Learning resources
Bring The Box to your classroom with learning resources to support your teaching and inspire your students.
Ancient Egypt
Explore Ancient Egypt with your class and how amazing objects came to Plymouth, with this history resource for Key Stage 2.
Ancient Egypt: Iyhat
Explore Ancient Egypt with your class through the inscriptions on the inner coffin of Iyhat, an Egyptian Priest, from the collections at The Box.
Art and Design: A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach
Explore the painting A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach by Stanhope Forbes with your class with this art and history resource for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
Art and Design: British Art Show 9: Teacher Pack
Explore the artists and themes of British Art Show 9 with this resource for Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4.
Art and Design: Make your own Pinhole Camera
Make your own pinhole camera with this resource.
Art and Design: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Explore the paintings and life of Sir Joshua Reynolds with your class using this Art resource for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
Art and Design: Zadie Xa
Explore the themes in Zadie Xa's 2022 exhibition 'Long ago when tigers smoked' and items from the collections at The Box.
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.
Local history: Plymouth: City of the Future
Have you ever wondered why our city is built the way it is? Watch this animation with your students to explore the rebuilding of Plymouth after World War Two using archive photographs and film footage to bring to life the story of our city.
Local history: Plymouth: From Destruction to Construction
Explore the impact of the Blitz in Plymouth using this history resource for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
Local history: The Blitz of Plymouth: Vocabulary
Explore the impact of the Blitz in Plymouth using this history resource for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
Local history: Votes for Women in Plymouth: Schools Online Course
Use this online course to find out about how people in Plymouth fought to win the vote for women as part of the women's suffrage and suffragette movements, and learn about activism along the way.
Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: Animation
Watch this animation with your class, and use the supporting activities to explore it in more depth.
Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: Biographies Resource
Download this resource to use with your class, following the suggested activities to understand more about the passengers of the Mayflower.
Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: How to Play Hubbub
Hubbub – or ‘the bowl game’ – is a traditional game, played by the Wampanoag people and other Native American groups across America.
Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: Teacher Pack
Our Mayflower 400 Legend and Legacy Teacher Pack focuses on five star objects from the exhibition, with supporting myth-busting activities and enquiry questions.
Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: The Words we choose to use
This glossary of words and terms connected to the Mayflower story supports teachers wanting to explore this complex and sensitive history with their class.
Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: Virtual Workshops
Watch five online lessons about Mayflower to explore this topic from a range of perspectives with your students, either from home or the classroom.
Prehistory
Explore Prehistory with your class, discovering how people lived in and near Plymouth during this period, using this history resource for Key Stage 2.
Prehistory: Image Bank
Explore detailed images of our collection of objects from Prehistory, found in and near Plymouth, using this Image Bank with your class.
Prehistory: Whitehorse Hill Image Bank
Explore detailed images of our collection of objects from Prehistory, found at Whitehorse Hill, and discover their history, using this Image Bank with your class.
Science: Make your own Herbarium
Create your own herbarium inspired by our collection with this science resource for Key Stage 2.
Science: Marine Citizens of Plymouth's National Marine Park
Explore the effects of climate change on Plymouth Sound and how our inspiring 'Marine Citizens' are helping to care for and protect the National Marine Park.
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