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Head of Education & Outreach
The National Archives
Opening up the Archives through Education and Outreach
Andrew Payne
The National Archives’ Public Task
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Our responsibility is
for the government record, its past and future, its use and re-use,
authentic, available and accessible to all
11,000,000 boxes
1 quadrillion bytes – 1 Petabyte of storage
Domesday - 1086
Magna Carta - 1225
Declaration of Independence - 1776
William Hole Map of Virginia - 1612
Boulton-Watt Steam Engine - 1775
Census Records 1841-1911
Henry Cole’s Rat - 1838
UK Government Web Archive
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Education and Outreach by Numbers
9152.50.576
• Permanent staff in department• Thousand students directly taught • Million visitors to Education website• Million £’s budget department• % engagement rating of staff
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76 2.50.5 915
Investing in our future audience
Invest in your future audience…
“those who were taken to museums libraries, and archives as children…are more likely to visit as an adult.”
‘Taking Part’ DCMS Report 2007
Archives have the power to make students think!
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Memory is the residue of thought
“Your memory is not the product of what you want to remember or what you try to remember; it’s the product of what you think about”
Daniel T. Willingham Why Don’t Students Like School
Jossey-Bass 2009
Where do teachers and students get source material?
In tests 61 out of 69 student teachers at Cambridge University
went straight to Wikipedia via Google
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Key Principles of The National Archives Education & Outreach
Service
Services designed to support the Curriculum
• Investigate personal, family or local history and how they relate to a broader historical context
• Appreciate the role of museums, galleries, archives and historic sites
• use ICT to research, process and present information about the past
History Programme of Study
QCA 2007
Investigate, don’t illustrate! Use sources for enquiry-based investigations
Use key questions to drive the activity…Let the students provide the answers
How did Henry VIII get up in the morning?
Historians “rummage” through sourcesLet students direct their own investigation
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2
Context is everything…So whole documents are essential
SP 16/488/25The Making of the United Kingdom
James Mason
Context is everything…
Thinking critically should be taught in the context of subject matter…an important part of thinking like a historian is considering the source of a document – who wrote it, when and why. But teaching students to ask that question, independent of subject matter knowledge, won’t do much good.
Daniel T. Willingham Critical Thinking: Why is it so hard to teach?
American Educator Summer 2007
Technology provides access and engagementBut never forget that historical enquiry is the purpose
Onsite workshops
Videoconferences
Virtual Classroom
Activity 2:
What’s the story?
Step 1: Study your document
• What questions do you need to ask?• What answers does it provide?• What doesn’t it tell you?• What’s the story so far…?• What more do you need to know?
Step 2: Find a friend…
• Ask them about their document• Answer their questions about your document• What’s the story so far…?• What more do you need to know?
Steps 3 – 5: Find some more friends…
• Ask them about their documents• Answer their questions about your document• What’s the story so far…?• What more do you need to know?
Step 6: What’s the story
• Place the documents in the correct chronological order• Tell the story
Here’s the story
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Teach the Teacher – delivering greater impact
through CPD
(continuing professional development)
Videos of workshops in action
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Video tutorials from our education team
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Curriculum focused bundles of documents
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Masters module with Roehampton University
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Transatlantic Teachers Programme – The University of Virginia
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The Virtual Classroom Experience
www.taecanet.com/nationalarchives
Engaging audiences with social media
Andrew PayneHead of EducationThe National Archives
020 8392 5319
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education
