Local Leeds History Archives - Leeds Museums and Galleries

Workshops

A photograph of 5 ornate gold rings. The middle one is the largest, and has a ruby in the middle.

Anglo-Saxons

Use metal detectors to discover Leeds’ Anglo-Saxon gold jewellery, search for evidence of Christian conversion on stone crosses, and discover Northumbrian kings on tiny coins.

Chronology: Local history treasure hunt

KS2, Leeds City Museum, Local Leeds History

Develop chronological understanding with a difference! Pupils become the heads of a giant timeline, from Stone Age to modern day.

Leonora Cohen, the Leeds Suffragette

KS3, KS4, Leeds City Museum, Local Leeds History, Voting and Democracy

Evaluate archive sources to discover Leonora, the Leeds Suffragette. Do different sources show us different versions of the past?

Life in Asia

KS2, Leeds City Museum, Local Leeds History, Religious Studies

Handle Asian artefacts and journey through the Voices of Asia gallery.

1916 Schoolroom ‘Over by Christmas’

KS1, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History, The Victorians

In our First World War schoolroom we look to understand the impact the First World War had on children's school lives in Leeds, as participants experience the formality of school education in 1916.

Calling Leeds evacuees

KS1, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History

Immerse pupils in a Living History experience to discover what life was really like for children during the Second World War.

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