Anglo-Saxon Discovery

Ashmolean Museum, Arthur MacGregor - Heritage Lottery Fund

Principal Investigator / Director: Arthur MacGregor

Oxford participants: Arthur Grant MacGregor; Jonathan Moffett; Alison Roberts

Other Participants: not specified

Project Webpage: http://anglosaxondiscovery.ashmolean.org/

Start Date: 01/06/2004

End Date: 31/01/2006

Funder: Heritage Lottery Fund

Partner organizations (inside or outside Oxford): Pegasus Primary School; St Mary and John Church of England Primary School; Oxfordshire County Council; The National Archives

 

 

Project Description:

Anglo-Saxon Discovery is a website designed for to meet the needs of teachers and children studying the Anglo-Saxons at Key Stage 2. It can be used for teaching in Geography, English, Art and Design, Design and Technology and Science as well as History. Games, interactive maps, and pictures are provided. The site links in to the Ashmolean's collections of British Anglo-Saxon artefacts, with a particular focus on the excavations of Edward T. Leeds around the Oxford area.