Local Studies and Archive Centre

Education Service

Local Studies' dedicated area for class visits

Education and Outreach Policy (94KB, pdf file)

The teaching of history in schools has been transformed in recent years by an increase in the use of primary source material, giving pupils the opportunity of direct contact with people and events of the past and the chance to develop skills in evaluating evidence.

Advice and Training for Teachers
We present a varied approach to teachers, students and pupils seeking primary source material for local studies projects, or as a teaching resource for the study of history in the National Curriculum.

We are pleased to offer advice and training to help teachers and student teachers to use the Centre, and to give advice on documents available for teaching history at each key stage in the National Curriculum, and suggestions for their use in the classroom.

Services
Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre offers the following range of free services to local schools:

We create resource packs on aspects of local history relating to the national curriculum for local teachers on request
Talks on aspects of local history and geography at Schools
Loan of historic exhibition photographs
Cater for class visits for up to 30 children in dedicated area
- Teacher enquiry form - Class visit
Advice for teachers on local resources relevant to the National Curriculum and planning of school projects
Black History Month Posters and Teacher's pack based on sources held at Local Studies

Local Studies can supply source material such as, photographs, census returns, Victorian and Edwardian house plans and maps etc for the following Key Stages I and 2 History and Geography units:

History

Unit 1: How are our toys different from those of the past?
Unit 2: What were homes like long ago?
Unit 9: What was it like for children living in the Second World War?
Unit 12: How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?
Unit 13. How has life in Britain changed since 1948?

Geography

Unit 1: Around our School
Unit 2: How can we make our local area safe?
Unit 6: Investigating our local area
Unit 11: Water
Unit 12: The High Street
Unit 14: Rivers
Unit 25: Contrasting Locality + Numbers in Geography

For more information contact Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre on 0208 836 7369 or email archives@bexley.gov.uk