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Conserving the Built Environment

Conserving the Built Environment [PDF 2959KB] a geography scheme of work and resources for key stage 2.
This pack teaches children to look at and understand a local area, which could be their own. It also gives them the chance to be involved in planning and understanding changes in that area.

The six-week scheme of work and resources:

is focussed on 'a locality in the United Kingdom'
covers all the objectives for knowledge, skills and undestanding in the geography programme of study for key stage 2
develops citizenship, through emphasising co-operation, negotiation and taking responsibility for decisions
provides a contrasting and varied study area.

The activities in the scheme of work can also be applied to any locality that has buildings from different periods in history.

The dissolution of the monasteries in Tudor Nottinghamshire

This resource:

gives teachers at key stages 2 and 3 a comprehensive, flexible scheme of work and resources that can be used with minimal preparation and without further research
meets a broad range of National Curriculum requirements at key stages 2 and 3, while focusing on history in depth
relates to several QCA schemes of work for history at key stages 2 and 3
increases awareness of Nottinghamshire's monastic past in its wider context
promotes archaeological fieldwork as a means of finding out about the past.

The document is available to download in PDF format below. It has been split into separate PDFs due to the large file size. Please note that some of the PDFs are still quite large and therefore may take a while to download.

Aims of the scheme and how the aims will be met [PDF 398KB]

Scheme of work summary [PDF 209KB]

Lesson 1 - When was the dissolution of the monasteries? [PDF 149KB]

Lesson 2 - Where were Nottinghamshire's monasteries and when were they founded? [PDF 1.4MB]

Lesson 3 - Why were the monasteries built where they were? [PDF 4.3MB]

Lesson 4 - What were the monasteries like? [PDF 1.8MB]

Lesson 5 - What was life like for the monks inside the monastery? [PDF 446KB]

Lesson 6 - What was the dissolution of the monasteries and why did it take place? [PDF 202KB]

Lesson 7 - What happened to people and property after the dissolution? [PDF 618KB]

Bringing it all together - Additional assessment using ICT and Fieldwork activities [PDF 1.6MB]

Picture resources 1 [PDF 8.5MB]

Picture resources 2 [PDF 8.3MB]