The Middle Ages

School Visits Available

22 September 2015 – 29 January 2016

To celebrate the arrival of our Magna Carta anniversary exhibition in September 2015 Braintree District Museum has developed a new education package focusing on The Middle Ages. Suitable for KS1 and KS2, this fully interactive day will help pupils learn about the history of north Essex in the Middle Ages; discover Baron Robert de Vere’s rebellion against King John; explore medieval archaeology with a hands-on ’replica dig’; and give pupils the chance to have a go at calligraphy or take part in an Arthurian tales workshop. Full details of each workshop are available overleaf.

Guided Gallery Visit of our exhibition

’Castle Hedingham—Magna Carta’

Medieval Archaeology Workshop

And the choice of:

Medieval Calligraphy Workshop

or

Chaucerian Tales Workshop

To find out more or to book please call us on

01376 325266

Braintree District Museum @musuembraintree

Guided Gallery Visit of the Magna Carta exhibition

Length: 1 hour

Complete the schools’ trail worksheet, have a go at all the

interactives, discover what Braintree District was like in the 13th

Century and be enthralled by the story of the baron of Hedingham

Castle, Robert de Vere’s, rebellion against King John.

Workshop 1—Medieval Archaeology

Length: 1 hour

Following an introduction to medieval archaeology and the chance

to learn about medieval artefacts that have been found locally,

pupils will get the chance to do their own archaeology ‘dig’. They will

be shown how to record the finds that they uncover and be asked to

‘think like an archaeologist’ as they examine their object and work

out what it is.

Workshop Details

Please then choose one of the following workshops to complete your

experience

Workshop 2—Medieval Calligraphy

Length: 1 hour

Pupils will discover the history of writing in the medieval period,

and get the chance to have a go at the art of medieval calligraphy.

This session will be led by a Fellow of the Calligraphy and Lettering

Arts Society and includes a free calligraphy felt pen for pupils to

take away.

Workshop 3— Arhurian Tales

Length: 1 hour

Details coming soon

Curriculum Links—Key Stage 1

HISTORY— This program will assist pupils with identifying an awareness of the past and identify

similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods. Through the Magna Carta exhibition

it will engage them with a significant historical event and the lives of significant individual who have

contributed to national and international achievements.

ART— Pupils will be learning about how medieval calligraphy functioned as art as well as a way of

conveying words, and will get the chance to have a go at the technique themselves.

ENGLISH—The Arthurian Tales workshop will contribute to pupils’ spoken word skills and their

understanding of the history of words.

Curriculum Links—Key Stage 2

HISTORY—This package will contribute to extending pupils’ historical knowledge beyond 1066 and to

studying local history.

ART— Pupils will be learning about how medieval calligraphy functioned as art as well as a way of

conveying words, and will get the chance to have a go at the technique themselves.

ENGLISH—The Arthurian Tales workshop will contribute to pupils’ spoken word skills and their

understanding of the history of words.

To find out more or to book please call us on 01376 325266

www.braintreemuseum.co.uk info@braintreemuseum.co.uk