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Pre and Post Visit

Pre and Post Visit Learning resource – online resource with activities to support your visit
Social Story – Stage 1 pre-visit social story
Objects of School Days Past – online resource with images and information on over 100 objects in the Schoolhouse Museum’s collection.
School Days of Long Ago – learning from home resource. Can support a visit but best used afterwards as it can spoil some surprises.
Daily Life Past and Present – Stage 1 unit of work, includes School Life Past and Present (Inquiry 2), NSW Department of Education
How Times Change – best watched after your visit, features the NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education. Note – please view after your visit as it does spoil some of the surprises if watched before.

Short videos showcasing objects in our collection, oral readings of early readers, tours and ‘how to’ videos.

Collection stories – the human stories behind some of our objects

About the NSW Schoolhouse Museum
Early School Days
Clothing
How to Play Fly
Chants and Rhymes
Copperplate Lettering
Jellypad Recipe
Objects of School Days Past – featuring objects in the Schoolhouse Museum’s collection with a page per object. Each page contains images, information and related objects.

Teacher Guides and Analysis Tools – scaffolds for analysing primary sources, Library of Congress
Using Primary Sources in the classroom – Library of Congress
History K-6 Sample Learning Sequences – units of learning including sources and activities, NSW Department of Education
Guide to Using Picture Books in History K-10 – comprehensive listing of suggested picture books with learning activities, NSW Department of Education
History for those New to Teaching the Subject – explanations and strategies for teaching history, NSW Department of Education
History K-10 Syllabus – NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum, NESA NSW