We work with a wide range of schools and colleges throughout Swansea and beyond. Here are the various educational digital heritage resources we have co-produced to embed local Swansea history into the new primary curriculum for KS2.
CHART has created a brand new, digital resource for KS2 combining local Swansea heritage with digital literacy in an exciting cross-curricular format, available in both English and Welsh. The resource has been co-produced by researchers from the university, a creative education consultant, and local primary school teachers.
The ‘Copperopolis – A Heritage Project for KS2’ resource pack is packed with whole class activities, team challenges, films and information designed to support creative and independent learning. It contains at least a week of rich, cross-curricular learning resources that teach children to work collaboratively as they are guided through a range of heritage skills, problem-solving tasks, moral dilemmas, and the opportunity to make decisions about how they see the future for our heritage.
Browse our selection of PDFs and accompanying videos to support classroom learning.
Stage 1
Film 1 – Welcome from Tracy (3:15)
Film 2 – Animated Copperwords (8:00)
Film 3 – Alex the Archaeologist (2:00)
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Film 1 – Welcome from Tracy (1:46)
Film 2 – Alex the Archaelogist (5:37)
Film 3 – Animation – The industrial Revolution
Stage 5
Recommended third-party resources
We recommend the following externally created films as learning resources:
STAGE 2
Patterson Pope Museum Storage Film 2020 – Storage is Not Boring (2:33)
Museums Victoria Discover Documentary #9 Museum Conservation (3:35)
STAGE 3
Smithsonian Institute Archives – Oral Histories at home (2:15)
HiHo Kids – Meet a 101 year old! (5:28)
HiHo Kids – Young kids show and tell (5:34)
BBC History 2011 – Historical Interpretation Skills (7.00)
BadgerBotherer1 –Hafod Morfa Copperworks, Swansea, Wales (5:48)
Share Wales – Digital Interpretation at Castell Henllys (3.00)
STAGE 4
BBC Teach – The Story of the Benin Bronzes (4.00)
Open University – What are the Benin Bronzes? (2.30)
Netflix – Comedian James Acaster (3:42)
STAGE 5
Future Learn – What will museums of the future look like? (3:27)