Learning Packages

Packages to assist teachers and pupils use the resources on this website most effectively.

Please note: These packages are each made up of a notes document in Microsoft Word format and most of the packages also comprise a PDF resource document with high resolution printable versions of documents. To access the PDF files you will require an up to date version of Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. These documents will not open correctly on earlier versions of the Acrobat Reader software.

Title	Notes	Resource
A level Essex Rebellion		4mb
A level Garibaldis visit to England		58mb
A level railways		15mb
GCSE Battle of Jutland		21mb
KS3 A Picture of Stone		3mb
KS3 Charity in Trentham		11mb
KS3 Christmas at Trentham Hall		10mb
KS3 Fancy Vests		8mb
KS3 Grow your own wheat		2mb
KS3 Healthy Newcastle!		11mb
KS3 Miners
KS3 Mini Archives
KS3 Nathan Crawford's letter		40mb
KS3 Poverty in the Industrial Revolution
KS3 Top gear		28mb
KS3 Truth or Spin		4mb
KS3 WWI Nurses Roleplay		75mb

Handwriting

Palaeography, or the study of old handwriting can be fascinating. The documents of the sixteenth and seventeenth century are written in a style of handwriting called ‘Secretary Hand’. While many of the letters and letter shapes in this style are the same or very similar to modern English letters, there are others which are quite confusing at first. Using the documents in the Sutherland Collection we have created three wordsearch puzzles to help you practice recognising the letter shapes.

Downloads

Click here to download the Sutherland Papers Palaeography Alphabet
Click here to download Wordsearch 1
Click here to download Wordsearch 2
Click here to download Wordsearch 3
Click here to download Wordsearch 4

The letters and words all come from the documents created or collected by Sir John Leveson of Halling in the late 1580s and 1590s, when he was closely involved preparing the county of Kent against a possible Spanish invasion. You can read about this and view the whole of the document by following this link