This course is run by Hodder Eduction. For more information and to book, please see their website.

Take a virtual tour of Burghley’s Almshouse and receive lots of creative lesson ideas and exam advice for the 2022 specified site.

Carmel Bones’ historic environment webinars are the most popular events we run and in 2020 they were recognised in the Edtech50 Yearbook and shortlisted for Best CPD in the Teach Secondary Awards.

• Develop your content knowledge of Burghley’s Almshouse, including the chronology, location and design

• Discover effective strategies to challenge, support and move forward all students, irrespective of their starting points

• Enjoy a 360° virtual tour of the Almshouse – which you’ll be able to access for 6 months and share with students for use in school or at home

• Feel confident about the requirements and criteria for success in the historic environment question, worth 10% of the final marks

​Please note: This is not an official AQA event and therefore the views and messages shared are not representative of AQA. For more information about the specifications and official events, please visit www.aqa.org.uk. Hodder code: 3221150621 / 3221220621 

Programme

3.30pm Introductions and sound checks

3.35pm Content and questions: Part 1

• Queen Elizabeth and William Cecil, Lord Burghley

• Getting to grips with the details: chronology, location, design

• The Almshouses – originator and occupants. How do they reflect the cultures, values and fashions of the time

4.15pm Time travelling the problem of poverty in the 16th century

• Experiences in towns and the countryside

4.25pm Content and questions: Part 2

• Links to second order concepts and question approaches

• 360° virtual visit to Lord Burghley’s Almshouse in Stamford, Lincolnshire

4.55pm Conclusions

5.00pm Webinar ends