Teachers’ Area
Educational Benefits – The Curriculum for Excellence
A class Visit to the History of Education Centre (Victorian Schoolroom) can contribute to the Curriculum for Excellence in a number of ways.
Two Curriculum Areas relate to a visit:
- Social Studies
- and Technologies
A full description of the Experiences and Outcomes that can be achieved can be downloaded in this document.
Curriculum for Excellence Strand SOC-x-04a
People, past events and societies
P1: imaginative play will allow pupils to see how the lives of Victorian era school children were different from their own.
P2 to P4: pupils will be encouraged to compare aspects of their daily lives in the past with their own experience in the Victorian era schoolroom.
P5 to P7: pupils will be given the opportunity to compare and contrast Victorian era society with their own and contribute to a discussion of the similarities and differences.
School Visits
If your school would like to visit the History of Education Centre, please email our administrator at: histedcentre@gmail.com