Be a Smuggler!
Workshop length: 1 hour
Suitable for: KS1-3
Become a smuggler in 18th century Folkestone! Explore the differences between pirates and smugglers, Learn why smuggling was rife in Folkestone and what methods the smugglers used to land contraband! Find out about infamous local smuggling gangs, the methods they used to avoid detection and the government response to the smuggling trade. Use all your STEM skills and teamwork to make a raft, make sure it’s seaworthy and that you can hide your contraband effectively!
During the workshop, you can:
• Find out what goods were smuggled.
• Find out how smugglers hid their contraband.
• Examine original documents and images.
• Work as a team to make a seaworthy vessel and watch it float!
National curriculum links:
History (Local History)
Geography
Crime & Punishment
KS1
• Pupils learn about significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.
• Pupils will identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.
• Pupils will learn about events beyond living memory.
KS2 – 3
• Pupils will make a local history study
• Pupils will make a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends their chronological knowledge beyond 1066.
• A study of an aspect of history dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant to the locality.