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Gallery trails
Primary & Prep Schools
Complete Primary and Prep gallery trails can be found below. A Remembrance trail is available for use in the World Wars gallery. A Florence Nightingale & Mary Seacole trail is available for use in the Changing the World gallery.
- Mary & Florence in the Crimea (PDF 1.28MB)
- Nightingale’s Numbers (PDF 454KB)
- Remembrance (PDF 156KB)
Secondary Schools and Sixth-form Colleges
Complete Secondary and Sixth-form gallery trails can be found below. An English Civil War trail is available for use in the Making of Britain gallery, a First World War trail for use in the World Wars gallery and a Boer War trail for use in the corridor exhibition.
New for Autumn Term 2010
Crimean Gallery Activity Box
To support your self-led gallery visit, a box of hands-on activities suitable for use by small groups of children supported by adults is now available. Please ask the Education team for more information when booking your session.
Build your own trail
Our build-your-own trails, for use in the World Wars gallery, are made from single-sheet worksheets designed for you to select your own themes and style of sheet. This enables you to better match the needs of your primary or secondary group when studying World War Two.
- What, Where and Why of War (PDF 546KB)
- What’s up Doc? (PDF 210KB)
- World War Two Crossword (PDF 596KB)
- Jobs in the Army (PDF 6.5MB)
- Weapons Trumps (PDF 867KB)
If your students are studying a World War One / World War Two comparison question, the following single-sheet worksheets might be of interest.
- Spot the Difference (PDF 745KB)
- Women at War - version 1 (PDF 555KB)
- Women at War - version 2 (PDF 75KB)
Classroom resources
Share in the Museum's extensive archive and image collection through our classroom resources, now available as downloadable PDF and PowerPoint files.
Primary & Prep Schools
Secondary Schools and Sixth-form Colleges
- Boer War - A Soldier's Image (PowerPoint 5.42.MB)
- Boer War - A Soldier's Image - Teachers' Notes (PDF 1.25MB)
- Boer War - Fighting the British Army (PowerPoint 3.99MB)
- Boer War - Fighting the British Army - Teachers' Notes (PDF 1.19MB)
- Boer War - Impact of War (PowerPoint 2.71MB)
- Boer War - Impact of War - Teachers' Notes (PDF 1.12MB)
More resources for school groups visiting the Museum will be added in the next few months.
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