KS2, KS3, Learning Activities

The Inside Scoop

Target Age:

Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3

Activity Cost:

£50 (admission costs apply)

Duration:

1 hour

Group size:

Full class

Ever wondered why there are so many Italian ice cream parlours in the North East? Children will discover The Inside Scoop by exploring items from our collections before having a go at making their own ice cream!

Explore the 1950s welfare hall and learn about the evolution of ice cream and the impact of Italian immigration to the North East from the 1870s to the 1950s.

Pupils will enjoy exploring a variety of our ice cream related items from the Beamish Museum collections. They will discover how deadly a sweet tooth could be in the Victorian era, the ruthlessness of British ice cream companies in the interwar years and the adaptability of family ice cream businesses post war.

The session will end with the pupils making their own vanilla ice cream to sample and observe the scientific secret of making ice cream.

This activity will help children to:

  • appreciate the link between Italian immigration and ice cream in the North East.
  • enable children to describe how penny licks could spread disease.
  • understand the scientific process required to make ice cream.

Season: All year

To book and to find out more: email bookings@beamish.org.uk or phone 0191 370 4026.

Activity Resources

School children with costumed staff member in 1900s Pit Village.

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