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KS2 KS2 keep inspired being Booking your session Please contact: [email protected] or call 01273 482349 A minimum of three weeks’ notice is required to book school workshops. Tailored sessions on any other topics are available on request. Photo: David Churchill Churchill David Photo: FREE! Workshop fees (unless otherwise stated): Half a day: £100 per class (maximum 30 children) Coach parking Full day: £200 per class (maximum 30 children) Lunch area *World War I combined taught and handling sessions Cost: £150 per class (maximum 30 children) *Shared Journeys The Keep Archives, Woollards Way, Brighton, Independent use in school: BN1 9BP* • £250 per full week (inclusive of £50 delivery and *Sat Nav postcode is BN1 9PU collection courier charge) • £200 if school is collecting and dropping off www.thekeep.info outreach exhibition and taught session: • £100 half a day/ £200 per day per class (30 children maximum) Key Stage 2 sessions at The Keep Archives keep learning The Keep is the home to the collections of East Sussex Record Office (ESRO), the Royal Pavilion & Museums History and Geography Local History Collections and the University of Sussex Special Collections. As part of our service we offer a learning programme including teacher CPD opportunities and workshops for primary school groups. Our inspiring programme of workshops offers: On the map trail • access to primary original sources; In this session, students become archive detectives and use maps to find • sessions that suit all learners and their needs; clues to the hidden histories of Brighton and Sussex. • a local perspective on national events; Duration: 1hr 30mins • resources in different formats (from oral history, newspapers and photographs to maps and postcards) History What was the making of Brighton? What transformed Brighton from a declining coastal town into a tourist hotspot? This session includes a brief overview of the history of Brighton in the 18th and 19th centuries – and some of the myths surrounding its development - Normans rule! WWI Handling workshop followed by the opportunity to examine original maps, letters, diaries, travel guides, newspapers, census returns and How did life change for Anglo-Saxons after the These sessions are facilitated by a qualified teacher and other primary sources that show when, why and how the town grew. Norman invasion? In this session, students explore offer an opportunity for students to get immersed in Duration: 1hr 30mins coins, postcards and other evidence as they learning through handling archives and original artefacts investigate change and continuity in Norman England. from the period. The handling activity can also be combined with one of the WWI taught sessions. Citizenship Duration: 1hr 30mins Taught session only: 1hr 30 mins Shared Journeys Taught session and handling workshop: 2hrs This travelling exhibition explores themes of diversity, identity and racism through the stories of local people from diverse backgrounds. It includes a resource pack with teachers’ notes, oral recordings and an object handling box. You can book Families at War a session at The Keep or the resources can be booked to be used independently in school or as part of an outreach taught session delivered by one of our teachers. How did World War I affect family and community life? The Hortons were one of the many families affected. In this session, students will explore letters, photographs South coast sanctuary? and a memoir from the family archives to uncover the This session examines the immigration of French Huguenot refugees to Rye as a starting point for a broader investigation very different experiences of two of the Horton brothers: of immigration in the 16th century compared to today. Students will explore parish registers, maps and prints and take one a conscientious objector and the other a World War part in a lively but formal debate to help make sense of this complex topic. I soldier. Duration: 1hr 30mins Duration: 1hr 30mins Local History The local history sessions below have been developed for the Moulsecoomb area as part of The Keep’s Community Communication on the frontline Images of the First World War Project History on Your Doorstep but can be adapted to any area in East Sussex or Brighton and Hove. How did different people experi- In a world without today’s communication technologies how did soldiers communicate over long ence the war and how Put your history on the map An introduction to Archives distances? This hands-on session uses drama, was it portrayed? Through drama, In this session, pupils will use the Historic Environment dressing up and flag signalling to help art and playwriting the Free workshop (when you request a tailored Record (HER) to learn more about their local area. Working students explore and understand some of the young people will be given the session) introducing students to historical enquiry in groups, they will explore the HER map online and pick opportunity to reflect on skills and using primary and secondary sources to challenges servicemen faced during WWI. out archaeological features as well as looking at original government propaganda, real-life learn about the past. material such as Ordnance Survey Maps and archive Duration: 1hr 45mins experiences and the photographs. Afterwards they can recreate their findings Duration: 30 mins reliability of original material. by making a 3D map of their local area. Duration: 1hr 30mins Duration: 1 hr 50mins .