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Paper Resources for Teachers
When choosing a museum or site to visit, teachers look to see what sorts of resources are provided to support the visit.
Providing good resources is therefore a way of attracting teachers to the museum and supporting the work the children do there
What kind of resources might museums develop?
- Information for teachers about the museum and its collections
- Photographs and documents to use in the classroom for preparation and follow-up work
- Maps and plans showing location and layout of museum
- Worksheets/activity sheets
- Ideas for pre and post-visit activity
- A timetable and summary of the planned activities
- How the museum session/s can link to the National Curriculum.
Some, or all, of the above might be included in a Teachers' Pack.
It is important to develop any resources in consultation with teachers. Although this takes time it is the only way to ensure that the resources you produce will useful to schools and therefore used.
Banbury Museum have taken a slightly different approach to resources for schools using their galleries (see Gallery Discovery Boxes).
Downloads
Gallery Discovery Boxes (Banbury Museum. Word DOC, 44Kb).
Worksheets Pros and Cons (Word DOC, 36Kb).
Designing an Activity Sheet (Word DOC, 45Kb).
Useful Websites
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Milestones, Hampshire County Museums Service, School Visits to Milestones page for downloadable Activity Sheets.
Brighton Museums and Galleries for downloadable resources .
Chatham Historic Dockyard to download a Teacher's Guide.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History provide online background information sheets to support their school sessions.
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) website for their clear print guidelines See it Right.
Plain English Campaign for details of how to produce text which is easy to understand.