Case Studies

Children from Year Two studied the history of West Derby Village, now a suburb of Liverpool, over the last 100 years.

Pupils research the history of the Hippodrome and take part in circus skills workshops as they re-live its heyday.

School children learn about their local listed buildings.

Children discover how their local area could have been settled by the Anglo-Saxons and what archaeology can tell us about the past.

Primary school children used maps and worked with a planner and an architect to decide what is significant in their local area.

Primary school children research their local estate which leads to a 3 day residential visit to Oxford working with the archivist at Magdalen College.

Children visit a headstone and use the historic environment record and archive newspapers to uncover a tragic story.

A whole school project in which students discovered the amazing story of Belle Vue entertainment complex.

KS2 students used primary sources to investigate lives of soldiers, who died in the First World War, and who are remembered on their school memorial.

Schools collected soldiers' names from local war memorials and used online research to build up a picture of their lives and held a remembrance event.

A primary school researched the story of their locality and found an interesting story about a Women’s Rights Activist.

KS2 pupils research the school during WWI and link with the national centenary commemorations.

KS2 pupils used a visit to the old school building and a heritage walk to build a detailed picture of Ketley’s past and industrial history.

Children took part in a workshop to learn about the historical importance of a museum locality through the creation of a large scale map.

A Case Study showing how ex-miners and children worked together to share their knowledge about coal mining

A two day investigation into the local heritage of Crowcombe village in West Somerset.

Uncover evidence of your local gas heritage, including where it was made and how it was used to light the way.

KS2 students used a social-history photographic collection to learn more about their local heritage. They also undertook an oral history project.

Students and teachers learnt about their town’s local heritage and status as a Heritage Action Zone by taking part in the creation of a Heritage Trail

Children took part in a workshop to learn about the importance of Coventry Cathedral as a Place of Worship through viewing photography collections.

KS2 pupils used the John Laing Photographic Collection and an oral history approach to learn more about a significant place of worship.

Year 6 children at The Hall School, Leicestershire, were given the challenge of creating interactive digital content about the Stone Age.

Year 9 students explored the area using maps and aerial photographs then took a trail to develop their awareness of continuity and change in Dagenham.

Pupils from Burnside School learned how to identify and record key historical architectural features in their town of Wallsend.

Students at Manchester Health Academy investigated the significance of their local FWW memorial and the experience of one soldier remembered on it.

Students and teachers learnt about their town’s local heritage and status as a Heritage Action Zone by taking part in the creation of a Heritage Trail