Heritage
Heritage
Heritage is all around us. It makes us who we are and shapes the environment we live in. It is the people, places, objects and traditions that help us understand who we are and where we come from. Heritage can be described as things we inherit that have cultural value. Heritage can be tangible, meaning we can see it and touch it, or intangible, linked to memories, ideas, knowledge or skills.
The Heritage Topic has a natural overlap with the School Grounds, Food & the Environment and the Global Citizenship topics.
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.
We welcomed Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer Annie Rodgers to introduce a NEW Eco-Schools Heritage Topic
In this activity, pupil will learn about the myths surrounding our native trees, as well as getting to know the trees themselves better with a wonderful resource from Forestry Commission Scotland.
Create a comic strip about the story of a plastic bottle, a marine animal or anything else!
In this activity, pupils will explore myths and stories relating to trees and forests and use them as inspiration to create their own tales. .
This resource helps pupils connect to their local trees and plants, as well as our Gaelic cultural heritage. There are activities for younger and older pupils, which can be adapted to suit your individual setting. The activity was created in celebration of International Day of Forests, which takes place every year on 21st March.
This resource focusses on harvest-time and is a guide to creating your own harvest event
In this activity, pupils will first explore sounds from nature, including sounds from inside a tree. They will then use natural materials to create their own music.
Scotland grows lots of different kinds of food, all with different names, characters, tastes, and tales.
Storyteller and author Allison Galbraith takes us on an imaginary trip to learn about some of Scotland’s wildlife using old folk tales.
There are strong links in Scotland’s heritage between language, culture and food.
A third level Creative Inquiry on the themes of Scots Language, Cultural History and Food and the Environment
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.
