To carry out a simple search, type the term that you want to find in the Search box next to the Advanced Search tab, and press enter.
For a more refined search of songs or tunes use the Advanced search function. To carry out a search on two or more terms at once, e.g. Collector+Roud Number, select each term as above and then click search.
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Glostrad is a wonderful resouce for teachers to teach local heritage and culture to their pupils. It is a very large archive and takes some interpreting. The following links should be helpful to enable teachers to navigate around the site and to chose suitable material for their pupils.
Resources:
A number of books and CDs are available with Gloucestershire songs and tunes. For details, click here.
Lesson Plans
Several lesson plans have been prepared by professional educators. Just browse, download and teach! For detail, click here.
Child-friendly songs:Not all folksongs are suitable for teaching to children. For a selection of local songs that can be taught to all ages, please click here.
Need help to run a workshop/learning day/inset day? Glostrad is in touch with a number of professional and experiences animateurs who can run study days (or weeks) for any number of pupils of any ages. Let your charges learn about our local heritage of songs, tunes, dances and folk drama. For details, contact us.