Historic scotland Resources
- Skara Brae
- The Vikings
- The Iron Age & Stone Age
Artefact handling boxes – designed, written, assembled and piloted by the Educational Resource Partnership
See below for details of the Skara Brae box
The Skara Brae Replica Artefact Handling Boxes
This resource was commissioned by Historic Scotland who supplied the replica artefacts.
The resource provided teaching ideas for:
setting the scene/historical background of Skara Brae, examination and discussion of photographs, close examination of the artefacts, questioning activities, art/craft and drama activities.
The resource boxes included:
replica artefacts with information cards, Users Guide (with lesson plans and worksheets), photographs, books, poster, drama scenario cards, art and craft ideas,
wooden jigsaws (commissioned by the Partnership), a bag containing a deer skin.
The Educational Resource Partnership:
produced the Users Guide wrote lesson plans and worksheets, designed covers and labels for the boxes, sourced relevant materials and assembled boxes into a finished product for the customer. Each resource was piloted in schools before delivery.
Availability
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