The needs of younger pupils (years 1- 9) can generally be met from our resource packs, DVDs and online resources supplemented, perhaps, by photocopies of material relating to the school's locality. Learning visits can only be pre-arranged with a definite focus in mind e.g. a local study.

Pre-arranged learning visits can be arranged for post 16 Students (studying history, geography, archaeology and population studies at Advanced, undergraduate or postgraduate level) as well as GCSE and SHP pupils. FE and HE students are also welcome.

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies encourages all students and pupils to become fully-fledged users of archival material, able to work on their own initiative in the public searchroom, applying for and using appropriate user tickets. As a first stage we can offer structured visits (up to a maximum of 24 pupils/students).

Careful planning of learning visits is essential as a basis for later individual use of our collections. A visit must be preceded by a discussion between the teacher and the Archive Education Officer, and all the pupils/students must be well prepared in advance of the visit.

We can schools offer Curriculum Enrichment opportunities in the form of practical half day workshops for small classes of up to 20 pupils. Each half day workshop costs £70 or £140 full day.

Workshop 1 focuses on the Tudors and includes making replica seals of the Tudor monarchs and a Tudor horn book (a Tudor style copy writing book).

We have created a full set of Tudor seal moulds from which to cast plaster seals of the Tudor monarchs. Each seal has two sides. On one side the monarch is seated on their throne, and on the other side they are on horseback, either going into battle or riding in a stately manner.

Workshop 2 looks at paper-making and book-making and includes making hand-made paper and a hand-sewn illuminated manuscript. A display of materials and methods for creating and using different writing materials from papyrus to paper is also used.

Schools could choose to organize the above workshops as part of their school workforce remodeling programme for teachers and support staff rather than pupils.

Key Stage 1 Resources

DVDs

School Life in film & photographs

Archive film footage and photographs portraying school life in the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

'What were seaside holidays like in the past?'

A compilation of photographs of Victorian Bournemouth and Southsea, accompanied by archive film footage of these two south coast resorts in the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s.

All DVDs £10 plus p&p.

Studying Local History

A resource book on how to use original source material such as census returns, maps and parish records.
Price: £5 plus p&p

The Comical Hotch-Potch alphabet poster and flashcards

A colourful set of flashcards, complete with A3 full colour poster, showing figures making the letters of the alphabet. The cards are large format (15cm x 10.5cm) for ease of use, and the poster could easily be mounted in a frame for wall hanging or laminated in school. At the price of £5 (plus £2.50 UK p&p) for the set they are competitively priced when set alongside most commercial sets of flashcards.

Key Stage 2 Resources

Resource Packs

Canals, Roads and Railways

Looks at the development of land transport in Hampshire since the 17th century.
Price: £12 plus p&p.

The House that Jack Built

Uses household inventories from the medieval period to the 1940s as evidence for how houses and their contents have changed.
Price: £12 plus p&p.

Shops and Shopping

A selection of photographs and advertisements of shops and tradesmen in the region over the past 100 years.
Price: £12 plus p&p.

How healthy were our ancestors?

Focuses on public health in Hampshire's past - The Great Plague of 1666 and the growth of Victorian towns.
Price: £12 plus p&p.

Diary of an Evacuee

This glossy facsimile document represents one of three small exercise books used by a young boy evacuated from Southampton to record his wartime adventures in the rural village of Penton Mewsey.
Price: £4.50 plus p&p.

DVDs

Shops and Shopping

A compilation of still and moving images showing how shops and shopping have changed over the last 100 years.

School Life in film and photographs

Archive film footage and photographs portraying school life in the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

Canals, Roads and Railways

Archive and modern film footage showing the development of land transport in Hampshire since the 17th century.

The Home Front in Hampshire

Second World War experiences in sound, film and photographs

Hampshire's Air and Sea Heritage

A compilation of still and moving images illustrating Hampshire's role in the developments of maritime and aviation technology.
DVDs £10, plus p&p

Other resources

Studying Local History

A resource book on how to use original source material such as census returns, maps and parish records.
Price: £5 plus p&p

Invaders

Check out our Dragons and Beasts page to see examples of pagan symbols which appear in Christian manuscripts at the Record Office.

Key Stage 3 Resources

Resource Packs

The Civil War in Hampshire

Looks at how troops were mustered before the Civil War, events during the Civil War, and the effects of war on ordinary people in Hampshire.
Price: £10 plus p&p.

Hampshire 1750-1900

Examines Hampshire’s role in the industrial revolution, including its seaborne trade and traditional industries.
Price: £15 plus p&p.

Canals, Roads and Railways

Looks at the development of land transport in Hampshire since the seventeenth century.
Price: £12 plus p&p.

The House that Jack Built

Uses household inventories from the medieval period to the 1940s as evidence for how houses and their contents have changed. Includes a free Genesis application (Acorn only).
Price: £12 plus p&p.

How healthy were our ancestors?

Focuses on public health in Hampshire's past - The Great Plague of 1666 and the growth of Victorian towns.
Price: £12 plus p&p.

'A Ride into the West'

Describes John Byng's travel adventures from London, through Hampshire, to the Royal seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset, where he spent a few weeks during August and September 1782. If you like Jane Austen's descriptive social observations, then you will love the acerbic wit and energy of Byng.
Price: £3 plus p&p.

Key Stage 3 Slim-line Lessons

Based on an idea from the County History Inspector, Neil Thompson,this first slim-line archive source pack covers topic from 'Medieval Realms' and 'The Making of the UK'. Each topic is centred upon a statement or statements taken from historical works, and supplemented by historical evidence from archive collections at Hampshire Record Office. Price: £1.50 plus p&p.

DVDs

Canals, Roads and Railways

Archive and modern film footage showing the development of land transport in Hampshire since the 17th century.

Hampshire's Air and Sea Heritage

A compilation of still and moving images illustrating Hampshire's role in the developments of maritime and aviation technology.
DVDs £10, plus p&p

Other resources

Studying Local History

A resource book on how to use original source material such as census returns, maps and parish records. Price: £5 plus p&p.

Medieval Realms

Check out our Dragons and Beasts page to see examples of pagan symbols which appear in Christian manuscripts at Hampshire Record Office

Key Stage 4 Resource Pack

The Andover Workhouse Scandal

Looks at the infamous scandal and includes many linked assignments using original sources.
Price: £12 (£15 if laminated) plus p&p

Other resources

Medicine Through the Ages in Hampshire

This resource book provides some examples of medicine through time in Hampshire taken from the extensive holdings of the Record Office. Topics covered include cause of death in the 18th and 19th centuries from parish and workhouse records, and treatment of the sick and dying at home, in the pest-house, the house of industry and in hospital. A must for GCSE/Schools History Project.

Sources for Archaeology and Population Studies

This new book opens up a wide range of archival sources through three case-studies based upon rural, urban and industrial sites. The mystery behind the deserted medieval village of Chineham (part of modern Basingstoke) is revealed, as is the history of one of Winchester's oldest domestic buildings. The third case-study focuses on Hampshire's forgotten industrial heritage, ironworking, and the role played by Henry Cort in the industrial revolution. Suitable for Key Stage 4 and over-16s.
Price: £5 plus p&p