You are encouraged to browse the entire zone. Material aimed principally at young people is often perfectly adequate for older readers in search of an accurate (and digestible!) introduction to a subject.
The Archaeology in Education Service (AES)
Aims of the AES and what it can currently offer teachers, tutors, students and pupils in Kent.
Primary schools
The role of Archaeology at Key Stages 1 and 2. Resources and materials for the classroom.
Secondary schools
Archaeology at Key Stages 3, 4 and A Level.
Resources on this website
Experimental Archaeology: Building a pottery kiln
Why History is a load of old rubbish
Pictures explaining how the layers of a site build up.
Discovering Archaeology in the National Curriculum, Key Stages 1, 2 and 3
A useful teacher’s guide to building Archaeology into the school curriculum.
Using objects
Learning from things people made and used in the past.
Project diaries
Summary illustrated accounts of CAT excavations and surveys. Useful for research or cut and paste into your own resource sheets.
Roman and Anglo-Saxon Canterbury Reconstructed
What was Canterbury like in the past? Interpreting the archaeological evidence for two very different periods of time.
Image galleries
Artefacts, reconstruction drawings, sites and more. Here you will find lots of pictures to help with project research.
Citizenship Education Key Stages 1 to 4
Archaeology in the Local Community.
Notes for primary and secondary school teachers looking at the role of Archaeology in protecting and caring for the historical environment. Find out about the issues around the practice of digging up the past.
Resources to buy and borrow
Roman Canterbury, a journey into the past
Extracts and Teachers Notes from this resource book for 9 to 13 year olds and adults looking for an accurate, accessible introduction to the Roman town.
A journey to Medieval Canterbury
Published in 2001. Fantastic resource book written principally for 11 to 13 year olds, with added adult general interest appeal. Companion volume to Roman Canterbury, a journey into the past (above).
CAT KITS
Resource boxes of original Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery, animal bone and building fragments plus Teacher Guide are now held on permanent loan in schools in Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable district. Ask your History Co-ordinator or Head of History where your CAT KIT is kept!
CAT KITS are now also available to schools and other interest groups in other parts of Kent on short term loan. Contact CAT Education Officer to find out if there are CAT KIT loans near you.
CAT BOXes
Archaeological and historical replicas, models and some original objects, plus ethnographic items. For short term loan to Kent schools, colleges, universities and interest groups.
More support from CAT
Library
We have a small library of our publications and others relating to the history and archaeology of Kent. Contact CAT to use the library by arrangement.
Introduction to Archaeology Days
We can arrange a day in school holidays for Kent secondary school students to come and see what an archaeological unit does and how it operates. Particularly valuable for those considering a career in Archaeology or related subject. Contact the Education Officer.
Student projects
We can support projects (eg in History, Geography, Archaeology) by supplying information about sites and standing buildings excavated/surveyed by the Trust in Canterbury and elsewhere in Kent and, where appropriate, by directing to other agencies.
Careers information
By arrangement, we are happy for individual students to come and hear how Archaeology works in a field unit such as CAT. We are not in a position to advise on particular courses but can put a student in touch with appropriate agencies.
Partnership projects
A TOWN UNEARTHED: Folkestone before 1500
Background materials and teaching ideas to support this community project.
Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) Faculty of Education
Giving lectures and workshops to prepare undergraduates and postgraduates for teaching the school curriculum.
Canterbury Museums
We join forces with our local museums for one-off events. Usually hands-on!
Folkestone People’s History Centre
Under the direction of Canterbury Christ Church University and based at its University Centre Folkestone. Contact lesley.hardy@canterbury.ac.uk for more information about the FPHC.
Canterbury Whitefriars Roman Tower Exhibition
Partnership project with Canterbury City Council, English Heritage, Historic Fortifications Network (managed by Kent County Council) and Land Securities plc. Discoveries, reconstructions, digital image presentation (running 9am–9pm) and information panels – all set against the in situ Roman tower found at the site. Opposite Fenwick’s, near the Bus Station ticket office, viewed from the street frontage.
For the best effect, go on a day when there isn’t blazing sunshine. I walked by early one morning recently. The effect of the internal lighting on the setting of the displays against the backdrop of the tower was stunning and the designer is to be congratulated. So go and see it early morning, evening or anytime in the winter!
Canterbury Young Archaeologists Club
Ring Abby Guinness for club details: +44 (0)7779 163137
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
CAT represented Kent Archaeology at the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival in 2007 with family activities and has since supported the education programme at the National Museum of Natural History.
For enquiries contact the Education Officer, Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd,
92a Broad Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2LU
Tel: +44 (0)1227 462062
Fax: +44 (0)1227 784724
email: marion.green@canterburytrust.co.uk