Learning at Culloden

This resource is designed for teachers and their classes who are planning to visit Culloden battlefield. It is designed chiefly for teachers of pupils in upper primary/lower secondary classes and has been written with the aspirations of the Curriculum for Excellence in mind.

The resource consists of the following elements:

Culloden and the Curriculum for Excellence - links to the Curriculum for Excellence

Booking a visit - information on the practicalities of your visit: booking costs, facitlities, risk assessment

Pre-visit teaching materials - material to prepare your class for their visit

Using the Visitor Centre - an overview of the content of the Visitor Centre and suggestions for pupil activities focusing on key exhibits

Investigating the battlefield - a suggested tour of the battlefield with points for discussion and suggestions for activities on site

After the visit - suggestions for consolidating learning on site and for developing next steps

Resource bank - a bank of images, and contemporary accountsw with notes for teachers to enhance classroom and fieldwork

Other resources - suggestions for relevant books, websites and DVDs

Places to visit - suggestions of other sites connected to the Jacobites and the events of the ’45