Picts

Museum on the Move: Picts is a handling resource, but bigger than most museum loans boxes. It is almost a mini touring exhibition that contains replica objects and activities to be used by your class in groups, pairs or for individual work.

Through hands-on activities, Museum on the Move: Picts will explore four main themes about the Picts:

• Who were the Picts? Their name means painted people but it’s unlikely this is what they called themselves. Other peoples, such as the Romans, have written about them.
• Where were the Picts? They lived and flourished in only a few specific parts of Scotland.
• How do we know about them? The Picts left a legacy of impressive stones, one of the main sources of evidence about them: from these we try to understand about their lives and activities (hunting, fighting, status, beliefs).
• What did they believe? The Picts gradually embraced Christianity.

Museum on the Move: Picts has been designed to meet the needs of teachers and pupils to deliver A Curriculum For Excellence (ACE). Please refer to our download: Teachers’ Notes (Preparing to use the resource) for more information on how this resource meets the curriculum.

Museum on the Move - online!

We have just released new interactive resources based on some of the activities in our Museum on the Move handling boxes. Specific games include exploring where the Picts lived, dressing like a Pict and exploring Pictish symbols. These games are aimed at 5-8 yr olds and can be used as classroom activities or in independent learning.

Activities:

• Archaeologist's bag
• 'Jigsaw' timeline
• 'Jigsaw' map
• Dress like a Pict
• What did the Picts eat?
• How did the Picts make their clothes?
• How did the Picts make pots?
• Symbols in stone
• Picts in stone
• Christian symbols

How to book Museum on the Move: Picts

Angus
Contact:
Lesley Stewart
The Meffan Museum and Art Gallery
stewartla@angus.gov.uk