Students in the gallery

Ages 11–14 
(Key Stage 3) 

Key information

Ages 11–14 (KS3)

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The British Museum's collection spans more than two million years of human history and culture, all under one roof.

Supporting the KS3 national curriculum, students can take part in a wide variety of sessions that are delivered by our team of professional educators and artists. Our unique KS3 offer explores what it is to be human and encourages students to use material culture, to develop independent and transferable enquiry-based skills. 

Our ages 11–14 (KS3) learning programme includes:  

  • School sessions at the Museum such as presentations, workshops, gallery, and digital sessions. 
  • Student resources to use in the classroom or at home, with adult supervision.  
  • Teacher resources to use in the classroom, or at home if you are a home educator.

The new Energy Centre Programme, part of the Museum's Masterplan, will support our path to net zero and requires major infrastructure work. As a result, there will therefore be changes to our schools offer.

School sessions

Student resources

  • Image showing the obverse and reverse of a silver coin, minted in Carthage, modern day Tunisia. On one side the ruler and the other a lion with a tree in the background and faint inscription on the edge.

    African kingdoms timeline

    Explore the history of African kingdoms with themes around power, wealth, influence, identity, creativity, innovation and collaboration.
  • A curator in a green shirt holds the receiver of a orange telephone to her ear. A speech bubble coming from the curator is full of Egyptian hieroglyphs and some ombre red and yellow text reads: The History Hotline

    Videos for Young Learners

    Our YouTube channel includes a playlist of short videos for young learners looking at different historical periods, themes and objects.

Teacher resources

  • Image showing the obverse and reverse of a silver coin, minted in Carthage, modern day Tunisia. On one side the ruler and the other a lion with a tree in the background and faint inscription on the edge.

    African kingdoms timeline

    Explore the history of African kingdoms with themes around power, wealth, influence, identity, creativity, innovation and collaboration.
  • Three young people of colour sit with the poet Jenny Mitchell in the Prints and Drawings study room looking at art

    The power of poetry

    Whether you're a teacher, parent or someone looking for ways to explore the history of colonialism with young people, poetry may be the key.

Schools offer update

We have some exciting changes happening that support our path to net zero as part of the Museum's Masterplan. This will mean some reductions in public programmes, including facilitated school programmes, in-person school group visits and lunch and locker capacity at the Museum whilst key infrastructure work is carried out. 

The Museum recognises that this reduction in capacity may lead to some disappointment for schools and students, however, the Museum's learning team are working hard to bring new programming opportunities for schools later in the year. 

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