Teaching Resources
Teaching Resources
Please find below resources which are free to download. These teaching resources may be of benefit to both inside and outside of the classroom learning.
Young Entrepreneurs Project
All resources and training guide needed to run a Young Entrepreneurs Project with your group of young people, using heritage as an inspiration, and developing their creative and employability skills
The Night Watchmens Reports
This pack and teachers guides set out a number of activities for pupil’s at Key Stage 3 and 4. The activities suggested are interactive ways to explore and construct meaning from a specific primary source; the “The Watchmen’s Reports February 3rd 1833 to July 16th 1836” held at Derbyshire Record Office.
Children's Guide
'The Story of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site' is our Children's Guide, introducing this fascinating, special place. The short book is beautifully illustrated by local artist Rebecca Morledge.
Introducing the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
Introducing the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site texts, for use with different audiences, developed as part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site (DVMWHS) Joint Education and Engagement Project
KS2 Derwent Valley Mills Creative Outreach Loan Boxes
There are five separate free to loan resource boxes of creative and artistic activities linked to themes of why the Derwent Valley Mills was inscribed as a World Heritage Site: buildings, waterwheels, people, transport and landscape.
STEAM Sessions
'STEAM Sessions' are a brand NEW monthly series of events, exploring with educators how STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) learning is able to prepare our children and young people to face future environmental and social challenges in a rapidly changing world.
Teachers Pack: The Impact of the Factory System
What was the impact of the factory system and the building of the cotton mills on the working lives of men, women and children living in the Derwent Valley in the past? This teacher’s pack was compiled to compliment the QCA History Units numbers 11 and 12, ‘What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain?’ and, ‘How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?’
Teachers Pack: Living in Belper in the past
In this unit, children are introduced to an enquiry-based approach to a local study of Belper, in Derbyshire. The focus of the unit is the industrial settlement built by Jedediah Strutt and his successors for their workforce from 1788.
Learning Day
Using Outstanding Universal Value, Values and Attributes in Learning Activities
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Resource – World Heritage Day
Did you know that 18th April is World Heritage Day? On this date every year activities and events take place all over the world to raise awareness of the current 1007 World Heritage Sites. Here are some resources and ideas to help you celebrate with us. Did you know that 18th April is World Heritage Day? On this date every year activities and events take place all over the world to raise awareness of the current 1154 World Heritage Sites. Here are some resources and ideas to help you celebrate with us.
Resource – Presentation on Outstanding Universal Value
Download our free presentation about what a World Heritage Site is, why they are important and why the Derwent Valley Mills was listed as being of Outstanding Universal Value. There are also teacher's notes to help you deliver the presentation to your pupils to download.
Resource – Victorian Games
Download the instructions for a variety of Victorian children's games and have a go at skipping, cup and ball, hoops, hop scotch and other typical Victorian games that would have been enjoyed when the Derwent Valley Mills were in operation.
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Resource – William Bamford’s Diary
Use a site visit, a reading of a book (like Scavenger Boy by Theresa Tomlinson) to inspire some creative writing. Write a diary entry for a 'day in the life of a mill child' or write a newspaper report about a special occasion or incident at the mills. You could even use inspiration from the many interesting, intriguing and some downright gruesome entries in William Bamford's diary.
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Resource – Waterwheels
There are 3 types of waterwheels: undershot, breastshot and overshot, there are also water turbines. Learn how to create undershot and overshot waterwheels.
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Information: World Heritage Education
Find out about resources produced by UNESCO and English Heritage which help explain why World Heritage is so important to humanity.
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