Location: MUSEUM OF MAKING 

Duration: 120 mins

Booking and Prices: £6.50 + VAT per pupil. This session allows 25 pupils (minimum) to 35 pupils (maximum). 

Key Stage: Key Stage 2 

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Contents: How has 300 years of MAKING in Derby and Derbyshire changed the way in which the whole world MAKES objects today?

In this active, hands-on and engaging local history depth study, learners will explore the story of the Derby Silk Mill, the world’s first modern factory and part of the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO world heritage site, as a driving force for global change and innovation in the Industrial Revolution.

Through making, learners will compare and contrast the factory method of mass production with the artisan method of manufacture, gaining hands on experience of what it is like to produce and pitch to sell a product from practising these different processes. Will your learners favour factory or artisan making? It is for them to decide!

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Curricula: DT, Art and Design, History, STEAM

Contexts: Collaborative working, communicating ideas, critical thinking, curiosity, culture, Derby/Derbyshire heritage, design, discussion, enterprise, evaluating, experimenting, exploring ideas, industry, key vocabulary, local history depth study, making, museum learning, product, process, speaking and listening, tracing aspects of national history in the locality.

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