In recognition of Fair Trade Fortnight, which takes place from 29 February to 13 March 2016, this month's bulletin features resources looking at the history of the fair trade movement and modern day slavery.
The Northern History Forum is on tour! Our last article below highlights an exciting CPD opportunity in Leeds on 16 March - register now as places are limited!
We always welcome feedback on our resources - you can contact us by email info@mylearning.org or send us a tweet @MyLearning_org - we look forward to hearing from you!
This resource focuses on the goods which were related to the movement of slaves over 200 years ago - chocolate, sugar, tea and coffee. It also supports the teaching of issues around Fair Trade and the many forms of slavery which still exist today.
The aim of this resource is to show how the actions of one person or group of people can cause changes that affect the lives of ordinary people, and includes a brief overview of how Fair Trade is helping farmers in developing countries.
The discussion and activity ideas can be used to inspire students to make changes in their own community, and to think about issues that matter to them.
Teachers' panel comments:
'The links are fab! A great selection and some brilliant resources. The Orange Game is a great addition and the M&S Plan A video is brilliant too!
'You could link to geography as well, mapping out where all the products have travelled from to get to UK stores. They could study which countries contribute which products and about any fair trading that goes on there'.
An 18th Century anti-slavery sugar bowl. The gold script on the bowl reads: 'East India Sugar - Not Made By Slaves'
Northern History Forum on Tour
Wednesday 16 March 2016, 4.00-8.00pm
M&S Company Archive, Leeds
Uncovering Archives - Keeping for Posterity:
How can we use archives in the classroom to shed light on the past?
The archive contains over 70,000 items relating to the past and present of M&S. The collection is housed at the Michael Marks Building on the University of Leeds campus, where the Marks in Time exhibition is also open to the public.
In addition to exploring this fascinating collection, the event will offer the opportunity to get to grips with using archives in the history classroom more generally and how archive materials can be used
to spark an enquiry and build pupils' understanding of the nature and different types of historical evidence.
My Learning will be at this event to showcase the M&S Company Archive suite of resources - we hope to see you there!
My Learning is a website for teachers and learners inspired by the collections of arts, cultural and heritage organisations.
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