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Teaching and Learning Resource Library
Our learning resources are free educational tools packed with everything you need to give your learners a deep insight into the history of our places. Our team of qualified teachers, educational experts and historians have developed over 100 resources to choose from, each tied to curriculum learning.
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When was the last time you sent a postcard? Or received one? What was once a communication staple for over 150 years now feels more like a novelty. New research commissioned by English Heritage reveals that only 8% of adults send a postcard at least once a year, while more than half never send them at all. How about we change that this summer? Find out more about the humble postcard and, perhaps, feel inspired to send your own.
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Test your knowledge of our sites by identifying them from photographs, with a little help from your 2020 Members' Handbook.
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This year we’re marking 80 years since the incredible rescue of more than 330,000 British and Allied troops from Dunkirk, coordinated from Royal Navy headquarters deep under Dover Castle in May 1940. Test your knowledge of the First and Second World Wars with our 20-question quiz.
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Collections Policies and Governance
Find details of our collections policies, and how the collection is governed.
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Why do we eat pancakes on pancake day?
Join Food Historian Sam Bilton as she explores the history of the celebration, and details an 18th century recipe for a kind of pancake pie for you to try at home – the ultimate Shrove Tuesday treat!
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Colour your way through history with our downloadable colouring sheets. Complete them all to create your own mega timeline of history!
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History of Fireworks: Displays which went off with a Bang!
From monks playing with gunpowder to a disastrous pyrotechnic display designed to impress Elizabeth I, here are 4 tales from the long history of fireworks.
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To celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, we will enhance and create one hundred meadows at our castles and abbeys, prehistoric stone circles and palaces. From Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain to the Jewel Tower right in the heart of Westminster, over the next decade, will be creating a natural legacy across England – establishing flower-rich grasslands right across England, restoring those that have been lost, and enhancing those that already exist.
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Alongside our Green Impact programme, we are also piloting the Green Tourism programme at six of our sites.