Lesson plan: Choose your own documents

Module 4: Letter in the Attic education pack

By Jack Latimer

Any of the resources below could be used as the basis of this lesson. To explore the resources:

1. Follow the link from each resource to the introductory page in the Letter in the Attic online exhibition.
2. Then follow the link at the bottom of the introductory page to the full catalogue entry for the resource. 

Below you can download a lesson plan to use with the resource. The catalogue contains original scans, transcripts and background information for each resource.

Suggested resources

A Sprig from the Vine
Letters of a Georgian windmill owner, c 1825-1836
William Vine (LIA9)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/williamvine

To my lifelong friend
Letter of a conscientious objector, 1945
Gordon Harris (LIA10)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/gordonharris

Was it not delightful?
Letters on meeting her future husband in Brighton, 1860-61
Sarah Sedgewick (LIA11)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/sarahsedgewick

In memory of our dear mother
Diary and memoir of a Moulsecoomb widow, 1930s
Florence and Ada Elphick (LIA12)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/florenceelphick

No onions and the Great Dictator
Diaries of a Brighton cinema-goer, 1940s-60s
Hinda Harris (LIA14)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/hindaharris

Hitler was supposed to invade today
Wartime diaries of a Lewes woman, 1940-1944
Margery May(LIA15)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/margerymay

Damaged in enemy action
A child's correspondence in World War II, 1943-1945
Beryl Speed (LIA16)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/berylspeed

This longed for day has arrived...
Letters of a Brighton Prisoner of War, 1918
Alfred Langrish (LIA19)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/alfredlangrish

Applying for vacancy as advertised
Letters of a Welsh carpenter in Brighton in search of work, 1930
Thomas Fairchild (LIA20)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/thomasfairchild

A Victorian schoolgirl writes to her parents
Letters written by two Brighton schoolgirls in 1830s
Sarah and Deborah Alexander (LIA32)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/alexandersisters

I expect you want a wedding cake
Letters between childhood sweethearts, 1936
George and Violet (LIA44)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/georgeandviolet

My Victory Book
Schoolbooks and memoir, 1945-1947
Margaret Hutchings (LIA72)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/margarethutchings

Learning intention

Lesson plan (84k)
Choose your own documents