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Norfolk and the Abolition of Slavery
This resource gives information on the Norfolk connexions to the slave trade, including slave owners and anti-slavery campaigners. It is useful for Key Stage 3 Unit 15: Black peoples of America from slavery to equality? Particularly Section 4: sold into slavery: what was the reality of the Atlantic slave trade? Though it is also a valuable source for younger pupils. Transcripts are provided for many of the written sources.
Download Norfolk and the Abolition of Slavery (9,653 Kb).
Lord Nelson: Norfolk Hero
This resource provides images of paintings, letters, newspaper cuttings, and cartoons relating to Lord Nelson.
Download Lord Nelson- Norfolk Hero.pdf (8,603 Kb).
Are we still in England?
The resource is designed to be used for Key Stage 1 and 2 Schemes of Work History Unit 9: What was it like for children in the Second World War? Section 3: Why were children evacuated? and Section 4: What was it like to be an evacuee?
The resource contains images of documents held by the Norfolk Record Office to help with the understanding of the topic. These include official and personal letters, photographs, memoirs and newspaper cuttings. Questions and activities for pupils are included.
Download Are we still in England.pdf (1,291 Kb).
The Tudors
This pack sheds light on Tudor Norfolk, especially on the differences between the lives of rich and poor people. All written sources are provided in transcript and some are also presented in their original hand.
Download The Tudors.pdf (4,287 Kb).
Victorian Childhood
Images on Victorian
childhood taken from the Norfolk Record Office are available on the
E2BN online gallery. These include images on city life, country life,
family life, homes, leisure and entertainment, portraits, and school
life during the reign of Queen Victoria. All images are free to
download for educational purposes, or can be viewed on screen
indivudually or as part of a powerpoint. To see these images please go
to http://gallery.e2bn.org/gallery569.html
Photograph of children from Langham School in costumes for a play, 1890-1
Norfolk in the Second World War
The resource is aimed at QCA Schemes of Work Unit 9. Documents included in this resource are taken mainly from Norfolk sources held at the Norfolk Record Office, to provide a local aspect to the topic. It is split into sections:
- Section 1: What was the Second World War? When and where did it take place?
- Section 2: What was the blitz?
- Section 3: Why were children evacuated?
- Section 4: What was it like to be an evacuee?
- Section 5: What did people eat during the war?
- Section 6: In what other ways might the war have affected people?
Each section includes teachers' notes, information about the documents and activities that can be carried out using the material. The resource also includes audio recordings, further reading and ideas on how to make the topic cross curricular.
Download Second_World_War.pdf (32 mb - very large file).
Updated: 01 July 2008