Location: MUSEUM OF MAKING 

Duration: 2 hours

Key Stage: Key Stage 2 

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

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Session Description: 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!

Session Curricula:

• History (A study over time tracing how several aspects of national history are reflected in the locality; events beyond living memory that are significant globally; Chronologically explore the development of technology and industry involved in making over time, in the galleries)
• Design and Technology (understand how key events and processes in design and technology have helped shape the world)
• STEAM Learning 

Skills and Knowledge: Collaborative working, communicating ideas, craft and making, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, culture, Derby/Derbyshire heritage, discussion, evaluating, exploring ideas, experimenting, fine motor skills, industry, key vocabulary, museum learning, observing museum collections, questioning, risk taking, speaking and listening, tracing aspects of national history in the locality

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