Inventors and innovation

About this session

Key Stage 2 | Subject: History, Design & Technology, Art & Design | Topics: Tudors, Stuarts, Georgians | Session Type: Route-based

Led by a Georgian costumed presenter, children will use the palace as a primary source to inspire their own hypotheses on what constitutes an invention. They will see the breadth of innovation at Hampton Court Palace during the Tudor, Stuart and Georgian eras in this route-based session.

Learning objectives

Children will:

• Discover that innovation is a continuum over time with knowledge and discovery passed from the past to the present.
• Analyse how inventors and innovators generate, hone and implement their ideas.
• Create their own hypothesis around what constitutes an invention.

National Curriculum links

This session supports:

History

• Extending chronological knowledge beyond 1066 (legacy of art/architecture).
• Understanding the methods of historical enquiry, how evidence is used to make historical claims. 

Design and Technology

• Understanding how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world.

Art and Design 

• Learning about great artists, architects and designers in history.

Booking information

Availability
Monday - Wednesday
10.45, 12.45 
Duration
90 minutes
Capacity 
Up to 35 pupils
Price
£105 plus admission