Welcome to the Tower of London Visual Story Support Notes Who are the slides for? The slides on the Visual are for teachers to use with their students and assisting adults to help them prepare for their visit to the Tower of London. They highlight some of the key aspects of the tower. How will the slides support my students’ understanding of the tower? Each slide has a different focus or learning point, to help your students understand a particular aspect of the historical site. These points include: - introducing them to some of the they will meet during their visit to the tower; -learning about some of the key people who went to the tower and their stories; -familiarising them with some of the spaces or rooms they will visit; - illustrating a sensory aspect of the session, e.g. is something you can ‘This touch’; - highlighting how they may feel or what it may be like moving around the tower, e.g. it is busy; - flagging up themes which you may like to investigate in more detail either before or after the visit, e.g. Tudor Life; - highlighting a object’ which they can look out for during their visit; ‘special -encouraging students to view the tower in a particular way, e.g. to ‘look up!’ or to look out for particular features. The Visual Story Support Notes correspond with the Visual Stories slides and give you contextual information which you may wish to use with your students. 1. Welcome to the Tower of London. The Visual Story will help to familiarise students with the spaces around the tower. 2. This is the Tower of London. Come and look around.
Welcome to the Tower of London Visual Story Support Notes Who are the slides for? The slides on the Visual are for teachers to use with their students and assisting adults to help them prepare for their visit to the Tower of London. They highlight some of the key aspects of the tower. How will the slides support my students’ understanding of the tower? Each slide has a different focus or learning point, to help your students understand a particular aspect of the historical site. These points include: - introducing them to some of the they will meet during their visit to the tower; -learning about some of the key people who went to the tower and their stories; -familiarising them with some of the spaces or rooms they will visit; - illustrating a sensory aspect of the session, e.g. ‘This is something you can touch’; - highlighting how they may feel or what it may be like moving around the tower, e.g. it is busy; - flagging up themes which you may like to investigate in more detail either before or after the visit, e.g. Tudor Life; - highlighting a ‘special object’ which they can look out for during their visit; -encouraging students to view the tower in a particular way, e.g. to ‘look up!’ or to look out for particular features. The Visual Story Support Notes correspond with the Visual Stories slides and give you contextual information which you may wish to use with your students. 1. Welcome to the Tower of London. The Visual Story will help to familiarise students with the spaces around the tower. 2. This is the Tower of London. Come and look around.