EDUCATION SERVICES

Archaeology in West Yorkshire

Teacher support and advice
The West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service is keen to raise people's awareness of their local surroundings. Used as a cross- curricular tool, Archaeology provides an exciting stimulus to learning both inside the classroom and out. Education and Outreach Coordinator can provide advice and support on a large range of topics including

• Using objects in the classroom
• How to find local material suitable for the National Curriculum
• Activities based around your local church and churchyard
• How to use your high street as a teaching aid
• Planning fieldwork for children

We also provide a number of on-line resources that will be useful to teachers. For more information or to chat over an idea please contact our Education and Outreach Officer.

Dave Weldrake
Education and Outreach Coordinator
West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
Registry of Deeds
Newstead Road
Wakefield
WFI 2DE

Email: dweldrake@wyjs.org.uk
Phone: 01924 306809

A Teacher’s Guide to information on the WYAAS Website
There’s a lot of information on the WYAAS website and if you’re a busy teacher you’ve probably not got enough time to sort out something to bring that vital element of local colour to a National Curriculum topic. So to make it easy we’ve done it for you. A Teacher’s Guide to information on the WYAAS website will show you where archaeology fits into your teaching. For more information click here.

Archaeology and Early Years
Using archaeology can provide a fascinating stimulus for learning in young children. Archaeology and Early Years outlines activities that will allow teachers to use simulated archaeological excavations in the classroom at Foundation Stage and KS1. For more information click here.

Ask the Archaeologist
In this feature Dave Weldrake our Education and Outreach Coordinator attempts to answer some of the questions he is most frequently asked by pupils. By reading this you can become the expert in the classroom. There are also suggestions for activities which you can carry out in the classroom so that your pupils can become little experts in their own right. For more information click here.

CHURCHYARD SURVEY:
An on-line teaching resource for KS 2 Maths and History

This cross curricular activity uses a data gathering exercise to study the lives of people during the Victorian period. Using information collected from headstones in their local cemetery or churchyard, children are encouraged to ask questions about such topics as life expectancy in the past: Did men live longer then women? Do rich people live longer than poor ones? What do you think the reason for this might be?

All the teacher will need is here:

1. Introduction and lesson plan
2. Risk Assessment
3. Survey sheet
4. Royal Names

Museums in West Yorkshire offering archaeology/history activities to schools
Many local museums offer a wide range of education activities based around archaeology and history. To look for a presentation which will enhance your children’s view of the past click here.

On-line resources
A number of our web pages also provide information and images that will help teachers bring a local slant to the National Curriculum. These include:

• The Romans in West Yorkshire
• The Tudors in West Yorkshire
• The Britons, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in West Yorkshire
• Information about local churches and historic houses
• Conservation areas (very useful for doing local studies)

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