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This collection of resources invites teachers and their pupils to explore the imaginative world of one of Scotland’s most influential poets and authors, Walter Scott. The resources have been designed using the Curriculum for Excellence, contributing to learning experiences and outcomes in subject areas such as Literacy & English, Social Studies, Expressive Arts, and Languages. Through the resources, pupils will be able to explore writing technologies, styles and processes; they will be encouraged to find connections between their own lives and those of people living in the past and consider how Scotland’s identify has developed in the past two centuries; and they will be invited to respond creatively to poetry and prompts through a range of artistic activities. As well as contributing to learning in specific subject areas, it is hoped that these resources also contribute to cross-curricular learning, enabling pupils to improve their reading, writing, speaking, listening, group work, and research skills. Though designed to enhance learning in Literacy & English, the poetry is explored in shorter excerpts, and activities in response vary widely from writing to discussion, games, crafts, editing and more.
Background information about Scott, his life and his works can be found in our Teacher Information Document. Click this link to view the guide as a Word Document: Who Was Walter Scott WORD, or for a PDF, click: Who Was Walter Scott PDF.
This toolkit is part of the AHRC funded project 'Editing Walter Scott's Poetry: Engaging New Audiences'.
This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant Number AH/V011111/1.
It is part of The Edinburgh Edition of Walter Scott's Poetry: Engaging New Audiences. It was developed by Dr Anna Fancett as part of the Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen with the support of Abbotsford, Scott's home in the Scottish Borders and The Association for Scottish Literature.
