Alford Gardner’s story is rich material for the history classroom. His story connects Yorkshire to the Windrush story, from 1948 to present day. It presents a narrative arc of Britain in WW2 to the present. Here is a Padlet of resources and suggested approaches to using Alford’s story in the classroom.
Thanks to the University of York Borthwick Archives and Professor Jim Walvin, we have been focusing on York and area in connection with slavery, abolition and industry. This complex topic could be approached using a local focus. To help teachers, here is a Padlet of ideas, knowledge and resources to help with planning and teaching. There are:
Please do let us know if there is anything you would like adding to this. The intention is not to replicate what is elsewhere, but to keep a specific local/ new focus.
Thank you to Kristian Shanks, Head of History at Sherburn School, for creating and sharing this Meanwhile, nearby about David Oluwale. David Oluwale was born in Nigeria, moved to Britain and lived in Yorkshire. He died after police brutality in Leeds in 1969. Meanwhile Nearby – The Murder of David Oluwale
Thanks to Manor School in York for putting together this home learning resource for their Year 8 pupils this week and for sharing it with us #OBHD: The Bristol Bus Boycott, 1963
Hugh Richards has shared this PPT used by the Huntington School History department. Nice local history connection to the wider topic for York teachers re World War One.
This is where we will post the first person 17th Century Stories over the next couple of months.
Mary Belasye, Countess Falconberg
More coming soon!!!
If you are interested in other sets of first person resources, there are some from 1945-49 available here: historiana.eu
Here are the resources that were explained in the HA 2019 conference in Chester about ‘Women in War’.
The timeline thematic activity:
Women in war over time thematic
Activity using the memorial to the women of the British Empire who did in WW1
Activity about the role of women in WW1 from a transnational perspective
2019 women WW1 sources as inference diagrams – *they are all here.
And go to the ‘slot-ins’ page of this site for Women in War ‘slot-ins’!
Does your teaching reflect that over 50% of the people in the past were not male? Here is free resource a history of women through 6 objects to help you.
Inspired by the book ‘A History of Women in 100 Objects’ by Maggie Andrews and Janis Lomas, this classroom wall display has been put together by Ruth Lingard. It takes six objects, explains their past and what they reveal about the women to whom they are connected.
The ‘slot-in’ section is also growing. Check out a new addition on Mary Anning.
A couple of really interesting resources that have come to our attention.
Firstly, a sourcebook about World War One that concentrates on the global dimension. Great for sources to show diversity and that it was, well, a WORLD War, with global impact.
Secondly, an interesting website of resources about secondary schooling since 1945. A great opportunity to build some oral history around this!
These are nice! The University oof York’s Borthwick Institute has produced these schools packs using material in their extensive archives. There are materials that can be passed on to English and Art colleagues too.
Of most interest to History teachers will be the pack on the Transatlantic Slave Trade, its links to Harewood House and the abolition debate. Local York teachers will find the Heslington Hall materials useful to flavour KS3 topics with local history.
@YorkClio and @Snelsonh had a fascinating day with the Bootham and Retreat Hospital archives – the results of that will be out soon – and you can find the Retreat archives online here too.
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