Link to sites offering resources for teacher and students:

http://abolition.e2bn.org/box.html This site looks at Thomas Clarkson and his fellow abolitionists who fought for the ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the emancipation of enslaved Africans in the British colonies. This site has been designed to provide background information, lesson ideas and tools for teachers, but could also be used by pupils for research with support.

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ This site provides the tools to to build up an argument or description of a person, event or issue by placing items into a virtual box.

"engage, learn,achieve" - The evidence from a study commissioned by Renaissance East of England and Museums, Libraries and Archives Council East of England suggests that museums can have a positive impact on pupil attainment when an assessed piece of work is completed in tandem with a visit. To find out more and to read the report, see www.le.ac.uk/ms/research/pub1101.html

Click here to see our online library of case studies for ideas to inspire learning and teaching both inside and outside the classroom.

A report by Dale Banham, Humanities adviser for Suffolk, examining the difference contact with the “real” made on teaching and learning in Suffolk schools. Download the report