Ages 7–11 (Key Stage 2)
Resources
The British Museum's collection spans over two million years of human history and culture, all under one roof. Students can engage and experience the unique collection through resources, sessions and gallery visits.
Art guide: death and the afterlife
Mummies: how were mummies made?
Mummies: the development of mummification
Nebamun: ancient Egyptian tomb paintings
Highlights
The world in AD 900
KS2
Students learn about the world in AD 900, focusing on Maya, Islamic and West African culture and society.
Virtual visit: Roman Britain treasure challenge
Years 5 & 6
Connect to the Museum from your classroom to solve exciting challenges about archaeological treasure.
Taught handling sessions for SEN
KS2 & 3
Students experience ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, Roman or medieval Britain.
How to find out about Greek life
KS2
Students study the paintings on pots and handle replica Greek objects.
Sutton Hoo headline
KS2
Students create a video news report about the discovery of the famous burial site.
A question for the people
KS2
Students find out what it meant to be an Athenian citizen in the 5th century BC.
Egyptian mummies
KS2
Images and videos are used to help understand more about Ancient Egyptian mummies.
Daily life in ancient Egypt
KS2
Students explore the famous tomb-painting of Nebamun hunting in the marshes.
Virtual visit: Indus valley investigation
KS2
Connect to the Museum from your classroom to explore objects from one of the earliest urban civilisations.
Lives of the ancient Maya
KS2
Find out about Maya civilisation through objects from Yaxchilan and other ancient cities in Mesoamerica.
Diversity of world cultures
- What did the Romans use as money?
- Measuring the Museum
- Around the world in a day
- Science investigators
- Viking adventures from the British Museum
Africa
Ancient Egypt
- Excavation in Egypt
- Code the Rosetta Stone
- Daily life in ancient Egypt
- Decoding ancient Egyptian tomb paintings
- Egyptian mummies
Ancient Greece
- The Persian Wars
- Greek myths
- A question for the people
- How to find out about Greek life
- Introduction to the ancient Greek world for SEN students
- A gift for Athena
- Greek temples
Britain
- Sutton Hoo headline
- What did the Romans use as money?
- How Roman was Roman Britain?
- Virtual visit: Roman Britain treasure challenge
China
The Americas
SEN
- Taught handling sessions for SEN students
- SEN Museum explorers
- Skills for life for SEN students
- Introduction to the ancient Greek world for SEN students
Maths
English and Literacy
History
- A question for the people
- A gift for Athena
- Greek temples
- How to find out about Greek life
- Egyptian mummies
- Greek Myths
- Code the Rosetta Stone
- The people of Benin
- Life in prehistoric Britain
- Virtual visit: Indus valley investigation
- Sutton Hoo headline
- Taught handling sessions for SEN students
- The Persian Wars
- Virtual visit: Roman Britain treasure challenge
Computing
- Around the world in a day
- Introduction to the ancient Greek world for SEN students
- Skills for life for SEN students
- Greek temples
- Decoding ancient Egyptian tomb paintings
- Science investigators
- Code the Rosetta Stone
- A gift for Athena
- Life in prehistoric Britain
- Virtual visit: Indus valley investigation
- Sutton Hoo headline
- Virtual visit: Roman Britain treasure challenge
Books
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