Heritage

Heritage is all around us. It is the people, places, objects and traditions that help us understand who we are and where we come from.

This Topic can help you learn about how climate change may be affecting your heritage as well as celebrate the local and global heritage in your school and community.

Heritage Topic at St Patrick's PS

This video shows the work that has been going on at St Patrick's Primary School in Coatbridge as part of the new Heritage Topic. They explored their local heritage by conducting interviews, handled historic artefacts and gathered family recipes from across the school community to create their own cookbook.

A full playlist of Eco-Schools guidance videos can be found on our YouTube channel.

Eco-Schools - Heritage

Support for the Heritage Topic.

Heritage Live Lessons

We welcomed Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer Annie Rodgers to introduce a NEW Eco-Schools Heritage Topic

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Gàidhlig anns na sgoiltean

Brùth gu h-ìosal gus faighinn a-mach mu na cothroman a tha ann airson taic a thoirt do Ghàidhlig anns na sgoiltean. Gheibh sibh fiosrachadh mu phrògraman, tachartasan agus goireasan a chuidicheas sgoiltean, tidsearan agus sgoilearan gus a’ Ghàidhlig a chleachdadh agus a neartachadh san sgoil.

Click below to explore the opportunities available to support Gaelic in schools. You’ll find information about programmes, events and resources that help schools, teachers, and pupils use and strengthen Gaelic in everyday learning.

Barrachd fiosrachaidh / More information

Resource Library

Search through our library of resources to find lesson plans, experiments or activities for your class.

Find Resources

Resources and Ideas from Our Friends

Heritage Resource Portal
The portal brings together resources from across the heritage sector, covering a range of time periods and themes

Heritage Hero
A wider achievements award for history, heritage and archaeology projects

Historic Environment Scotland
Search their wide range of history based teaching resources

Museums Galleries Scotland: Marseum
The year is 2050 and a human community is now thriving on Mars. You are tasked with designing an exhibition about life on Earth for the first museum on Mars. From the creative minds at Daydream Believers

Heritage at your Fingertips
A series of short starter lessons from Historic Environment Scotland

Photo & Image Library
Search for images and old photographs with SCRAN

Side by Side Maps
Compare modern and heritage maps with National Library of Scotland's side by side tool

Pastmap
An interactive map showing the historic environment in your local area.

With Thanks To

The Eco-Schools Heritage Topic was developed as part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's Our Heritage, Our Future project which was made possible by support from Historic Environment Scotland and The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

Our wider work to restore Scotland's places and their heritage.

Our Heritage Our Future

Our Heritage, Our Future supports communities to explore, record and protect their heritage through hands-on activities, skills development and youth learning programmes.

Gàidhlig sa Choimhearsnachd

Brùth gu h-ìosal gus barrachd fhaighinn a-mach mun taic as urrainn dhuinn a thoirt do choimhearsnachdan Gàidhlig. Gheibh sibh liosta de na tachartasan a tha a’ dol, agus na cothroman a tha ann gus obair a dhèanamh còmhla rinn gus a’ Ghàidhlig a leasachadh anns an sgìre agaibh fhèin.

Click here to learn more about the support we can offer Gaelic communities.

Certificate in Cultural Heritage

The aim of this qualification is to provide people with a general understanding of the heritage sector in Scotland and develop specific heritage-related skills. The units have been credit rated by Qualifications Scotland as SCQF level 5/6; they are accessible to all aged 16 and over, and no previous knowledge or experience is required.