Free Primary workshops
Dr Johnson's House runs free workshops for Primary Schools. They last between 60 and 90 minutes, and cover areas of the English, History and Art Curriculum. We can also tailor workshops to your needs.
To make an enquiry or book a workshop, please contact the Education Officer on 020 7353 3745 or fill in an enquiry form.
History
Dr Johnson's London (Key Stage 2)
An interactive workshop with a carousel of activities relating to life in Georgian London, including a treasure hunt in Dr Johnson's House, word games, dressing up and some messier optional activities!
Full workshop outline (pdf)
The Life of Francis Barber (Key Stage 2)
Francis Barber started life as a slave on a Jamaican sugar plantation and ended it as a schoolmaster in Staffordshire. Using evidence including images, artefacts and eighteenth-century documents, pupils piece together Barber's extraordinary story in the house where he once lived and worked.
Full workshop outline (pdf)
Trainee Curators (Key Stage 2)
An object-handling workshop where pupils explore how we interpret and care for artefacts. Looking at a range of objects, pupils can try their hand at curatorial jobs such as assessing the condition of objects, investigating their history, and trying to tell the story of an object in a 50 word caption! Can be combined with the Marketing Challenge workshop.
Full workshop outline (pdf)
House and Home (Key Stage 1)
Visit Dr Johnson's House to take tea Georgian style, see how rooms were lit by candlelight, dress in Georgian costume and hunt for clues about what homes were like in the 1700s.
Full workshop outline (pdf)
