Post Primary Learning
Our free tours provide engaging learning experiences that link to our collection and support the NI Curriculum.
Our free tours of the museum use museum objects and artworks to tell the story of life on the Home Front in Northern Ireland during the Second World War. Topics covered include the Belfast Blitz, the American presence, the Ulster Home Guard and the contribution of local industries to the war effort. Tours of the museum last approximately 45 minutes to an hour and are usually best facilitated in the afternoon.
These tours are particularly suitable for GCSE History students who are studying the CCEA GCSE History option ‘Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1920-49’. Students can also avail of our Belfast Blitz Cathedral Quarter self-guided walking tour which explores sites of interest in the city centre and how they were affected by the air raids.
As a charity we are pleased to offer a Travel Grant of up to £200 per school to assist with transport costs to the museum. This a pilot scheme for a limited number of post primary schools and grants will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
To book or for more information contact our Outreach Officer, Mark, by emailing outreach@niwarmemorial.org.
Post Primary Learning
Belfast Blitz Walking Tour
Take a self-led walking tour of the Cathedral Quarter along streets which were destroyed in the Belfast Blitz (Donegall Street, York Street, North Street, Bridge Street, High Street and Waring Street).
Download the tour here: Belfast Blitz Walking Tour and follow the QR code for audio descriptions at each stop.
Post Primary
StoryMaps
StoryMaps is an educational resource developed for Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate students. It features excerpts from NIWM's oral history collection and covers themes including The Belfast Blitz, American Presence, Smuggling, Evacuees, Industry and VE/VJ Day.
Visit the Northern Ireland War Memorial StoryMaps website and download the associated Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate activities below:
Junior Cycle StoryMaps Word Document
Leaving Certificate StoryMaps PDF
Leaving Certificate StoryMaps Word Document
This resource was made possible with support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Reconciliation Fund.
Post Primary
Blitz Comic Book
Our Blitz comic book tells the story of the Irish firefighters who volunteered to cross the border and give their help during the Belfast Blitz.
Created by artist Leeann Hamilton in partnership with the NIWM, the comic book includes learning resources for Junior Cycle students.
Please email outreach@niwarmemorial.org to request a digital copy.
This resource was made possible with support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Reconciliation Fund.
Post Primary Learning
Outreach
If you can’t visit the museum, we can visit you! We can deliver a presentation in your post primary school focusing on life in Northern Ireland during the Second World War. A presentation is supported by objects and photographs from the museum collection.
To book or for more information contact our Outreach Officer, Mark, by emailing outreach@niwarmemorial.org.
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