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Firepower Makes History Fun!
Your visit to Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum in The Royal Arsenal, will support your childrens' knowledge and understanding of a number of areas of The National Curriculum relating to HISTORY and make their visit FUN.
Meet a real ROMAN LEGIONARY – Talk to him about his weapons, his day-day life in the Legion, what was it like to be a Roman. He is historically correct in every detail.
Your students can also meet a real TUDOR GUNNER. He is dressed in the ordinary clothes of a Tudor man at the time of Henry VIII and Elizabeth 1st. Talk to him about life in Tudor times.
World War Two
- Lots of things to handle.
- Dress up in a military uniform.
- Make a gas mask.
- Watch a film and identify how many things you would have to do to prepare for war in 1939.
- A talk by people who were Evacuees during WW2 with lots to see and handle.
- Meet Sergeant Burtenshaw who was a Prisoner of War during WW2.
- See the Film – The Short Life of Anne Frank (By permission of the Anne Frank Trust).
- Sit in our Anderson Shelter and listen to the sound of a major air raid on
- London
Brass Rubbing
- Using the detailed reliefs on cannons in Firepower's collection.
Vexillology - the study of flags
- Learn the history of flags
- What are they used for
- The Union Flag (Union Jack)
- Make a Union Flag
- The Royal Standard
- Design your own flag
Medals - The history of the medal
- Stories about people who received a medal - why, when and what for.
- The Victoria Cross
Investigating History
A visit to your school with a box of unusual, interesting, historical items.
- What are they?
- What were they used for?
- Meet the Curator of Firepower
Loan Boxes
We have a selection of boxes containing items associated with World War Two which your school can have on loan for an agreed period.
Contact Dawn-Elaine Devereux on 020 8312 7124 / 020 8855 7755 for more information about what Firepower has on offer for schools, to
organise a visit to the Museum or to your school.
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