Deptford Ragged School Heritage Trail
The trail is led by a young girl, Lizzie, the kind of child who attended the Deptford Ragged School in the 1800s. In turn she asks pupils to show her what the Deptford of the future, present day Deptford, looks like by creating their own map of 21st-century Deptford.
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Teaching idea
This teaching resource is designed to support learning outside the classroom on a walking tour of Deptford High Street for Key Stage 2 pupils. Walking from one end of Deptford High Street to the other, stopping at strategic points, pupils will explore the history of Deptford and discover stories of the people who lived there in the 1800s.
The trail is led by a young girl, Lizzie, the kind of child who attended the Deptford Ragged School in the 1800s. In turn she asks pupils to show her what the Deptford of the future, present day Deptford, looks like by creating their own map of 21st-century Deptford.
These learning resources have been produced in association the Deptford Ragged School Archive to support learning about local history in Deptford and the Deptford Ragged School. We recommend that teachers use this resource in association with their learning resources.
The Historic England Archive - Deptford High Street Local History Pack B (L20) can be used to help pupils learn even more about their local heritage and to help put ‘Lizzie’ into a broader chronological understanding of the area.
Learning aims and outcomes
- To learn about the History of Deptford, the stories, and the places, through visiting them in person or on a digital trail.
- To make personal connections between their experiences of Deptford and the experiences of people who lived there in the past.
- To understand about the lives of children who attended the Deptford Ragged School.
- To identify changes between Deptford then and now.
Prior knowledge
- No prior knowledge is required. However, you may wish to read the information for teachers and learning activities on the purpose and nature of Deptford Ragged School that can be found on the Deptford Ragged School Archive website.
Extended learning and useful links
- Find out more about the remarkable story of Mary Lacy who disguised herself as a man and trained as a shipwright, retiring to Deptford and becoming a house builder.
- Teaching Activity: How YOU Can Provide the Missing Pieces
- Find out more about the Deptford Ragged School Archive and its learning resources.
