Explore how developments in the home led to improved public health and women’s emancipation.
Bring history to life in your classroom with the Touchstones’ Discovery Box collection. Each box contains original or replica objects for students to handle, plus helpful activity ideas for teachers with links to online resources.
Discovery Boxes are available to hire for a two week period.
Looking for extra ways to enrich and inspire your students? For an extra cost, our knowledgeable and experienced museum facilitators can visit your school to deliver a 60-90 minute session filled with facts and information, additional objects and a craft activity.
Please note: Discovery Boxes must be booked one term in advance and are subject to high demand.
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Key Stages 2 & 3
For further enquiries please contact: schools@yourtrustrochdale.co.uk
Discovery Boxes Key Stage 1
Discovery Box: Toys & Games
Compare and contrast games, toys, materials and advances in technology.
Discovery Box: Holidays
Look at changes within living memory and explore our changing holidays through the decades.
Discovery Boxes Key Stage 2
Discovery Box: Vikings
Explore the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England up to the time of Edward the Confessor.
Discovery Box: Victorians
Discover the realities of daily lives for poor Victorians living in tenements and workhouses.
Discovery Box: Tudors & Stuarts
Compare the lives of the rich and poor at this pivotal time in British history.
Discovery Boxes Key Stage 2 & 3
Discovery Box: Second World War
Learn about the realities of life during one of the 20th century’s most notable conflicts.
Discovery Box: First World War
Explore issues linked to this hugely destructive conflict, which involved 30 nations and over 65 million men.