Talk and artefact handling workshop on everyday life in Anglo-Saxon England with a drama workshop on Anglo-Saxon life. |
Anglo-Saxon 2 |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Art and culture |
Talk and artefact handling workshop on everyday life in Anglo-Saxon England with a clay workshop making Anglo-Saxon brooch based on example in the Museum. |
Anglo-Saxon 3 |
Drama and Art |
Beowulf |
A drama workshop on Beowulf with an art workshop making a clay head of Beowulf. |
Anglo-Saxon 4 |
Drama and Art |
Invasion and settlement |
A drama workshop on Anglo-Saxon invasion and settlement with a clay workshop making a clay replica of the Sutton Hoo Mask. |
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Viking and Anglo-Saxon Struggle for the Kingdom of England |
Vikings 1 |
Drama and Artefact Handling |
Norse myths and legends |
Talk and artefact handling workshop on everyday life in Viking times with a drama workshop on Norse myths. |
Vikings 2 |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Norse myths and legends |
Talk and artefact handling workshop on everyday life in Viking times with a clay workshop making a Viking head |
Vikings 3 |
Drama and Art |
Viking invasion and settlement |
An art workshop making a clay Viking head with a drama workshop on everyday life in the Viking period. |
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Earliest Civilisations |
Ancient Greece 1 |
Drama and Artefact Handling |
Ancient Greece and archaeologists |
A talk and artefact workshop looking at artefacts from the perspective of archaeologists with a drama workshop on everyday life in Ancient Greece. |
Ancient Greece 2 |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Ancient Greece and archaeologists |
A talk and artefact workshop looking at artefacts from the perspective of archaeologists with a clay workshop making a clay head of King Agamemnon. |
Ancient Greece 3 |
Drama and Art |
Ancient Greeks myths and legends |
A drama workshop on Ancient Greek myths and legends with a practical art workshop making a clay head of Zeus. |
Egyptians |
Drama and Art |
Egyptians and archaeologists |
A drama session on everyday life and death in Egyptian times with a clay workshop making a clay Eye of Horus. |
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Historical Periods in Focus |
Mediaeval 1 |
Drama and Artefact Handling |
Life in a castle |
A talk and artefact handling workshop on everyday life in a castle with a drama workshop on life in a castle. |
Mediaeval 2 |
Drama and Art |
Life in a castle – A fairy tale |
A drama workshop on a fairy tale set in a castle featuring, amongst others, a princess and a dragon with a clay workshop making a miniature mediaeval shield. |
Tudor |
Drama and Art |
Exploration |
Drama workshop on Christopher Columbus with a clay workshop making a clay treasure chest. |
Stuart 1 |
Drama and Art |
Great Fire of London |
Drama workshop on Great Fire of London with clay workshop making either a clay tile with a house on fire or an insurance plaque. |
Victorian 1 |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Victorian seaside |
A talk on what seaside holidays were like in the past with particular reference to Dover with a practical art workshop making a clay fish. |
Victorian 2 |
Drama and Art |
Victorian seaside |
A drama workshop on Victorian Seaside holidays with a practical art workshop making a clay Victorian shell picture frame. |
Twentieth Century |
Drama and Art |
Remembrance Day |
A drama workshop on Remembrance Day with an art workshop making a clay poppy tile. |
Twentieth Century |
Drama and Art |
Spitfire tile and Goodnight Mr Tom |
A drama workshop on the book 'Goodnight Mr Tom' with a craft session making a clay tile with a Spitfire |
Twentieth Century |
Drama and Artefact Handling |
Goodnight Mr Tom |
A talk and artefact handling workshop on what it was like living in Dover during W.W.2 with a practical drama workshop on the book ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’. |
Twentieth Century |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Ration book meal |
A talk and artefact handling workshop on everyday life on the home front in W.W.2 with a practical art workshop making a clay ration book meal, not only the food but also the plate and cutlery. |
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Time Detectives KS1 |
Time Detectives 1 |
Art and Artefact Handling |
Homes through the ages |
A talk and artefact handling workshop using the Museum’s displays on homes in the past with a clay workshop making a clay tile with a house. |
Time Detectives 2 |
Drama and Art |
Toys through the ages |
Drama workshop on toys with a clay workshop making a teddy bear. |
Time Detectives 3 |
Drama and Art |
Pirates! |
Fun drama workshop on being a pirate with a clay workshop making a pirate's head |