{"id":28292,"date":"2020-11-17T16:02:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28292"},"modified":"2020-11-16T18:05:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T18:05:29","slug":"historic-england-launches-new-education-resources-and-films-as-part-of-breaking-new-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28292","title":{"rendered":"Historic England launches new education resources and films as part of Breaking New Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Historic England has launched new education resources created to help primary school teachers engage key stage two pupils in the history of buildings, as part of the Breaking New Ground project supported by the John Laing Charitable Trust.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 trainee programme\u2026 enabled three young professionals to work with the Historic England Archive team\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2026 project to digitise 10,000 images from the John Laing Photographic Collection\u2026 one of the most significant British construction companies of the 20th century\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The education resources are accessible to all via the Historic England website and will provide a lasting educational legacy for the project, which has run workshops and visits for primary school children to meet ex-Laing workers in Swindon, Bristol, London and Coventry since October 2019.<\/p>\n

As part of this legacy and to help inspire schools and their pupils, three new films show the workshops and visits in action. A further film explores the\u00a0trainee programme<\/a>, which has enabled three young professionals to work with the Historic England Archive team and develop their skills in cataloguing, conservation and digitisation.<\/p>\n

These new education resources and films are part of\u00a0John Laing Collection: Breaking New Ground<\/a> – a 21-month project run by Historic England that explores the history of constructing modern Britain through the John Laing Photographic Collection. When completed, the project will have resulted in 10,000 images being digitised and made accessible via the Historic England Archive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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New education resources<\/h2>\n

Today Historic England has released new education resources, which have been created to enable teachers across the country to benefit from Breaking New Ground. The resources include a lesson plan and film from each of the four schools workshops which have taken place over the past year, giving teachers useful templates and resources for conducting interesting and engaging classes on the built environment.<\/p>\n

Heritage Schools Case Studies<\/h3>\n