This free online resource offers exciting opportunities to learn about Nuneaton Abbey, enabling your students to investigate the past in a fun and interactive workshop.
Nuneaton Abbey had an enormous impact on the development of the town, even changing its name! Eaton became Nuneaton after ‘the nuns of Eaton’. The Abbey established the weekly market and the village became a town, growing in size and prosperity.
Through these fantastic and fun online resources your students can explore this important part of Nuneaton’s history. All activities and resources are flexible to use as suits your class and time available.
There are separate resources for Key Stage One and Key Stage Two which include:
- Teachers Guide
- 2 PowerPoints with lesson plans to use in school and post visit activities.
- Booklet to print off and use during a visit to the site of Nuneaton Abbey.
We hope you and your students enjoy exploring the fascinating stories and history of Nuneaton Abbey.
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These resources have been created as part of the Nuneaton Abbey project at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery, in partnership with St Mary’s Abbey Church, Nuneaton. The project is supported with funding from Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants.
Illustrations by Jessica Hartshorn.
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