Learning Activities

It is 1868 and a general election has been called.  Students will need to decide who to vote for in this open election.

£35 per half class (15 children), KS2

Father Christmas will be visiting Beamish Museum this year. Bring your class for a magical trip to his fireside grotto.

Make a peg doll decoration, play old fashioned parlour games and listen to Christmas storytelling by the fireside at our 1820s Pockerley Old Hall.

Pupils will become junior members of Beamish Town Council and it will be their job to decide which one of our diverse families will be moving into Beamish Town Council’s new council house.

Take time to play with the museum’s toys during our All Our Childhood Toys learning activity.

Children will immerse themselves in the past by taking part in a shopping activity in The 1900s Town.

Children will immerse themselves in the past by taking part in a carrot cookie making activity at The 1940s Farm.

Visit a fairy tale world full of elements from nursery rhymes and traditional tales to support understanding of the genre by bringing the settings, characters and objects to life.

Children will be welcomed into Pit Cottage No. 5 on Francis Street in The 1900s Pit Village where they will have the opportunity to handle up to 30 artefacts that tell the story of life in the cottage.

What was school like if you were 5 or 6 years old in the past? Discover the games of the playground and try out an infant lesson in the kindergarten.

Children will take part in a range of activities covering topics such as the black out, rationing, dig for victory, the black market, airplane identification and the Home Guard.