The education pack, piloted at Cadder Primary, seeks to encourage children and their families to learn more about Glasgow’s Medieval City – emphasising that history is a real process of discovery in attempting to understand our past.
The Medieval landscape of buildings such as Bishops Castle and the college, which dominated the High Street for hundreds of years, will once again be brought to life in the classrooms of primary schools in Glasgow.
The pack, part of the Council’s Local History and Archaeology strategy, follows the publication of Glasgow’s first medieval map and trail in June 2006.
The map highlights 26 historical landmarks and covers the development of the city from 1150 to 1550 and will now become a valuable resource within the education pack for teachers.
As part of Glasgow’s 5-14 social subjects programme, the Medieval Glasgow resource will include a CD, lesson guides, pupil activities and ideas, interactive maps and end of unit assessments.
The pack will support teachers in delivering aspects of A Curriculum for Excellence. All 170 Glasgow primary schools will receive a pack after the launch.
Councillor Catherine McMaster, Convener of the Council’s Local History and Archaeology Strategy Working Group is delighted with the new education resource and said today: “The main aim when we launched the medieval map a couple of years ago was to give Glaswegians and tourists alike a chance to delve into the missing history of Glasgow’s medieval past”.
“Now with the introduction of the primary school curriculum pack our youngsters have the opportunity to learn and understand about their city’s rich and diverse heritage”.
“It was always the intention of the wider strategy to build on the map to promote the history of our splendid medieval legacy.”
Bailie Gordon Matheson, Executive member for Education and Social Renewal welcomes the pack as an excellent resource for teachers.
He said: “Our children cannot begin to learn about the present without first delving into the past - and what an exciting history Glasgow has.
“There are so many interesting activities and ideas crammed into this new resource and I’m sure that the primary children of Glasgow - from every background - will immensely enjoy the projects and tasks.”
This project was born out of the Local History and Archaeology Group – a working group established in March 2005 to link Development and Regeneration Services, Culture and Sport Glasgow, Land and Environmental Services, West of Scotland Archaeology Society and Education and Social Work Services as key stakeholders in the development of a local history and archaeology strategy for the City of Glasgow.
Further details and link to Glasgow’s Medieval Map and Trail from /en/AboutGlasgow/History/medievalcitymaptrail.htm