The 1831 Reform Riots

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Original and replica objects related to Nottingham’s 1831 Reform Bill Riots. Developed in conjunction with the ‘Riot 1831 gallery’ at Nottingham Castle and contains a tablet, app and marker cards for a virtual reality learning experience. Includes timeline, book of activities and information card for each item.

Box includes: Blunderbuss; original coins; silk stockings; gunpowder pouch; maps and hand cuffs; commemoration medal; period newspaper and ballot box; clay pipe; reward poster; novelty gin flask and replicas of paintings.

Meets National Curriculum requirements in History –

KS1 Events beyond living memory nationally or globally. Significant historical events, people and places in locality

KS2 An aspect or theme in British history that extends chronological knowledge before 1066. Local history study

KS3 Ideas, political power, industry and Empire: Britain, 1745 – 1901. Local history study

Activity pack meets National Curriculum requirement for English, Art and Design, Geography and Drama, Key Stage 1 – 3.

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