Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art

Join us for a free event for primary practitioners.  The event includes a keynote speech, a chance to view the Magnificent Maps exhibition and a choice of workshops.

The Historical Association would like to invite you to Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art. A free CPD and Enrichment event In partnership with The British Library.

Primary Event: Wednesday 19th May 5.30-8.30 at the British Library Conference Centre

Secondary and General Event: Wednesday 26 May 5.30 - 8.30pm at the British Library Conference Centre.

Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art is the British Library's latest exhibition that brings together some of the most impressive wall maps ever created, many of which have never been exhibited before and will demonstrate why maps are far more than geography.

The plan for the evenings is as follows:

5.30-6.00pm Registration and tea, coffee & biscuits.

6.00pm - 6.30pm    Keynote lecture: Maps and History

Keynote speech - Tom Harper, Curator of Antiquarian Mapping

Tom Harper is the Assistant Curator of Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art. His speech will provide an introduction to the exhibition and will explore some of its key themes. Magnificent Maps brings together some of the largest, most impressive and beautiful display maps ever created and examines why they are about far most than just geography

Hereford Mappa Mundi 1300

Primary Workshops 

1. Using Maps and Trails within the Primary Classroom

A workshop to consider how to use a variety of maps and trails to investigate the theme of settlement or community within the primary classroom. The workshop will show how maps can be used to instigate a series of lessons around a theme, period, significant event or individual.  Karin Doull; Principal Lecturer, Primary ITT, Roehampton

2. Magnificent Maps exhibition workshop

An excellent opportunity to find out more about the British Library's Magnificent Maps workshops for students. You'll be able to try out workshop activities and discover what your students would do if they came for a visit. In addition, you'll be able to develop teaching ideas to use in school. The workshop will focus on how maps influence the way we see the world and uncover what they reveal about the period in which they were created.

Secondary Workshops:

3. The power of maps

Maps have huge potential for firing students' curiosity about people's lives in the past. This workshop will focus on ways in which maps can be combined with other historical sources to plan engaging and challenging enquiries at Key Stage 3.

Michael Riley, Director of Schools History Project

4. Maps or mirrors?

As with most historical sources, some would say that maps show us as much about the minds of the makers as they do about the world they portray.

In this workshop we will test this theory using a range of activities designed to make the most of maps in the classroom.  In particular we will see how maps and related images can hep pupils understand important aspects of empire.

Jamie Byrom, Adviser for History in the Devon Learning and Development Partnership

Primary and Secondary Workshops:

5. A teachers' introduction to the British Library workshops for students

An excellent opportunity to find out more about the British Library's Magnificent Maps workshops for students. You'll be able to try out workshop activities and discover what your students would do if they came for a visit. In addition, you'll be able to develop teaching ideas to use in school. The workshop will focus on the historical, social and cultural significance of maps and examine the ways in which developments in map making have shaped history through the ages.

Celestial map from the 17th century, by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit.

6. ICT and mapping

Using British Library digitised collections and online resources, Alex Whitfield, eLearning Manager, will explore some of the exciting possibilities created by the use of ICT and maps.

General Workshop:

7. Curator's highlights tour

Tom Harper, Assistant Curator of Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art. His tour will explore highlights of the exhibition. The session will last for approximately 20 minutes and you will then be free to explore the exhibition at your leisure. Please note that capacity on the highlights tour is limited.

7.30 - 8.30pm Refreshments and private viewing of exhibition

Booking is essential as places are limited. Light refreshments provided.

RSVP

To Suzannah Stern

T+ 44 (0)20 7820 59 suzannah.stern@history.org.uk quoting May 19th Maps and your choice of workshops if you wish to go to the primary event and May 26^th Maps and your choice of workshops if you wish to go to the Secondary and General event.

There is wheelchair access throughout the British Library building.