Education object boxes and downloadable resources for schools

    Bring the unique chance for your pupils to handle real medieval and early modern artefacts from the Grosvenor’s Collection into your school. Order an Object Box filled with everyday objects from the medieval and early modern periods. This experience, suitable for the History curriculum at primary and secondary levels will help develop your pupils skills of historical enquiry, discussion, sense of connections over time, comparisons and ability to inference and use primary evidence.

    The themed and non-themed boxes and accompanying educational resources we can offer for loan to schools for the Primary and Secondary Curriculum at all levels include.

    Object Box: Medieval Everyday Life
    Curriculum Stage Link: Key Stage 1-3 and GCSE.

    Object Box: A Global Middle Ages, Medieval Trade
    Curriculum Stage Link: Key Stage 1-3 and GSCE

    Object Box: Pilgrim, Religious and Spiritual Journeys and Places
    Curriculum Stage Link: Key Stage 1-3 and GSCE

    Object Box: Regional Studies, Chester
    Curriculum Stage Link: Key Stage 1-3 and GSCE

    Object Box: Primary Curriculum
    Curriculum Stage Link: Key Stage 1-2

    To get in touch about ordering a box contact: k.wilson@chester.ac.uk

    To see and download the detailed resources available within each box see below for downloadable resources:

    Film Introduction to Object Boxes for Teachers

    Object Films for Teachers and Pupils

    Pilgrim Badges/Devotional Tokens,

    Medieval Tiles,

    Medieval Shoes,

    Medieval Chest and Keys

    Digital Reconstruction of Fourteenth Century Water Tower and St John’s Chester for Teachers and Pupils

    Digital Reconstruction of Water Tower and St John’s Chester

    Outlines of Each Object Box

    Object Box – A Global Middle Ages, Medieval Trade

    Object Box – Medieval Everyday Life

    Object Box – Pilgrim, Religious and Spiritual Journeys and Places

    Object Box – Regional Studies, Chester

    Object Box – Primary Curriculum

    Lesson Plan Ideas for Object Boxes:

    Lesson Plan Ideas WorkSheet

    Box Rules:

    Box Rules WorkSheet

    Handling Session Questions:

    Handling Session Questions for Pupils

    Class Activities:

    Timeline Activity 1000-1600

    Design your own Coins, Keys, Pilgrim Badges, Shoes, Tiles

    Further Extension Activities and Curriculum Links:

    What Happens Next/Further Curriculum Links Sheet

    Extra Resources for Object Box A Global Middle Ages, Medieval Trade

    Medieval Maps 1: Hereford Mappa Mundi c. 1300, Medieval Maps 2: Tabula Rogeriana c. 1138, Map of the Silk Routes and Cities on Silk routes, Map of major global trade routes and commercial cities, Different Currencies in the Middle Ages, Images of Merchants, Port Inventories and Accounts, Digital Reconstruction of Water Tower and St John’s Chester

    Extra Resources for Object Box Medieval Everyday Life

    Medieval Peoples, Medieval Houses/Interiors, Medieval Churches and Cathedrals, Medieval Cities and Towns, Medieval Maps 1: Hereford Mappa Mundi c. 1300, Medieval Maps 2: Tabula Rogeriana c. 1138, Map of major global trade routes and commercial cities, Digital Reconstruction of Water Tower and St John’s Chester

    Extra Resources for Object Box Pilgrim, Religious and Spiritual Journeys and Places

    Map of Global Pilgrimage Sites, Medieval Maps 1: Hereford Mappa Mundi c. 1300, Medieval Maps 2: Tabula Rogeriana c. 1138, Map of major global trade routes and commercial cities, Medieval Pilgrim Narratives, Medieval Pilgrims/Pilgrim Journeys, Digital Reconstruction of Water Tower and St John’s Chester

    Extra Resources for Object Box, Regional Studies Chester

    Medieval Maps 1: Hereford Mappa Mundi c. 1300, Medieval Maps 2: Tabula Rogeriana c. 1138, Map of the Silk Routes and Cities on Silk routes, Map of major global trade routes and commercial cities, Different Currencies in the Middle Ages, Maps of the British Isles in the Middle Ages, Merchants Houses Chester, St John’s Church Chester, Chester Cathedral, The Port of Chester in the Fifteenth Century, Digital Reconstruction of Water Tower and St John’s Chester

    Extra Resources for Object Box, Primary Curriculum

    Medieval Maps 1: Hereford Mappa Mundi c. 1300, Medieval Maps 2: Tabula Rogeriana c. 1138, Map of the Silk Routes and Cities on Silk routes, Map of major global trade routes and commercial cities, Different Currencies in the Middle Ages, Maps of the British Isles in the Middle Ages, Digital Reconstruction of Water Tower and St John’s Chester