Learning Resources

Montage of newspaper articles and photos from WW2

Bring learning alive by using primary sources with local relevance! Cumbria Archives and other services' learning resources and teaching packs are available electronically to support the use of archive material within teaching:

Medicine through the Ages : online compilation of sources, to allow thematic or chronological use
Bygone Transport : online gallery of historic photographs
Cumbria and its connections with the history and legacy of the Slave Trade (PDF, 3.9MB): extensive teachers' pack illustrated with actual examples from Cumbrian archives, with suggestions for use in primary and secondary settings, produced in conjunction with Cumbria Creative Partnerships and other partners. Please contact Whitehaven Archive Centre (email link) if you would like access to the accompanying images for this pack.
Cumbria at War 1939-45: fully illustrated role play exercise for secondary schools (contextual information for pupils, archive images and sound clips)