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Teaching Resources

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Below is a large selection of on-line learning resources produced by organisations in Cornwall and which may be accessed by clicking on the  links on the right hand side.  The materials are suitable for a wide range of ages, from young children upwards.

We  have selected the following websites as being of potential interest in education but can take no responsibility for their content. Views held by other sites are not necessarily those of Cornish Quest.


Geevor Tin Mining Museum

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Click for education section

Historic Cornwall

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Information about archaeology and history from Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service


  1. Flying Past Project
  2. Ancient Monuments
  3. Early Cornish History
  4. Cornwall Industrial Towns Initiative
  5. History of Cornish Towns





Timeline of Cornish History
from the Cornwall Council website


Click for timeline

Cornwall Heritage Trust

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  1. Click for Teaching Resources
  2. Click for podcast on Castle and Dinas
  3. Click for the Cornwall Heritage Trust history section

Cornish Mining

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Learning resources from the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Office

  1. Geology and landscapes
  2. History
  3. Technology and infrastructure
  4. Communities and culture
  5. The sites and monuments that define the 'Cornish Mining' landscapes
  6. Script of the play 'Tin and Fishes'
  7. Cornish Mining Terms Glossary


Cornish Hedges

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Click for Education Pack

Carwynnen Quoit, and other Cornish Quoits

Carwynnen Quoit Teaching Pack

Maga Kernow

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Resources from the Cornish Language Partnership

  1. Schools' Dictionary to download
  2. St Piran's Pack
  3. Tamm ha Tamm - online Cornish language learning

Cornish Place Names

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The history and pronunciation of some Cornish placenames



Link to website

Religious Sites of Cornwall

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Click for a large number of teaching resources

Cornwall's Stained Glass Windows

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Click for link to website

The Parliamentary history of Cornwall

Click for webpage
(Histories of the individual constituencies are linked on the right of the page, and other time periods are listed at the top)

Cornish Culture

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Cornish Culture website

Old Cornwall Societies

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  1. Cornish Castles
  2. Cornish Crosses
  3. Cornish Dialect
  4. Cornish Christmas
  5. Old Postcards
  6. Smugglers and Kings Men
  7. Smugglers of Cornwall (2)


Cornish Traditional Music, Dance and Associated Custom

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Click for the An Daras website


Cornish Pipes

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Kernocopia

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The official Cultural Olympiad submission by Cornwall has a schools programme to help young people learn about their cultural sporting heritage.


Click for Cornish Pipes website



Kernocopia - 25 Creative Learning Activities

Cornish Legends

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Stevyn Colgan's entertaining site




Click to enter site


Sense of Place

Click on the 'Preview Units' for downloadable Key Stage 1 & 2 lesson plans  

Kneehigh Theatre

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Resources for Teachers and Students

Nick Darke

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Click for the Dancing Off the Page Resource Pack about Nick Darke's Work

Look Up Truro Town Trail

Click for 'Truro Town Trail'

A Safe Place to Go

Resources about wartime evacuation to Cornwall
Click for 'A Safe Place to Go'

The Clay Country - An Interactive Journey

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Click for the website

Useful Websites
The following websites have plenty of well-researched information about Cornwall.


The Country Houses of Cornwall


Link to website

The Duchy of Cornwall

Click for fully referenced site

St Michael's Mount

  1. St Michael's Mount and the Cornish Tin Trade
  2. Mont Saint Michel in Normandy and St Michael's Mount

The Enys Family

Click for the website on this important Cornish family

Bal Maidens

Click for the Bal Maidens website

West Penwith Resources

Link to extensive resource on the towns and villages of West Penwith

Camborne's History

Link to website

How To Draw A Mermaid


Click to see how to draw a mermaid easily

Chronology of Major Flood Events in Cornwall from 1800

Link to pdf

Newlyn Archives

Click to go to website

Hayle

Click for link

Tallys Ha Tyr

Click to visit website

An Index to the Historical
Place Names of Cornwall

View the website by clicking here
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