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Workshops: Schools Programme 2008-2009

Our programme of free workshops is open to upper primary (P4-P7) and secondary school pupils (S1 – S6).
They use primary sources of evidence held in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) and support the Curriculum for Excellence.

Topics include:

What happens in an archive?
Local history study
Scotland's identity
The Act of Union, 1707
The Flannan Lighthouse disaster
World War II: the Scottish Home Front

How to book
Step 1. Choose your workshop
Select your topic according to curriculum level.

Levels 1-2 [P4-P7]

Level 3 [S1-S2]

Level 4 [S3-S4]

Senior [S5-S6]

Step 2. Choose your workshop date
Our workshops run on Thursday mornings for 2 hours from 10.00 – 12.00. Workshop dates are available throughout the school year.

Step 3. Book your workshop
Advance booking is essential with a minimum of two weeks prior notice. Once you have chosen your topic and workshop date, complete the booking and photography permission forms.

Further details are available on our Visitor Information page

Download the Schools Programme for 2008-2009 -Acrobat – PDF 1.61 MB, new window

Drawing of the Flannan Isles lighthouse, image © RCAHMS/Northern Lighthouse Board

Image taken from the Exemplification of the Act of Union

Picture of a woman in ATS uniform, courtesy of the Living Memory Association



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