A resource to support teaching and learning through buildings and places
The leading guide to using buildings and places for learning. Lesson plans, teaching resources about architecture and design, great places to visit or learn about, organisations, events and inspiring features. Whether you’re teaching in a classroom or learning with the family – Engaging Places has something for you.
4 out of 5 young people say they think learning about this has a positive impact on their behaviour. What is it?
Heritage Open Days sees over 4000 properties across England throw open their doors for free in an annual celebration of local architecture, history and culture.
Over 1100 schools held a Green Day this summer and improved their sustainability. Find out more by reading the winning entries in this year's Green Day journalism awards…
This article reports on a debate about the future of cultural education that took place in Wolverhampton on July 14th.
Read about how buildings and places can help your lessons feel more relevant to young people's lives.
On 12 July seventy representatives from the cultural and education sectors came together at Discover Greenwich to debate the future of cultural education and celebrate 12 best practice Engaging Places projects.
Links to great resources to use local buildings and places in memorable lessons.
This image bank provides 23 pictures of houses in every style from every period since the Tudors - the accompanying teacher's notes and historical information will help trigger ideas for using this multi-purpose resource…
Great resources for your key stage 3 English lessons.
Great resources for your key stage 3 Maths lessons.
Great resources for your key stage 3 Science lessons.
Great summer activities and events for all the family.
A close-up focus on an iconic venue already looking forward to hosting Olympic action in 2012
Groups of young people across the country are set to engage with the lead-up to the 2012 Olympics, through interpretive dance, 3D models and virtual cycling.
Streetscapes provide a host of hidden avenues for learning. On the doorstep, free to visit and with scope for inspiring activities across the curriculum - what are you waiting for?
A visit to a local theatre can provide opportunities for creative cross-curricular learning. We reveal the clues theatre buildings can provide about technology, social history and values and attitudes.
Read this introduction to Unforgettable Lessons before finding out more about these exciting projects, each one exploring the ways that buildings and places can become a great teaching resource…
Read about a stimulating design project which enabled students to create textiles that responded to conservation work at the Tower of London.
Be inspired by a construction project which gave the students an insight into their local area and enabled them to produce creative work to share this knowledge.
This project opened the students' eyes to the history of their neighbourhood written out in the architecture of local buildings - find out more…
Be inspired by an extended schools project which gave students the skills to redesign parts of their home cities.
Presenting research that assesses the supply and demand of built environment education in schools throughout England.
Engaging Places is brought to you by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) in partnership with English Heritage. Find out what it's all about and how you can use the Engaging Places website.
Find out the benefits of built environment education and how buildings and places relates to the national curriculum.
Find out how to get in contact with the Engaging Places team.
Meet the people behind the Engaging Places project.
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