Mayflower 400: Legend & Legacy: Teacher Pack

Our Mayflower 400 Legend and Legacy Teacher Pack focuses on five star objects from the exhibition, with supporting myth-busting activities and enquiry questions.

Use the text to harness yourself with insider knowledge on the subject, or focus on the imagery to discover new details with your class. Explore further by undertaking some of the suggested activities.

Key Stages:: Key Stage 2,; Key Stage 3,; Key Stage 4

Curriculum:: History

Topic:: Mayflower

You can download this PDF resource to use with your class.

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Part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations

School visits

Mayflower: Legend & Legacy: Schools Workshop

Discover the story of the Mayflower exploring the people and events that led to the historic voyage across the Atlantic and its impact and legacy today.

SENsational workshops

Our SENsational workshops for students with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with profound and multiple disabilities and ASC, are open to visits from a range of educational settings.

Britain After 1945

How did Britain and Plymouth change after the end of World War II? Students will explore and debate themes around identity, community and social responsibility in relation to life in Plymouth since 1945.

Loan Boxes

Explore: Plymouth Evacuees

Discover what life was like for children evacuated from Plymouth during the war. Hundreds of children were evacuated from Plymouth during World War II. Encounter these individuals and imagine their lives with this collection of photos and documents.

Explore: Captain Robert Scott

Discover the adventures of Plymouth's most famous polar explorer - Captain Robert Scott - through the photos and documents about his experiences.

Play: Mummification

Bring the spectacle of mummification to your classroom with this mummy, canopic jars and set of ‘body parts’.

Museum Gallery Archive

You can download this PDF resource to use with your class.

Part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations