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Secondary sessions at Culloden
We offer a wide range of sessions for secondary schools. A half-day visit includes one session; a full-day visit includes two sessions. All visits include a battlefield tour.
Property-based sessions
Interpreting Culloden
Pupils will discover how we use objects to reconstruct the events of the Battle of Culloden. This session encourages pupil to approach source material critically and offers tips on refining and presenting their ideas.
- Suitable for S1–S2
- 120 mins
- Curriculum for Excellence: SOC 3-01a | LIT 3-02a | LIT 3-09a
Shadow of the Prince
Learn about the consequences of conflict for individuals living in 18th-century Britain. Pupils will explore, compare and contextualise life at the time of the battle using real stories and primary sources.
- Suitable for S1–S2
- 120 mins
- Curriculum for Excellence: SOC 3-01a | SOC3-02a | LIT 3-02a
Teacher-led visit
Your class can enjoy a visit to Culloden led by you. We’ll provide resources beforehand to help you prepare for the day. Explore the visitor centre and 360-degree battle immersion theatre, before viewing our roof garden and walking along the lines of the battle. This is a cross-curricular learning experience you can adapt to suit your own class.
- Suitable for S1–S6
- 120 mins
- Curriculum for Excellence: LIT 3-02a | SOC 3-06a | SOC 3-07a
- Senior Curriculum: National Qualification | Higher/Advanced Higher History
Outdoor learning sessions
Understanding Conservation Grazing
Discover more about Culloden Battlefield’s conservation grazing animals. Meet them in their home, learn their characteristics and behaviours, and find out how they are working to help manage the landscape and ensure its conservation. Then go on a battlefield expedition to identify how archaeology helps us to better understand the Culloden story.
- Suitable for S1–S6
- 120 mins
- Curriculum for Excellence: SCN 3-01a | SCN 4-01a | SOC 4-10a
- Senior Curriculum: National Qualifications | Higher/Advanced Higher Biology | Environmental Science
Beautiful Biodiversity
Explore Culloden’s landscape: its moorland, grassland and woodland. Consider how the process of ecological succession changes landscapes, and how conservation is working to combat its negative effects.
- Suitable for S1–S6
- 120 mins
- Curriculum for Excellence: SCN 3-01a | SCN 4-01a | SOC 3-08a | SOC 4-08a
- Senior Curriculum: National Qualifications | Higher/Advanced Higher
Biology | Environmental Science
Woodland Wandering & Weaving
Investigate the diversity of tree, plant, animal and birdlife within the confines of our small woodland. Learn the art of making a wild loom, then wild weave a unique piece of wall art to take back to school.
- Suitable for S1–S6
- 120 mins
- Curriculum for Excellence: EXA 3-02a | EXA 4-02a | SCN 3-01a | SCN 4-01a
- Senior Curriculum: National Qualifications | Higher/Advanced Higher Art and Design | Creative Arts
Online sessions
Museum Curators
Join us in an interactive online session to hear Jacobite stories associated with some of the objects in our collection. Pupils will think critically about the objects, discover who might have used them and learn how they are cared for.
- Suitable for S1–S2
- 40 mins
- Curriculum for Excellence: LIT 3-02a | SOC 3-06a | SOC 3-07a
Culloden in your Classroom
Join us on a virtual tour of Culloden Battlefield. Discover more about what really happened at this place and have a closer look at some of the objects involved in the conflict.
- Suitable for S1–S6
- 40 mins
- Curriculum for Excellence: LIT 3-02a | SOC 3-06a | SOC 3-07a
- Senior Curriculum: National Qualification | Higher/Advanced Higher History