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Useful Features:
HISTORY and Enterprise at New Heys

Key Stage 3 Curriculum
Economic, Technological, Scientific and Cultural developments
Changes between different periods
Information sourcing, evaluation and interpretation
Communication including oral narrative and ICT
(Could also include innovation, rise of industry, generation of regulations)


Enterprise visit / partnership suggestions:

  • Local museums and heritage centres eg Barton Ropewalk, National Fishing
    Heritage Centre, Wilberforce Museum, Yorvik, 
  • Local businesses with a defined development history eg Smith & Nephew,
    Reckitt Benckiser 
  • Universities / colleges
  • Capture reminiscences from residents
  • National Trust

Links

www.teachernet.gov.uk  - excellent resources on work related learning and enterprise

www.vocationallearning.org.uk  - lots of excellent material on here.

http://www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/executive/enterprise_devel/enterprise_education/  - this is the Foundation for Small, Medium Enterprise (SME) development, which is part of University of Durham. This is an excellent website displaying various resources for enterprise.

They have available some useful books at £6.50 to £8.50 each for secondary teachers and students: History - An Enterprising Approach