History
National Curriculum links:
Events, people and changes in the past
1b use common words and phrases relating to the
passing of time
2b identify differences between ways of life at
different times
4b to ask and answer questions about the past
6b the way of life of people in the more distant
past who lived in the local area
This package can be used to enhance the learning of the
QCA Scheme of Work Unit 2: What were homes like a
long time ago?
Cross curricular links can include: English, ICT
KS1
This is a Key Stage 1 unit and is best suited to Y1/2
The Visit
There are five possible visits which can be made to support and reinforce your learning objectives.
Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre
xplore prehistoric homes with a tour of Robin Hood Cave. Learn how Neanderthals and Early Humans made the
caves their homes. There is also a handling collection available for use in schools.
Hardwick Hall
The home of Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury offers a vivid and unique insight into a Tudor home. Tour
the Hall exploring how the life of a wealthy family in Tudor times would have been different from today. Children
will also get the opportunity to handle a range of items from our feely boxes to experience the different textures
found in a Tudor home.
Hardwick Old Hall
Hardwick Old Hall offers the perfect opportunity to study the differences between the lives of rich and poor
people in Tudor times. Pupils can search this home to find evidence of a rich Tudor life from the surviving decorations. Pupils can also identify the spaces where servants worked and deduce what their lives would have been like.
Langwith Whaley Thorns Heritage Centre
The Heritage centre boasts a vast collection of social history artefacts dating from the late 1800s through to present
day. From household gadgets to farming and mining equipment this collection can be used to show educational
groups how their families would have lived over the past 150 years.
Bolsover Countryside Partnership
Discover Bolsover’s industrial past where pit villages, collieries and railways shaped the landscape in the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. See how that legacy has been transformed for a new generation into trails and country
parks. Take a self led visit to Pleasley Pit Country Park, site of the colliery which was once owned by Florence
Nightingale’s family and the first pit in the country to have electric lighting.
History
Each of these visits are between 90 minutes and 2 hours long.
Pre and Post visit activities
Worksheet
Flash Cards