Ages 7–11 (Key Stage 2)
Resources
The British Museum's collection spans over two million years of human history and culture, all under one roof. Students can engage and experience the unique collection through resources, sessions and gallery visits.
A walk around Bloomsbury with Sir Hans Sloane
Art guide: death and the afterlife
General guide to the Egyptian galleries
Ice Age art: exhibition teacher guide
Mummies: how were mummies made?
Mummies: the development of mummification
Nebamun: what can you learn from an Egyptian tomb?
Nebamun: ancient Egyptian tomb paintings
Greece: explore an Athenian picture
Local history: the British Museum in 18th century
Local history: the British Museum in 19th century
Local history: the British Museum in 20th century
Pompeii and Herculaneum image bank
Pompeii visit guide for primary teachers
Rome: Emperors of Imperial Rome
Sessions
Diversity of world cultures
Science
China
Africa
Ancient Egypt
- Excavation in Egypt
- Looking at the ancient Egyptian afterlife
- Life after death in ancient Egypt
- Looking at Egyptian mummies
Ancient Greece
- The Persian Wars
- Looking at Greek myths
- A question for the people
- How to find out about Greek life
- Celebrating Athens
- Greek temples
- Thinking through the Odyssey
Britain
The Islamic world
Mexico
SEN
Books
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