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Archaeology Resources for Teachers

Our education staff here at the CBA all have teaching experience, so we know that developing lessons is hard work and takes time. To help encourage teachers to develop the use of archaeology in their teaching we know you need easily available resources that are free to use…

…So as part of the new CBA website we are in the process of developing a new resource hub for teachers. Aimed at teachers of all levels (KS1 to CE) in both formal and informal education, the new section will provide session plans, activity ideas, worksheets, case-studies, photos (artefacts, sites, reconstructions, techniques etc.), teachers’ notes, contact information, details of artefact lending schemes etc. These resources will all be downloadable free for educational use so that you can get what you need for lesson planning fast.

The resource hub will also link to other online resources that you can use – providing you with a central portal to reach anything related to archaeology, heritage and the historic environment. We ask only that you tell others about the resource site and that you let us know about new interesting websites, activities, information etc that you find so that the resource site can grow and help make teaching about the past exciting and engaging for learners.

To develop such a resource will take us a little time and the new resource area is part of the second phase of our website development, however, as each section of the resource site is available we will put it online.

In addition for KS2 and KS3 teachers, there is a great free resource by Creative Minds to provide lesson plans and ideas to allow you to teach the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects using archaeology. The resource can be found at www.mylearning.org and is also well worth a look for teachers teaching above and below key stages 2 and 3 as many of the ideas could be scaled to suit your teaching.

If you have any suggestions for resources or have any teaching ideas etc that you would be happy to donate for free educational use then please contact us by email.