Local history: Plymouth in World War I

Explore how people in Plymouth experienced World War I using this history resource for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.

Dive in to the text to harness yourself with insider knowledge on the subject, focus in on the images to discover new details with your class, and then play and create using some of the suggested activities for inspiration.

Key Stages:: Key Stage 2,; Key Stage 3

Curricula:: History,; Local History

Topics:: WW1,; Plymouth

You can download this PDF resource to use with your class.

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School visits

SENsational workshops

Our SENsational workshops for students with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with profound and multiple disabilities and ASC, are open to visits from a range of educational settings.

Prehistory: The Bronze Age at Whitehorse Hill

Witness your students become archaeologists, discovering the remarkable Bronze Age burial at Whitehorse Hill on Dartmoor. What can the uncovered artefacts tell us about people 4,000 years ago?

World War II and the Blitz in Plymouth

Can your students become detectives? Use real objects and archives to uncover the truth of how the Blitz impacted Plymouth.

Loan Boxes

Explore: Plymouth Evacuees

Discover what life was like for children evacuated from Plymouth during the war. Hundreds of children were evacuated from Plymouth during World War II. Encounter these individuals and imagine their lives with this collection of photos and documents.

Explore: Engineering South West

Explore the feats of engineering behind Plymouth's most famous structures. Bridges, breakwaters, and lighthouses - there are some amazing examples of engineering in Plymouth.

Play: Mummification

Bring the spectacle of mummification to your classroom with this mummy, canopic jars and set of ‘body parts’.

Museum Gallery Archive

You can download this PDF resource to use with your class.