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Wish YouWere Here?

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Wish YouWere Here?

Welcome!We hope you enjoy reading this booklet and completing the activities. After you have finished the tasks, you will get to design a postcard about Edinburgh.

This is your chance to think creatively and critically about your city, what you like, what you don’t like, and how you can take care of it. Most importantly, have fun!

The activities in this booklet are part of the Heritage in the Atlantic Area: Sustainability of Urban World Heritage Sites (AtlaS.WH) project’s educational activities.

Edinburgh World Heritage is taking part in this project to investigate sustainability best practice in the way we manage and care for urban World Heritage Sites. The project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through Interreg Atlantic Area.

We are thrilled that your class/child is taking part in this Holiday Challenge. The learning outcomes are:

a greater understanding of what heritage means

a critical look at how we can care for our heritage

a creative response to Edinburgh’s historic setting.

www.atlaswh.eu www.ewh.org.uk/project/atlas-world-heritage/

Permission and consent forms must be returned for your class/child’s work to be included in Edinburgh World Heritage and AtlaS.WH project publicity material. Please ensure only your child’s FIRST NAME appears on the postcard, and their age.

For more information, please email Gabriella Laing, International Training Officer at Edinburgh World Heritage [email protected]

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Wish You Were Here?ACTIVITY RESOURCE

A note for teachers and parents/carers

High five!There are five partner cities taking part in this project. Each city is home to an urban World Heritage Site. This is a place that has been chosen for being very special or important, which people want to protect for everyone to enjoy. Together, they make up the AtlaS.WH partnership which is working together to improve sustainability in the way the World Heritage Sites are looked after. This means doing things in the best way to protect the environment now and in the future.

Unscramble the cities and fill in the labels on the map. Use an atlas to help you.


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The way I see it…This map shows the World Heritage Site in Edinburgh.

The World Heritage Site was chosen for many reasons, one of them being the contrast between the Old Town and the New Town. To contrast something means to look at the differences between them.


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Have a look at these images and paintings of the World Heritage Site on the next few pages. As you go through them, think about the questions underneath each image, and play the bingo game on the next page.

Old Town

New Town

The way I see it…bingo!Each time you see something in the

images on this bingo card, cross it off.

If you see anything more than once, keep a tally.


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Edinburgh Castle

Princes Street Gardens

Princes Street

New Town

Scottish Parliament

Kings Stables Road

National Gallery of Scotland

Picardy Place

National Museum of Scotland

St Giles’ Cathedral

Abbeyhill Crescent

Salisbury Crags

Grassmarket

Stockbridge

Dean Village

Dumbiedykes


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Plan of the City of Edinburgh and the New Town.

How are the streets different in the Old and New Towns?Where would you prefer to live?

Philippe Mercier, North view of the New and Old Town of Edinburgh, from Inverleith. 1782.

What does this view suggest about life in Edinburgh? How do you think this view might have changed since it was painted?

New Town

Old Town


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Joseph Mallord William Turner, High Street, Edinburgh. 1818.

Do you recognise any of the buildings?What do you think is happening here?

David Allan, Mary (Queen of Scots) Led through the Streets of Edinburgh after the Battle of Carberry Hill. From around 1790.

Can you find Mary? Do you think she won or lost the battle? Why?


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Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, The New Town of Edinburgh from Calton Hill. 1828.

Compare these two images. What is the main feature of each image? What are the main differences?

Alexander Nasmyth, Edinburgh Castle and the Nor’ Loch. 1824.


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Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, Their Lordships. 1915.

Kenneth Macleay, A Maid on the Steps of a New Town Basement.

These two images show different types of people living in the New Town: a servant and wealthy lords. What can you tell about their lives by the way they are painted? Is it more important to show one person’s story over another?


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Alfred Buckham, Aerial View of Edinburgh. About 1920.

Although this may look like a photograph, it is in fact a combination of different photographs, and a hand-drawn plane, to make this almost Hollywood-style image. Why do you think Alfred Buckham made the picture look like this? How does it make you feel?


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William Crozier, Edinburgh (from Salisbury Crags). 1927.

Have you ever climbed up Salisbury Crags or Arthur’s Seat? Do you think the view has changed since this was painted?

Michael Andrews, Edinburgh (Old Town). 1990-1993.

What do you think the weather was like the day this was painted?


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Greetings fromEdinburgh

Have a look back at your bingo card. Did you get a full house? Which sites kept showing up again and again?

Many of the views shown in the images and paintings are the same that are found on postcards of Edinburgh. Take a look at these postcards.

These postcards all come from different times, but the pictures don’t really change. The sites in these pictures are almost all of the Castle, or the Royal Mile.


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Look back at the painting on the left, and compare it with the photo on the right.These two views are almost exactly the same. The photo on the right shows Dumbiedykes, an area at the foot of the Salisbury Crags. Both tell a different story about Edinburgh. Both stories are important to tell.

We think that there are many places in our everyday lives that are special enough to be put on a postcard.

Is there a special place in Edinburgh that you would like to see on a postcard? Perhaps it’s the park where you play with your friends or the street where you live. Think about which places are important to you and jot them down here:


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Frame, set, match!When we like a picture, we put it in a frame and hang it on a wall. As soon as you put a view inside a frame, it becomes a work of art.

Make a simple frame. You will need: piece of card (e.g. an old cereal box) pair of scissors

Alternatively, you can hold your hands up like this and use your fingers as a frame!Take your frame outside and hold it up to any view you like. Think about what shapes, colours and sites you can see in your frame.

Ask an adult to help you. Use the template below. Cut along the dotted line.


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Wish You Were Here!When you’ve found your perfect view, take a photo or make a quick sketch. You will use this to design your very own postcard. Next, plan your design below. You can write a message on the back about what you have chosen to show.


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On this page, make your final design for your postcard. Cut out this page and keep it safe. Hand it to your teacher when you are back at school or ask an adult to email it to Edinburgh World Heritage.


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Colouring in!Re-create some of the paintings you’ve looked at today with this colouring in sheet.

Experiment with different colours and materials, and maybe even draw in some new characters!

Permission and consent formPlease complete one form per child.

I hereby give permission for my child’s creative response postcard to be included in (tick as appropriate):

Social media posts and press/PR for the AtlaS.WH project

Social media posts and press/PR for Edinburgh World Heritage

My child’s FIRST NAME and AGE may be provided alongside their creative response postcard. (delete as appropriate)

Please hand completed form to a member of the team, or scan and email to [email protected]

Child’s first name:

Child’s age:

Parent/carer’s name:

Parent/carer’s signature:

Date:


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Can you find all the words in the grid below?


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Word search

SUSTAINABLE ARTHUR’S SEAT NEW TOWN CALTON HILL POSTCARD ROYAL MILE

ATLAS SANTIAGO PORTO EDINBURGH FLORENCE BORDEAUX PRINCES STREET

HERITAGE CONTRAST OLD TOWN STAMP EUROPE CASTLE

Can you find all the words in the grid above?

Cross off each word as you find them.

We are an independent charity with the aim of ensuring the city’s World Heritage status is a dynamic force that benefits everyone.

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Edinburgh World Heritage Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Registered in Scotland No. 195077. Charity Number SC037183.

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