Introduction for teachers

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A quick guide to the Show Me website and its content.

For Teachers: Making the Most of your Local Museum or Gallery

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Local museums and galleries hold the key to your local area, they can introduce your students to the value and heritage of their community.

For Teachers: Teaching History with 100 Objects

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This website from the British Museum has a carefully curated collection of 100 objects with teaching ideas for each one to inspire your students' love of history.

For Teachers: Science Museum Learning Resources

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The Science Museum Group have created a whole load of fantastic resources to help teachers bring their science classes to life

For Teachers: What is an Archive?

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Achives are a great way of preserving history and encouraging pride in your local community, but what is an archive?

For Teachers: How to make your own Archive

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Archives are easy to make and can develop pupils’ history skills, while building a sense of ownership, pride and identity around themselves and their school.

For Teachers: How to Make your own Art Gallery

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Art galleries don't have to be filled with Picasso's and Monet's, they can be made with your students art work in your own school or classroom.

For Teachers: How to Make your own Museum

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Museums don't have to be in big, grand buildings, they can me made just about anywhere, even in your school or classroom.

For Teachers: How to Stage your own Exhibition

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If you've not got time to organise a school visit, why not put on your own exhibtion. Follow our top tips to get the best for your students.

For Teachers: Looking Closely at Artworks

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Artworks are a great starting point for a number of lessons and topics, lean how to read artworks and make use of them in your lessons.

For Teachers: Planning a Museum or Gallery Visit

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Visiting museums and galleries is a fantastic way to help your students really engage with the lessons that they learn in the classroom.

For Teachers: How to Use Paintings to Find Out About the Past

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Paintings are a great primary source to use for finding out about the past, however they can be unreliable. This Show Me guide for teachers will help you make the most of the fabulous paintings found in the UK's museums and galleries.

For Teachers: Using Museum Collections as Creative Starters

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Discover how to take creative inspiration from museums and galleries and use it to make your lesson plans even more exciting and engaging.

For Teachers: Using Online Collections

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Make use of the vast online museum collections and bring the museum into your classroom.

For Teachers: Using Museums to Find Out About the Past

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Make use of the UK's great museums and introduce your students to the wierd and wonderful artefacts that hide within them.

For Teachers: Using Objects to Find Out About the Past

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Learn how to make use of objects from the past in your lessons.