People, places, causes, consequences and significance of the 1381 Revolt in St. Albans and beyond, and how they interconnect: developing a set of learning resources for KS2 - KS4 pupils to be used both schools, the Cathedral and local area

The project aims to develop a set of learning resources for KS2 - KS4 pupils to be used both in school, the Cathedral and local area. The project’s focus will be on the people, places, causes, consequences and significance of the 1381 Revolt in St. Albans and beyond, and how they interconnect. It will complement and develop David Ingledew’s HA People of 1381 Teacher Fellowship research work, with the production of learning and teaching resources for local schools. In addition, the project will build upon David Ingledew’s doctoral research on dialogic approaches in history education by researching the value of this in schools’ local history visits. A potential output would be publication of this work in a history education journal i.e. Teaching History or Primary History.
Resources will be designed to be adaptable depending upon the focus of the historical enquiry and schemes of work followed by the school. Examples include:
- A learning and teaching guide - Local v national chronology of key events, causes, consequences - Local maps connecting St. Albans with events in London and other areas in Hertfordshire
- Key people of 1381 in St. Albans - Images of St. Albans locations
- Exhibition displays and information - Identifying/making archive material accessible for schools - Trial and testing with local schools The anticipated benefits of the project are:
- Development of a range of learning/teaching resources for pupils/teachers drawing upon academic and pedagogical research giving teachers choice and flexibility - Enable pupils develop a more complex understanding of 1381, with a local perspective within the national revolt - Sharing new perspectives on 1381 to support a deeper and richer understanding of people, places and events of the later medieval period in St. Albans
- Collaboration between history and museum educators, local schools and UH - Raise the profile of the historic environment of St. Albans, the Cathedral in relation to 1381 - Identify opportunities for further collaboration in the future between schools, museum and history education .