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What York can teach history students on a UK school trip With its array of museums and ancient attractions, York is one of the best places in the UK to take history students on a school tour. The north England city has had a long and varied timeline, with both Roman and Viking inhabitants, making it an ideal location for pupils learning about the country's history. One of the best places to uncover its past is at the Jorvik Viking Centre. This was built over the site where archaeologists found more than 40,000 artefacts revealing that York used to be a city called Jorvik 1,000 years ago. Your pupils can walk around the museum, which is on the spot of the excavation, and imagine what the Yorkshire region used to be like for inhabitants at the time. There are a number of interactive exhibitions here, with the centre recreating houses and towns to give children a greater understanding of how history has changed the face of York. Of course, you don't necessarily have to visit a museum to discover more about the city's past as it is protected within its own Roman walls. As you enter its gates, you'll see the stone ruins form the perimeter of its centre. Your students will even be able to climb up the walls and walk around the circumference, looking down at the streets below as its timeline begins to come alive to them. Visiting York Minister - the gothic cathedral that you'll be able to see from anywhere in the city - is also interesting for those studying ancient history. Having been built on Roman foundations, your pupils will be able to learn more about the beginning of Christian thought in the UK. The building also reveals varying trends in architecture over the years and for a unique view of the city and its surrounding countryside, you can walk 275 steps up the Central Tower. However, if your students are interested in learning about the changing face of England over the decades, you may want to take them to the York Castle Museum. Here, they can see a street in Kirkgate, North Yorkshire, that has been recreated to show what Victorian Britain looked like. They can also view exhibitions of the 1960s, a reconstructed post-second world war living room and Georgian dining rooms. The building also used to be home to two prisons and there are plenty of stories to be heard here that are likely to interest youngsters, from tales of what the former prisoners got up to, as well as how they were punished - often in brutal ways! No matter what period they are studying, a visit to York is likely to be one of the best UK school trips to encourage pupils' interest in all aspects of Britain's history. History students are likely to learn a lot with a visit to York, as the northern city has a rich and varied past that is likely to keep them interested all day long. For a range of UK school trips, take a look at Equity School Travel and book a school tour to York today!
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