keystage 2-3
 

As part of our educational programme we do encourage groups to take advantage of our highly-trained tour guide service. Your visit will include an introduction to the site along with a visit incorporating hands-on devices, audio and visual presentations. With the use of our tour guides the visit would also include comprehensive verbal presentation and further explanations to your students along with the opportunity for more interactive learning opportunities.

Relevance to History

Students will gain a good foundation knowledge of everyday life, including food, social issues, power within the country and religion. Students will also learn about some of the actual inmates within the prison along with their crime and reason for detention.

Religion

Religion played a very important role for inmates within The Clink Prison. Students will get the opportunity to learn how religious practices were still carried out in the most demanding and difficult times along with the persecution that took place.

social

Crime and the punishment of criminals has been a social debate for hundreds of years. On the site of England’s first prison students will be able to join the debate through learning how inmates were treated and the conditions they lived in.

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keystage 4
 

A visit to the Clink Prison is a wonderful opportunity for your students to cover a wide range of issues and offers a good knowledge base for students studying the time period between 1144 – 1780AD. The museum gives a wonderful understanding of crime and punishment through the Medieval, Tudor and Elizabethan time periods, along with a comprehensive study of a number of the social, religious and geographic issues.

Relevance to Religious studies

The Clink Prison was built on the Bishop of Winchester's land for his own use to control the Liberty. Over the life of the prison large numbers of inmates were imprisoned here for a variety of reasons. Some of the longest serving inmates were religious figures including some involved in the Babington plot and even alleged to be involved with The Gunpowder Plot.

History

Through a visit to The Clink Prison Museum students will learn of life back in the Medieval, Tudor and Elizabethan time periods, along with a comprehensive study of a number of the social, religious and geographic issues.

Geography

The Clink Prison Museum offers students the opportunity to analyse and visualise some of the old maps of the local area and how it has changed and developed over time. The Clink Prison is in the heart of an area that represents possibly the most dramatically changing area in London. The area was once known as the Red-light district of London, which now offers expensive luxury apartments, modern office buildings and world-leading tourist attractions.

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higher education
 

The Clink Prison Museum prides itself in offering groups a truly unique, fun, historical and educational visit.

Visitors will be challenged by the history along with the horrific true stories contained within the museum dating from the 12th century. Support is offered to all groups both young and old through the optional use of our tour guide team. As part of our educational programme your visit will include an introduction to the site along with a visit incorporating hands-on devices, audio and visual presentations. With the use of our tour guides the visit would also include comprehensive verbal presentation and explanation to your students along with further demonstrations and greater educational insight to the subject.

Relevance to History

Students studying social studies, history, politics, religion and American history would find a visit to The Clink Prison directly relevant to their studies. Whilst visiting The Clink Prison Museum students will learn of its involvement in many major events including the Mayflower, Babington Plot, the publishing of the first authorised English Bible and many more.

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