25th July 2010, 10:08 PM
Excellent thread... and I think it is tapping into a Zeitgeist of putting the info out there.. recently I posted about Oxford Archaeology and there archive http://library.thehumanjourney.net and of course Wessex here: http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/reports lets not forget what Digital Past are trying to get moving with Open Archive... http://www.openarchive.co.uk/
The secret is taking a report and making it useful for kids... one of the things I am working on just now is a kids trail round a house.. and like outreach people who are a damn sight better than me - its all about delivery as Deadly says. THe kids have to go away excitied and the teachers inspired... and then ther has to be follow up where they can actually do something with what they have. (I am now also involved in a big yearlong project with art and archaeology plus some sand pit digs followed up by a mystery to be solved dig on a lost mill pond - where there was a drowning in teh 19th century... Where is the pond? was it deep? what did it go to? Who was the person who died? and why? - as one part of this... however, I digress.
One trusthas a great selection of downloads for schools, that targets where they are and what they can actually get out and do... http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/schools/eduindex.htm
and of course here is a structured plan :
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7link...eets.shtml
The secret is taking a report and making it useful for kids... one of the things I am working on just now is a kids trail round a house.. and like outreach people who are a damn sight better than me - its all about delivery as Deadly says. THe kids have to go away excitied and the teachers inspired... and then ther has to be follow up where they can actually do something with what they have. (I am now also involved in a big yearlong project with art and archaeology plus some sand pit digs followed up by a mystery to be solved dig on a lost mill pond - where there was a drowning in teh 19th century... Where is the pond? was it deep? what did it go to? Who was the person who died? and why? - as one part of this... however, I digress.
One trusthas a great selection of downloads for schools, that targets where they are and what they can actually get out and do... http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/schools/eduindex.htm
and of course here is a structured plan :
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7link...eets.shtml