Pop It In The Post: How The Penny Black Stamp Changed Our World (KS1/2/3)

FREE downloadable learning resource for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3.

This resource was sponsored by Royal Mail Group

It is over 175 years since the invention of the world’s first postage stamp – The Penny Black. This simple idea that we take for granted today revolutionised the way people communicate by opening up the postal system to ordinary people, who previously couldn’t afford to use it.

Pop It In The Post reveals how this little piece of paper changed the way people communicate forever. The learning resource includes:

• Lesson plans
• Teachers’ notes
• Activity ideas
• PowerPoint presentations for whiteboards.

Curriculum links: History, (Local Study and Continuity and change), Literacy, Maths, Geography, Citizenship, Art and Design

For more Pop It In The Post resources visit www.postalmuseum.org/learning to download:

• An animated game for students to play and test their knowledge

Schools visiting The Postal Museum can book Pop It In The Post interactive session. Find out more: https://www.postalmuseum.org/visit/for-schools/