Bring the history of your local area to life with this fun, interactive, and completely tailored workshop!

Pupils will work chronologically through Scotland’s mining history – handling real objects from our collection, playing interactive mining games, and, of course, dressing up as miners! To provide context and relevance, we will focus on on the development of mining in your local area complete with maps and photographs for pupils to investigate.

“Such a fun workshop that brought our topic, “Oor Toun”, to life!” – Teacher feedback

“We booked this workshop as outreach and we loved it! My class got a lot out of comparing life today to that of the Victorian’s and there was so much information covered in a short space of time – it was action packed.” – Teacher feedback

This workshop is available at NMMS or as an outreach workshop in your school. The workshop is cross-curricular and incorporates the following topics: local history, the Victorians, the Industrial Revolution, STEM, children’s lives in Victorian Scotland, energy, and much more!

Booking Information
Level: Early, First & Second P1-7
Subject Focus: Social Studies, STEM, Literacy, Health & Wellbeing
Duration: 45minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (flexible, depending on age)

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