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Hull Museum Education

History / Art and Design / Citizenship / English / Media Studies / Science / RE

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> Our Museums and Heritage SitesHull’s Museums provide a range of exciting and relevantlearning experiences to support the delivery of aninnovative and inspiring curriculum whilst also contributingto young people’s cultural entitlement. We offer acomprehensive package of led sessions and onlineresources, designed to support your curriculum andchallenge your students.

New for 2009, Hull History Centre brings together the CityArchives, Local Studies Library and University of Hullarchives. The Hull History Centre is a state of the art newhome for the city’s written and photographic collections.

> Relevant to the CurriculumResponding to the exciting changes in the curriculum ourcomprehensive learning programmes can help you deliverboth knowledge and the essential skills to enable successin learning.

Personal, learning and thinking skills are embedded inmuseum learning. By visiting our nine museums to take partin our learning programmes and by using our online learningresources we can help support young people’s development.

Independent enquirers:Our programmes are designed to promote

independent enquiry by offering pupils unique opportunitiesto investigate, process and evaluate information. By settingreal challenges museums and galleries encourage youngpeople to analyse and explore issues from differentperspectives, in order to provide reasoned arguments thatrepresent true aspects of our past and present.

Creative thinkers: Museums and galleries encourage young people to think

creatively by providing stimulating experiences that generate andpromote exploration of ideas.Through working with collections,pupils question their own and others assumptions to offerimaginative solutions to proposed problems.

Reflective learners:Museums and galleries offer unique learning

experiences that develop reflective learning skills. Youngpeople analyse strengths and limitations, set realistic goals and establish criteria for success in order to solveproblems and meet challenges. Pupils are encouraged to invite feedback and evaluate experiences as theycommunicate outcomes in original and expressive formats.

Team workers:Using historical collections as the stimulus young

people are encouraged to work together, taking responsibility,working collaboratively, managing discussions and takingaccount of different views in order to problem solve. Workingin the museum environment also offers pupils the opportunityto develop social skills and an awareness of others needs.

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Self-managers:Museum collections and environments

demonstrate the importance of self management.Our programmes provide real challenges in which youngpeople can show personal responsibility, creativity, initiativeand enterprise. Working in new environments withunfamiliar staff also increases the significance of theexperience, simulating real life scenarios with newpressures and demands.

Effective participators: We offer specific learning programmes and

online resources that are designed to encourage youngpeople to become effective participators. We activelyengage pupils in issues that affect them and thosearound them in order to raise awareness and promoteunderstanding. Our programmes include persuasivecampaigning and debate that encourages responsibleaction to bring about improvement and change. Theseskills enable pupils to play a full part in the life of theirschool, college, workplace or wider community.

Coming soon: Museums in a Box - An exciting new outreach service for KS3

Museums in a Box aims to assist you to developyour pupils PLTs and functional skills in an excitingand creative way through museum visits and theuse of handling artefacts in your school. Pupilscreate their own exhibitions in school, leading inevery stage from research and writing information,to publicising and staging the exhibition. Projectsare developed in consultation with your school onthemes to fit with your curriculum planning.

Contact us on 01482 318733 for further information

> How to book your visit All sessions and resources arefree for local authority secondary schools (Except High Street Tour).Independent schools will be charged £1 per hour per pupil for ledsessions. All museum sites are free entry for teacher led visits.To book a session led by our team of experienced enablers or selfguided visit contact us on 01482 318733.

Please have the following information available when you call:• Date for your visit • Number of children • Your objectives • Year group • Any SEN requirements for the visit

> Making the Most of Museums and GalleriesCross Curriculum Opportunities Inline with the changing curriculum,many of our sessions will cover more than one subject area. Crosscurriculum opportunities are highlighted throughout this brochure.

Deep Learning Days Hull Museum Education is happy to planfocussed learning days for your groups together with your staff.Deep learning days will set a challenge for students, coveringspecific curriculum areas agreed with your school. Activities willencompass personal learning and thinking skills, allowing youngpeople to tackle subjects creatively, interpreting a range ofinformation and making their own decisions.

INSET and CPD Hull Museum Education can offer INSET and CPD at any of our sites and cover subjects to suit your school,for example “Understanding Slavery - tackling sensitive histories”or “Using Museums and Galleries as a Stimulus for Learning”.Museum learning embraces the exciting changes to the nationalcurriculum, providing young people with compelling learningexperiences, opportunities to explore cross curriculum dimensionsand develop essential skills for success. Please contact us to findout more or to discuss your school’s individual needs.

Online Resources A range of online learning journeys areavailable to support your visit. These include information andresources for use in the classroom to help you prepare or followup a visit. Visit www.mylearning.org. Resources are highlightedthroughout this brochure.

Bookingyour visit

Museum opening times:Risk Assessments:CRB Checks:Lunch Rooms:Toilets:

Planning a Visit:

Museum Shops:

Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm

Download from www.hgfl.org/go/museumsAll learning staff have enhanced disclosuresAvailable at all museums except vesselsAccessible toilets available at all museumsexcept vesselsContact us to arrange a pre-visit planningmeeting with a member of the learning teamAvailable at the Ferens Art Gallery, HullMaritime Museum, Hands on HistoryMuseum and Hull and East Riding Museum

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Investigating ArtFerens Art Gallery

Explore paintings and sculpture at the Ferens. Find outabout artists’ influences, inspirations and working methods.Use our fantastic object resource boxes to create your ownwork taking inspiration form the artwork you haveinvestigated. Length of session: 2 hours

Self ImageFerens Art Gallery

Using traditional and contemporary examples from theFerens collection, pupils will explore artists’ representationsof themselves and other people before embarking on theirown creative work. Length of session: 2 hours

Sculpture - The Third DimensionFerens Art Gallery

Discover the Ferens Sculpture collection and take a journeyinto the third dimension. Explore how sculptors think andwork. Understand working in three dimensions using largescale sculpture kits. Experiment with materials and processesand design and make a small scale piece to take away.Length of session: 2 hours

A Passion for FashionHands on History

Investigate Hull’s most famous fashion designer; EmilyClapham. Research her collections from the 1880’s -1930’s, handle replica garments. Take inspiration fromdesigns, materials and techniques to inform their owncreative ideas. Length of session: 2 hours

Out on the Tiles - Victorian StyleHull and East Riding Museum

Investigate the inspiration behind the Arts & Craftsmovement. Using Medieval and Victorian tile collections asinspiration, develop design ideas before transferring to abisque fired tile. Length of session: 2 hours

The Victorians: Painting the PastFerens Art Gallery

Use the Ferens Victorian and Edwardian collection toinvestigate life in Victorian Britain - are we presented withimages of truth or fiction? Experience Victorian art trainingand develop traditional drawing skills.Length of session: 2 hours

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Cross Curriculum Opportunities• The Message

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A Passion for Fashion

Art and Design Onlinewww.mylearning.org• The Painted Lady - Tudor Portraits at The Ferens• Self Image• Objects and Meanings• The Mysterious Lost Wax Process• Hull Through the Eyes of a Sculptor• The Message - Creative Campaigning• Connect>Create• Madame Clapham• Folk Art and the Whalers• Commission Impossible• The Victorians - Painting the Past • Out on the Tiles - Victorian Style• Drawing on History• Made for Us - Hull’s Craft and Design�

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Unfinished BusinessWilberforce House

What made the abolitionist’s campaign so extraordinary?Students reflect upon the fight against slavery 200 yearsago, before investigating slavery and human rights issuestoday. Length of session: 2 hours

The Message - Creative CampaigningWilberforce House

Investigate how artists, designers and crafts people past andpresent can raise awareness of campaigns and promotesocial and political change. Use your research to develop yourown creative campaign ideas. Length of session: 2 hours

West African RhythmsWilberforce House

Learn about and experience first hand West African culturethrough traditional music. Develop your own performanceskills and use traditional instruments to create thefascinating rhythms of West Africa.Length of session: 2 hours

“Deeds, Not Words”- The Trial of Emmeline Pankhurst

Wilberforce House / GuildhallTake part in the dramatic re-enactment of this famousEdwardian trial in the imposing setting of our Victorian stylecourtroom. Investigate the key figures and political campaigntactics behind the British Women’s suffrage movement.Work as a team to compare and contrast modern dayprotest campaigns. Length of session: 2 hours

Tour of Guildhall Courts and CellsGuildhall

“Do time” in the imposing setting of our Victorian style,former Crown and Magistrates Courts and Cells. Take a tourwith an expert guide and find out about life on both sides ofthe law. Length of session: 1 hour

Choices, Actions & Outcomes -Developing Responsible Citizens

through Restorative Practice GuildhallExplore practical and positive ways to resolve differencesand conflict using historical and contemporary scenarios toexamine how the decisions we make affect others.Length of session: 1 or 2 hoursCreative Campaigning

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National partnership:Campaign! Make an ImpactCampaign! Make an Impact is a national initiative that useshistory to inspire young people into active citizenship.Developed in partnership with the British Library and MLAcouncil, this cross curricular programme uses museumcollections relating to historical campaigns as an inspirationalresource to explore why and how campaigns are run.Schools are supported in teaching the communication andcreative skills necessary to run their own campaign beforeyoung people identify things they would like to change intheir own communities.The final stage of the programmesees young people developing their own campaigns andultimately putting their plans into action.

Projects can last from half a term to two terms and workwell across history and citizenship departments.Campaign! Make an Impact has been recognised by theQCA, OCR and EDXCEL awarding bodies as an exampleof best practice and also makes an excellent vehicle fordelivering aspects of the creative and media diploma.

Museum visits are an integral part of the project, supportingyour requirements for learning outside the classroom. Hullmuseums have a number of sessions to kick start yourproject - contact us to discuss your requirements and visitwww.bl.uk/campaign for further information

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Cross Curriculum Opportunities• Africa - Before the Slave Trade - page 6• Understanding Slavery - page 6• The Great Debate - page 6• William Wilberforce - The Role of the Individual - page 6• Darwin’s Dangerous Idea? - page 7• The Triple Trawler Disaster: Causes, Consequences,

Campaign - page 6• Documenting Our Past - page 7

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Africa - Before the Slave TradeWilberforce House

Investigate perceptions of Africa and African culture beforethe slave trade. Use artefacts and documentary evidence toexplore art, technology and society to build a picture of acontinent and its people before enslavement.Length of session: 1 or 2 hours

Understanding Slavery - The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Wilberforce HouseThis thought provoking led session looks at the causes andconsequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Studentswill investigate key themes of Triangular Trade, The MiddlePassage, Life on the Plantations and the fight for theAbolition of the British Slave Trade. Why not extend yourvisit with “The Great Debate”. Length of session: 2 hours

The Great DebateWilberforce House / Guildhall

Using the collections at Wilberforce House and theimpressive surroundings of the Guildhall courtrooms, thissession will inspire and challenge students to create livelydebates around the Abolition movement and the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. Length of session: 2 hours

William Wilberforce - The Role of theIndividual Wilberforce House

This hands-on led session focuses on the role of WilliamWilberforce in history, his life, his motivations for becominginvolved in the Abolition of the British Slave Trade and theimpact of his work. Length of session: 2 hours

Local History - The Triple TrawlerDisaster: Causes, Consequences,

Campaign Hull Maritime MuseumUncover the events of Hull’s 1968 Triple Trawler Disasterthrough investigating contemporary news articles andfilmed interviews to discover the causes and consequencesof the disaster, as well as the so-called “HeadscarfCampaign” which followed it. Length of session: 2 hours

Local History - Arctic Corsair TourArctic Corsair Trawler, Rear of Streetlife Museum

Led by ex-trawlermen, the volunteer crew of the ArcticCorsair bring life at sea alive (March - Sept, Thursdays only).Maximum 14 pupils (accompanied by 2 adults). All visitorsmust have suitable footwear. Why not combine your tour witha visit to the Arctic Corsair Museum? Length of tour: 1 hour To book contact: Anita Waddy on 01482 351445

Local History - Tour of the High StreetHigh Street, Old Town

Experienced tour guide Paul Schofield is available to leadgroups on tours of Hull’s historic High Street. Length oftour: 2 hour guided tour of High Street £55.00 Book directwith Visit Hull and East Yorkshire on 08448 112070

Local History - Presenting the Past35 High Street Learning Centre

Designed to complement a tour of the High Street, thissession uses digital documentary evidence to produce a PowerPoint presentation about the history anddevelopment of Hull. Length of session: 1 hour or 2 hours

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History Online www.mylearning.org• William Wilberforce - A learning Journey• History Around Hull• Local Heroes! - A Learning Journey• Our War - Hull’s Home Front (coming soon)• Working with Historical Documents (coming soon) Partner Websitewww.understandingslavery.com www.bl.uk/campaign

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Darwin’s Dangerous Idea?

Guildhall / Holy Trinity Church / Hull & East Riding Museum In commemoration of the 200thanniversary of the birth of CharlesDarwin, this new session examines the controversysurrounding Darwin’s theory ofevolution. Investigate unique artefacts and decide foryourselves how these can be used to support differentviewpoints. Work in teams to formulate an argument anddebate the issues, delivered across three spectacularlocations, the Guildhall, Holy Trinity Church and Hull & East Riding Museum. Length of session: 2 hours

All of our sessions offer opportunities to developliteracy and communication skills. Museum visits can

also be used as a stimulus for written work. Our inspiringsettings also make excellent locations for film and mediaprojects. Contact us to discuss your requirements.

Cross Curriculum Opportunities• William Wilberforce

- the Role of the Individual - page 6

Science / RE National partnership:Understanding Slavery InitiativeThe Understanding slavery Initiative is a partnership ledby the National Maritime Museum with Hull Museums,National Museums Liverpool, and Bristol Museums tosupport the effective teaching and learning of the historyand legacies of the transatlantic slave trade.

Contact us to find out more about USI resources or visitwww.understandingslavery.com

Cross Curriculum Opportunities• Unfinished Business - page 5• The Message - page 5• A Passion for Fashion - page 4• Out on the Tiles - Victorian Style - page 4• Darwin’s Dangerous Idea? - page 7• “Deeds, Not Words”- The Trial of Emmeline

Pankhurst - page 5• Tour of Guildhall Courts and Cells - page 5• Campaign! Make an Impact - page 5• The Victorians - Painting the Past - page 4

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WW2 - Life on the Home FrontStreetlife Museum

What was life really like on the Home Front? Usingauthentic wartime artefacts pupils will actively learn howthe war affected ordinary people living in Hull.Length of session: 2 hours

Roman EvidenceHull and East Riding Museum

Were the Romans civilised or Barbaric? Students usehandling collections and gallery investigation to build apicture of life in Roman Britain.Length of session: 2 hours

Documenting Our PastHull History Centre

Travel through time from Hull’s origins as the medievalsettlement of Wyke to the present day, throughinvestigation of Hull’s historic documents and photographs.Work as historical researchers with charters, maps,personal accounts, official reports, the census, personalletters and photographs to unlock the clues of Hull’shistory and create a timeline of the city.Length of session: 2 hours, Starts Jan 2010

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Wilberforce LearningCentre High StArtic CorsairMuseums Quarter, High St

Streetlife MuseumMuseums Quarter, High St

Ferens Art GalleryQueen Victoria SqMaritime MuseumQueen Victoria SqHands on HistorySouth Church Side

Hull & East RidingMuseums Quarter, High St

Spurn LightshipHull Marina, Castle St

How to find us To book call: 01482 318733

This document is available in other formats (large print, audio and Braille as appropriate). Please telephone 01482 613902