Jane Austen's House and Chawton House Library work together to produce a quality service to both primary and secondary schools.

We support the curriculum in the following areas:

At Key Stage 1
History topics - What were homes like long ago?
Toys
At Key Stage 2
Creative Writing - please ask for details

At GCSE and 6th Form
Social, cultural and historical background to Jane Austen.

We would be pleased to discuss other ideas about how
we can help you in other areas of the curriculum.

Key Stage 1

Teachers' Pack
• Images, Activities and Resources to use in the classroom
• Real and replica objects for handling and display

School visit by staff member

Visit to Jane Austen's House

• Dress in period costume
• Tour of the house
• Writing workshop

Optional: Dance workshop at Chawton House

GCSE and 6th Form

Choose from all or some of the following...

At Jane Austen's House

• PowerPoint presentation on background to Jane Austen
• Tour of house
• Workshops relating to dress, manners and use of herbs
• Handling of real objects

At Chawton House Library

• Dance workshop in replica clothes
• Short Tour of ground floor rooms
• Talk in the library