A Museum in a trunk! ‘travel’ through the Bronze Age, Neolithic (New Stone Age), That was our original inspiration Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) and when we created In Search of Upper Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) Margidunum, our first travelling using the replica artefacts to help collection for schools and them. community groups. Costumes on the trunk’s original Looking for Doggerland is our hangers will help your children bring second collection in the series. It is each period to life. a unique handling collection of The Suitcase contains artefacts and costumes that will Magnifying glasses inspire your pupils as they explore Protective mats the history of prehistoric Nottinghamshire. Information sheets and support A mini museum materials A journey into the past The Store The Store contains additional A dressing up box artefacts and supplementary Looking for Doggerland is all these materials to support your pupils’ and more. All the artefacts are learning. based on objects from Replica palaeolithic animal Nottinghamshire and the adjoining bones counties of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. Replica pots from the Neolithic to Iron Age THE RESOURCE The Trunk Tools for your pupils to The core of Looking for Doggerland decorate their own pottery is the trunk. Built in the days before Posters and maps air travel it is over 100 years old and To introduce each era there is a has a whole history of its own. On poster which is also available for ocean going liners it journeyed east digital use on whiteboards etc. The wards to India and westwards to illustration is centred on a key the Americas. During WWII it was artefact and creates a narrative used to store medical supplies, placing the object in context with hence the green cross on the front the people who created and used and webbing in some of the it and landscape they inhabited. drawers. Two maps show changes to the The drawers in the trunk have been European landmass during the deliberately organised with the Iron Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods Age first, mimicking an and formed Great Britain as we archaeological dig where know it today. evidence for the most recent RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS human activity is typically nearest The Teacher Pack the surface. This pack contains For younger children this approach Ideas for structured use of the invites them to step back in time resources and general ‘looking’ for Doggerland as they background information.
A Museum in a trunk! That was our original inspiration when we created In Search of Margidunum, our first travelling collection for schools and community groups. Looking for Doggerland is our second collection in the series. It is a unique handling collection of artefacts and costumes that will inspire your pupils as they explore the history of prehistoric Nottinghamshire. A mini museum A journey into the past A dressing up box Looking for Doggerland is all these and more. All the artefacts are based on objects from Nottinghamshire and the adjoining counties of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. THE RESOURCE The Trunk The core of Looking for Doggerland is the trunk. Built in the days before air travel it is over 100 years old and has a whole history of its own. On ocean going liners it journeyed east wards to India and westwards to the Americas. During WWII it was used to store medical supplies, hence the green cross on the front and webbing in some of the drawers. The drawers in the trunk have been deliberately organised with the Iron Age first, mimicking an archaeological dig where evidence for the most recent human activity is typically nearest the surface. For younger children this approach invites them to step back in time ‘looking’ for Doggerland as they ‘travel’ through the Bronze Age, Neolithic (New Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) and Upper Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) using the replica artefacts to help them. Costumes on the trunk’s original hangers will help your children bring each period to life. The Suitcase contains Magnifying glasses Protective mats Information sheets and support materials The Store The Store contains additional artefacts and supplementary materials to support your pupils’ learning. Replica palaeolithic animal bones Replica pots from the Neolithic to Iron Age Tools for your pupils to decorate their own pottery Posters and maps To introduce each era there is a poster which is also available for digital use on whiteboards etc. The illustration is centred on a key artefact and creates a narrative placing the object in context with the people who created and used it and landscape they inhabited. Two maps show changes to the European landmass during the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods and formed Great Britain as we know it today. RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS The Teacher Pack This pack contains Ideas for structured use of the resources and general background information.