Topic modules

I have divided areas into stand alone study topics which could be used in several ways to support the curriculum and have particular relevance for Key Stage 2 students:
Individual modules might be chosen in conjunction with ongoing class work with a single subject expanded to become the major focus for the day.  Alternatively, several related areas could be explored together.  For example: Food, festivals and religion modules could be considered to provide a theme for Christmas, Diwali, Eid, Hannucah or other celebration times; pilgrimage, map making and travel might be combined to support a local history project.

However, you may simply wish to give students a broad taster day to enhance understanding and enjoyment of the late mediaeval and early modern Tudor period.  These options can be discussed in greater detail to tailor a visit to the particular needs of your own students and school and the curriculum.

A separate Schools CDRoM is available to expand on the following:

		Costume & Custom My own mode of dress provides a starting point for looking at historical convention and style; differences and similarities; practicality and environment  -and I always bring a basket of extras to try on for taking group pictures!
		Feast & Festivals Some festivals have survived into the present in one form or another though others now seem very strange to us.  Hopefully my visit will be near to - or even on - an interesting day to discuss.
		Food & Seasons An opportunity to explore the origins of foodstuffs and crops and to look at their availability, processing and storage across the seasons and social scale.
		Games & Pastimes The dangers of ‘foote ball’ are considered and students try out or make their own games of strategy to play (even gambling teaches probabilities…)
		Reading, Writing & Counting A dip into counting boards and calculating methods and learning to read;  a look also at the revolution of typeset printing versus manuscript books.
		Religion & Pilgrimage The lost world of pre Reformation pilgrimage, saints, shrines, relics and miracles with an opportunity to explore diversity and all faiths.
		Travel & Simple Maps A brief exploration of the earlier voyages of discovery - and a chance to see just how difficult it can be to draw a useful map based on students’ own local knowledge!