Schools

The Relic Challenge

In addition to the radio series A History of the World in 100 Objects, during 2010 CBBC broadcast Relic: Guardians of the Museum. During the Autumn term of 2010, schools were invited to join the A History of the World project by taking part in The Relic Challenge.

Teachers asked their classes to bring in man-made objects from home and then chose up to five objects to upload to the A History of the World website. Judges from the BBC and museum partners then selected a number of objects on which to base a series of programmes for BBC Radio 7.

The objects did not have to be exotic or expensive and schools entered objects that showed how we once worked or lived, ones that held local relevance and others that represented their student's cultural backgrounds. Some schools uploaded historical objects from their school to tell a story.

• Lesson Plans about the British Museum's objects (BBC Schools site)
• Ideas for bringing objects into the classroom (BBC Schools site)

The finalists

These are the objects uploaded for The Relic Challenge that made the final selection for BBC Radio 7.

Second World War medals

Carved cow bone

Codd neck bottle

Housewife kit

Charlie's Capstan dominoes set

Bar of soap

An invitation to the funeral of Nelson

Silver plated mustard pot

Postcard sent from France in World War I

'The Tiger' model plane

WWII child's identity bracelet

A lady's brooch

Saftey lamp

Vietnam helmet

Small Davy lamp

World War I Postcard

A horse shoe

Ticket punch, bag, &amp tickets

Travelling micropscope

Changing technology

Carmarthan brooch

Cassette of Nigerian music

Toy aeroplane

A school takes up the challenge

1. School uploads
2. Learning about objects
3. On a Relic Trail
4. Egyptian shabti