Identity Loan Box
Loan Box on the theme of Identity | Identity resources | Borrowing the Identity Loan Box | Other Loan Boxes at UCL
Loan Box on the theme of Identity
The Galton Collection has developed a Loan Box on the theme of Identity which supports the teaching of Citizenship at Key Stages 3 and 4. The Loan Box uses replica and facsimile objects to allow children a hands on experience whilst learning about human rights, the criminal justice system, identity. The Loan Box also contains worksheets, information sheets, teachers' sheets, and activity suggestions.
The Loan Box and the resources are designed not
only to tie in with the Citizenship Curriculum, but also with the
Curricula for Science, History, English and Maths.
The Identity Loan Box contains:
- Replica Head Spanner
- Box of Hair Samples
- Box of Artificial Eyes
- Facsimiles of Galton's Composite Photographs
- Fingerprint Kits
- Modern police fingerprinting form
- Fingerprint examiner & setsof fingerprints to examine
- Second World War identity card
- Modern French identity card
- Measuring Tapes (modern)
- Facsimile of Form from Sir Francis Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory
- Photocard of Hand Dynamometer
Where possible, multiple copies of objects and facsimiles are provided.
Identity Resources
Borrowing the Identity Loan Box
Boxes can be borrowed for up to three weeks free of charge.
To find out more about other Loan Boxes visit the pages for the Learning at UCL Museums & Collections or to make a booking, contact Celine West, the Education and Access Officer.
+44 (0)20 7679 2151
Other Loan Boxes at UCL
UCL is committed to widening access to its museums and collections, and to working with both primary and secondary schools in London and the Southeast.
UCL Museums & Collections have already developed a range of Loan Boxes consisting of objects from the Grant Museum of Zoology, Geology Collections and Archaeology Collections . Schools can borrow these free of charge. They have been designed to support the National Curriculum at Key Stages 2-4, and have proved a popular resource with local schools. To find out more about these Loan Boxes, follow the links to the collections' pages.
