Key Stage 4 - Durham University

Key Stage 4 Sessions

The Learning and Engagement Team offer a range of collections centred sessions and resources across all our venues. Information on each session can be found below.

Learn more about our KS4 sessions

1867 Reform Act

Available as a one-hour online session.

Black and white print showing a political cartoon. Britannia as a robed woman wearing a classical helmet rides a horse with Benjamin Disraeli’s face into long grass marked ‘Reform’

Art Collection – Art Careers

Available as a one-hour outreach session in your school or a one-hour online session.

A group of students are standing around a table in the centre of the room, which is covered in bubble wrap. On top of this are framed images of artworks, which the group is looking at. One of the group has leaned over the table for a closer look.

Art Collection – Behind the Scenes

Available as a half-day visit to the Art Store or a two-hour online session.

A selection of framed artworks sit on a table covered in bubble wrap.

Crime and Punishment

Available as a one-hour online session.

Zoomed-in image of a 19th-century map showing Durham Jail, made up of newly built structures with large exercise yards between them. Other buildings of the City of Durham can be seen outside the prison walls.

Defining National Identities

Available as a half-day visit to the Oriental Museum or a one-hour online session.

Photograph of a square fabric banner known as a story cloth. It is covered with scenes on a blue background showing the history of the Hmong people of South East Asia, who are depicted in traditional clothes of black with red belts.

History of Medicine

Available as a one-hour online session.

Black and white printed image of Andreas Vesalius stood at a table as he dissects an arm. He has turned slightly so his bearded face is looking at the viewer. He is wearing an embroidered doublet.

Suffrage

Available as a one-hour online session.

The Normans in Durham

Available as a half-day visit to Durham Castle and Palace Green Library.

Photograph of the interior of the Norman Chapel at Durham Castle, lit at night by candle-effect lights.

Tudors [under development]

The Learning and Engagement Team are currently redeveloping this session. Please check back for updates.

Zoomed in image from a woodcut print, showing three Tudor men working in a leather workshop. Two of the men are bent over a table as they work on pieces of leather. The third is standing and working on a larger piece of leather on a frame, using a curved blade.

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