Cross-curricular Work
Museum collections are ideal for supporting cross-curricular work. For instance a visit to a museum to study Victorians might support not only the history curriculum, but also:
- Literacy (speaking and listening)
- English (drama and creative writing opportunities)
- Science (materials)
- Maths (counting, measurement)
- Technology (how things are made and move)
- ICT (research from websites).
The 24 Hour Museum has a really useful downloadable teachers pack, The Museum in a Classroom, which details how to structure and manage a cross-curricular project, which can be linked into the National Curriculum through most subjects and at most levels.
The following pages demonstrate how museums can support individual curriculum subjects but also indicate cross-curricular links with downloads of case studies and session plans from museums in the South East which show how subjects can be linked.
Downloads
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Creative Teaching (Brighton Museums and Galleries PDF, 2.67MB). Using objects to inspire learning. A training session which helps to develop creativity and a cross-curricular approach to using museum collections.
Useful Websites
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The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum has webpages for schools which illustrate how a museum visit can support learning across the curriculum.
24 Hour Museum for
Museum in a
Classroom.