We’ve had a draft activity on the site for a couple of months but this activity has now been up-dated following the press conference at Leicester University on 4 February 2013.
Changes have been made to the original PowerPoint sequences to include newly available photographs. One important ‘content’ change is the removal of the slide referring to the original announcement that an arrow had been found embedded near the skeleton’s spine. This identification was in error. The piece of metal turns out to have been a nail, possibly a Roman nail, buried in the ground later used for Richard’s interment.
For lots of fascinating detail see the superb Leicester University website at
The focus of the activity is what questions about Richard III the discovery allows us to answer – and which we still can’t answer. It contains a PowerPoint sequence which starts with a puzzle – what’s the connection between Richard III and a car park – which provides context and then goes onto summarize the finds. The third and final part is a card-based activity distinguishing between questions we can now answer and those we still can’t – and there’s a bit of extension work too.
To see the activity [ click here ]
Ian




