Archives school projects

Archive staff can visit the classroom to provide hands-on experiential learning opportunities across a range of subjects. Archive collections hold unique evidence of the past, and our activities help pupils discuss and understand their heritage and how this relates to the present day.

We can tailor activities and visits to specific subjects and projects in accordance with the Curriculum for Excellence to compliment teaching within the classroom. Teaching across Early, First, Second, Third & Fourth and Senior Phase levels can be catered for using our wide resource of original documents. 

Popular topics include WW1, WW2, Victorian Dundee, Developing Dundee, Employment and Health in Dundee. Pupils will handle a range of original archives such as diaries, letters, ledgers, photographs, maps and plans while learning how to interrogate primary sources. Engaging in age and stage appropriate activities will strengthen their understanding of a topic, before reflecting on how the past relates to the present day and the world around them.

Archives offer a unique way of learning. Please contact us to arrange a classroom visit or to discuss how archives can enhance classroom teaching.