Manuscripts and Special Collections

Teachers' Resources

Extract from a photograph of a year group at either Arkwright Street School or Mundella School, Nottingham, May 1911, Document reference Ms 441/1/5 

We have produced a range of online resources for you to use in the classroom. The resources follow an enquiry-based approach and are based on documents from our collections. These include lessons which you can print-out or present on a whiteboard. 

For schools in the local area we also have handling materials that are available for loan. There are two sets of resources, one on Florence Nightingale and the other on the First World War. The handling materials can be loaned for a 3 week period and must be collected from Manuscripts and Special Collections, King's Meadow Campus, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2NR. Please contact us at mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk for more information. 

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Florence Nightingale 

Detail from photograph of Florence Nightingale
Classroom resource
 
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Exploring her life, work and legacy.

The resource is designed for teachers of Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 students.

The resources were created by Heritage Learning Consultants Kate Travers, Catherine Holden and Thomas Briggs.

Laxton open field village

Photograph of the landscape at Laxton, Nottinghamshire, 2008
Classroom resource
 
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This resource explores Laxton between 1635 and 1908 - the one place which has retained the medieval 'open field' system of farming.

The resource is designed for teachers of Key Stage 3 and GCSE students.

The resources were created in collaboration with staff at the School of Education at the University of Nottingham. 

 Public Health and Housing

Woman collecting water from a communal water pump in 1931 (Picture The Past)
Classroom Resource
 

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This resource explores slum housing, water supplies and sewerage, disease and death in mid-19th century Nottingham.

The resource is designed for teachers of Key Stage 3 and GCSE students.

The resources were created in collaboration with staff at the School of Education at the University of Nottingham. 

 

 

Manuscripts and Special Collections

Kings Meadow Campus
Lenton Lane
Nottingham, NG7 2NR

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