Secret Maps: school workshops

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Navigate the mysteries of Secret Maps in one of our schools workshops inspired by our current exhibition.

What's on

  1. A crop of a map of India with the wording 'INDIA SHOWING CIVIL DIVISIONS' and 'TOP SECRET' hand written in red
    Years 10 – 13Free

    Study Day: Secret Maps

    Carving out two nations: The road to India’s independence and Partition.

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  2. Author Katherine Rundell next to the cover of her book, Impossible Creatures The Poisoned King which shows a green and yellow illustration of a winged lion with horns.
    Years 5 – 8Free

    Katherine Rundell on Fantasy and Maps

    Multi-award-winning author Katherine Rundell will celebrate wondrous and mysterious maps in fiction in this student Q&A event.

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  3. Portrait of a man with short grey hair and glasses, next to a purple graphic with red text reading 'the history of information Chris Haughton'
    Years 5 – 9Free

    Chris Haughton on Maps and Information Literacy

    Award-winning author Chris Haughton will take a look at maps and secrecy through the lens of his latest book The History of Information.

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  4. A collage of images showing maps, globes, and military personnel marking a map.
    Years 1 – 2Free

    Sensory Storytelling: Secret Maps

    X marks the spot in this fun-filled sensory adventure around our latest exhibition!

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  5. Artwork for Secret Maps exhibition. Navy background with lots of different maps from history, and images of a flight tracker, an Enigma Machine, Minecraft’s Uncensored Library, D-Day, and a war room. Some of these are obscured by shadows or pixellation.
    Years 3 – 6 and Years 7 – 11Free

    Secret Maps Workshop

    Students will develop information literacy and critical thinking skills by exploring our maps collection.

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  6. School age students leaning over a map, two of them are reaching into the middle of the map to point out a location
    Years 3 – 6Free

    Voyage into Maps

    Students will explore maps on display in our Treasures Gallery, thinking critically about their many uses and styles.
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