British Motor Industry Heritage Trust - Nick Baldwin Collection
 

Curriculum grid

American School Bus (Copyright GMC)We have made links between the Nick Baldwin Collection, the National Curriculum and the QCA Schemes of Work, but you can use the activities to suit your own planning.

There are activities to use in the classroom, online, at home or to support a visit to the Nick Baldwin Collection exhibition.

There is something here for all learners whether you are 5 or 95!

History

Ticket to the past Time traveller 1
Holiday time Time traveller 2

Citizenship

Getting there 1 Getting there 2

Design & Technology

Keep moving The wheels on the bus
Moving monsters Bus shelters

Art & Design

Take your seats! Signs and maps

Other Subjects

Ticket to the past Holiday time
Keep moving The wheels on the bus
Getting there 1 Time traveller 1
Time traveller 2 Moving monsters
Bus shelters Take your seats!
Signs and maps Getting there 2

16+ Learning

What’s in the box An introduction to the Baldwin Archive and how an archive could be used.
The early days of public transport Exploring the social history surrounding the nineteenth and twentieth century developments in public transport
The public vs private transport debate Using the archive to research past attitudes to public transport, the environmental and social affects of accessibility to transport for all.
Designing transport Exploring the journals and articles from the collection to discover more about the evolution of transport design from the sublime to the whacky!