The document discusses the National Archives' work in education and outreach, including their responsibility to make government records accessible to all. It provides statistics on the Archives' education department staffing and budget as well as the number of students taught and website visitors. The Archives aims to support the curriculum through various taught sessions and resources that encourage students to engage in historical inquiry using primary sources.

2. Opening up the Archives through
Education and Outreach
Andrew Payne
Head of Education & Outreach
The National Archives

3. The National Archives’ Public Task
Our responsibility is
for the government record,
its past and future, its use and re-use,
authentic, available and accessible to all
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4. 11,000,000 boxes

5. 1 quadrillion bytes – 1 Petabyte of storage

6. Domesday - 1086

7. Magna Carta - 1225

8. Declaration of Independence - 1776

9. William Hole Map of Virginia - 1612

10. Boulton-Watt Steam Engine - 1775

11. Census Records 1841-1911

12. Henry Cole’s Rat - 1838

13. UK Government Web Archive
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14. Education and Outreach by Numbers
15 0.5 76 2.5 9
9 • Permanent staff in department
15 • Thousand students directly taught
2.5 • Million visitors to Education website
0.5 • Million £‟s budget department
76 • % engagement rating of staff
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15. Investing in our future audience

16. Invest in your future audience…
“those who were
taken to museums
libraries, and
archives as
children…are more
likely to visit as an
adult.”
„Taking Part‟
DCMS Report 2007

17. Archives have the power to make students think!

18. Memory is the residue of thought
“Your memory is not the
product of what you want
to remember or what you
try to remember; it‟s the
product of what you think
about”
Daniel T. Willingham
Why Don’t Students Like School
Jossey-Bass 2009
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19. Where do teachers and students get source
material?
In tests 61 out of 69 student
teachers at Cambridge University
went straight to Wikipedia via
Google

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21. Key Principles of
The National Archives
Education & Outreach
Service

22. Services designed to support the Curriculum
• Investigate
personal, family or local
history and how they relate
to a broader historical
context
• Appreciate the role of
museums, galleries, archi
ves and historic sites
• use ICT to
research, process and
present information about
the past
History Programme of Study
QCA 2007

23. Investigate, don’t illustrate!
Use sources for enquiry-based investigations

24. Use key questions to drive the activity…
Let the students provide the answers
How did Henry VIII get up in the morning?

25. Historians “rummage” through sources
Let students direct their own investigation
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2

26. Context is everything…
So whole documents are essential
The Making of the United Kingdom
James Mason SP 16/488/25

27. Context is everything…
Thinking critically should be taught in the
context of subject matter…an important part of
thinking like a historian is considering the
source of a document – who wrote it, when
and why. But teaching students to ask that
question, independent of subject matter
knowledge, won‟t do much good.
Daniel T. Willingham
Critical Thinking: Why is it so hard to teach?
American Educator Summer 2007

28. Technology provides access and engagement
But never forget that historical enquiry is the purpose

29. Taught Sessions
40 different lessons available in 3 formats

30. Onsite workshops

31. Videoconferences

32. Virtual Classroom

33. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education

34. Activity 2:
What’s the story?

35. Step 1: Study your document
• What questions do you need to ask?
• What answers does it provide?
• What doesn‟t it tell you?
• What‟s the story so far…?
• What more do you need to know?

36. Step 2: Find a friend…
• Ask them about their document
• Answer their questions about your document
• What‟s the story so far…?
• What more do you need to know?

37. Steps 3 – 5: Find some more friends…
• Ask them about their documents
• Answer their questions about your document
• What‟s the story so far…?
• What more do you need to know?

38. Step 6: What’s the story
• Place the documents in the correct chronological order
• Tell the story

39. Here’s the story

40. PCOM 7 / 252

41. PCOM 7 / 252

42. AR1/528

43. AR1/528

44. AR1/528

45. Teach the Teacher –
delivering greater impact
through CPD
(continuing professional development)

46. Online unit with the Historical Association
www.history.org.uk
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47. Videos of workshops in action
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48. Video tutorials from our education team
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49. Curriculum focused bundles of documents
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50. Masters module with Roehampton University
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51. Transatlantic Teachers Programme –
The University of Virginia
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52. The Virtual Classroom Experience
www.taecanet.com/nationalarchives

53. Engaging audiences with
social media

54. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers

55. www.twitter.com/ukwarcabinet
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56. Flickr
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57. Africa Through a Lens
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58. TNA Labs – Trying out the clever stuff!
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59. Andrew Payne
Head of Education
The National Archives
andrew.payne@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk
020 8392 5319
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education