Four video resources for secondary schools to support their teaching of ‘Piano’ by D.H. Lawrence. These can each be viewed here: https://nottinghammuseums.org.uk/d-h-lawrence-piano-digital-resource-ks4/ Part 1: Introduction-Routes in to Working as a Poet. Poet and theatre maker Matt Miller talks about their career progression and offers advice and ideas on how to progress as a freelance poet and performer. Part 2: Exploring the Poem ‘Piano’ Filmed in the parlour of the D.H Lawrence Birthplace Museum, Matt Miller explores the poem ‘Piano’. Part 3: Writing a Poem about a Memory. Matt Miller leads the group through a series of activities to help them build, create and edit their own poems about a memory. Part 4: Tour of the D.H Lawrence Birthplace Museum A brief look around the D.H Lawrence Birthplace Museum, Eastwood, Nottingham. Project Background In May 2022, with the support of funding bodies including the National Heritage Lottery Fund and ACE/V&A Purchase Grant Award, Nottingham City Museums was able to acquire the last known portrait of the writer D.H. Lawrence (1885-1939) by Joep Nicolas and to display it at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. These resources were created as part of this HLF funded project.

Exploring Nature, Locality and Change Making through the work of D.H Lawrence using writing and art. The resource book includes three themes to explore with your class, The Colour of Nature, Mapping your Locality and being a Change Maker. Each theme includes An introduction to each theme and how it relates to D.H. Lawrence’s life and writing Lesson ideas using writing and visual arts to explore these themes supported by poems and extracts of writings by D.H. Lawrence A resources list and step by step guide Curriculum links, plus supporting resources if you would like to develop these into a wider scheme of work These activities can be used as stand alone sessions or as part of a longer scheme of work. Each are aimed at KS2 classes but can be adjusted for younger or older age groups. The writing tasks videos from the resource can also be viewed here https://nottinghammuseums.org.uk/d-h-lawrence-digital-resource-ks2/ Information to accompany these sessions can be found in the Teacher’s resource. For Nottingham schools we also have a FREE resource book which can be borrowed for your school to use with this resource, information for this can be found here: https://nottinghammuseums.org.uk/d-h-lawrence-resource-box-ks2/