Anglo-Saxon Discovery
Principal Investigator / Director: Arthur MacGregor
Oxford participants: Arthur Grant MacGregor; Jonathan Moffett; Alison Roberts
Other Participants: not specified
Project Webpage: http://anglosaxondiscovery.ashmolean.org/
Start Date: 01/06/2004
End Date: 31/01/2006
Funder: Heritage Lottery Fund
Partner organizations (inside or outside Oxford): Pegasus Primary School; St Mary and John Church of England Primary School; Oxfordshire County Council; The National Archives
Project Description:
Anglo-Saxon Discovery is a website designed for to meet the needs of teachers and children studying the Anglo-Saxons at Key Stage 2. It can be used for teaching in Geography, English, Art and Design, Design and Technology and Science as well as History. Games, interactive maps, and pictures are provided. The site links in to the Ashmolean's collections of British Anglo-Saxon artefacts, with a particular focus on the excavations of Edward T. Leeds around the Oxford area.