1 Overview
Our digital learning resources are best browsed in our Learn, Create & Play section.
This Teaching Resources section of our website has some useful resources for group leaders preparing a learning visit to one of the historic places in our care.
We have some themed resources to help you link your site visit to broader social studies topics.
Many of our resources are also available in Gaelic – so why not explore our Gaelic resources area.
2 Themed resources
Download a range of guides to help your study of places, people, events, themes and objects from Scotland’s past.
Evidence record
Learners can use our evidence record to note down discoveries as they investigate our sites.
See our guide to Gaelic resources for Gaelic versions of this and other materials.
Investigating Historic Sites: Places
Go Forth Digital Learning Resources
Life in medieval Scotland
Cooking in a Castle
Cooking in the Village
Feasting in the Great Hall
Having Fun
Keeping Clean
Working in a Castle
Investigating Historic Sites: Special Themes
Declaration of Arbroath: Illustrated Activity Booklet
Castle Quest teacher-led trail for Edinburgh Castle
Jacobite trail for Edinburgh Castle
Forestry Commission Scotland resources
3 Defending Scotland's Heritage
What challenges do our historic properties and monuments face today? What are organisations like us doing to protect them? Explore the different themes with our fact sheets and get hands on with our activities.
Introduction
Presentation: Defending Scotland's Heritage [PPTX 9MB]
Careers
Fact sheet: careers [PDF 2.47MB]
Activities: careers [PDF 3.77MB]
Climate change
Fact sheet: climate change [PDF 3.96MB]
Activities: climate change [PDF 3.09MB]
The following films were made in collaboration with the BBC:
Video transcript: Castlebrae High School on Craigmillar Castle [PDF 99KB]
Video transcript: Defending Ravenscraig Castle [PDF 89KB]
Conservation
Fact sheet: conservation [PDF 2.62MB]
Activities: conservation [PDF 993KB]
Crime
Fact sheet: heritage crime [PDF 3.08MB]
Activities: heritage crime [PDF 3.92MB]
Exploring local identity
Activities: exploring local identity [PDF 2.87MB]
Presentation: What is heritage? [PPTX 7.53MB]
Sustainability
Fact sheet: sustainability [PDF 2.91MB]
Activities: sustainability [PDF 5.81MB]
4 Make and create
These creative resources take a playful look at a range of themes. We hope you enjoy using them at home, at school, at one of our historic sites or wherever your group meets up!
Craft and play activities
Playful Pack: play castles at home!
Design a castle stronghold [PDF, 2.53MB]
Make a mini catapult [PDF, 1.67MB]
Make your own heraldic shield [PDF, 533KB]
Make your own jousting helmet [PDF, 130KB]
Make your own lion or unicorn puppet [PDF, 352KB]
Colouring sheets
Castle [PDF, 375KB]
Crown [PDF, 768KB]
Jousting Knight [PDF, 855KB]
Unicorn [PDF, 659KB]
Drummer Boy [PDF, 148KB]
Hebridean Girl [PDF, 160KB]
Knight [PDF, 140KB]
Monk [PDF, 128KB]
Pictish Boy [PDF, 120KB]
Princess [PDF, 154KB]
Viking Warrior [PDF, 132KB]
5 Search all learning publications
Find educational publications for purchase as well as a wide range of learning resources that you can download for free.
Search for learning publications by keyword, category and/or publication date.
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