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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 – new online resource featuring over 100 objects to tell the story of primary education in the past. Published October 2022.
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

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