In the early 1870s some of the most adventurous Welsh settlers felt a desire to explore the extensive lands which surrounded the Settlement. Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for KS3.
This resource tells the story of Willis, a slave who arrived in Swansea on the 2nd of February 1833, and was freed. Placing the story in the context of the Slave Trade and the Welsh and other people who helped to end it, it becomes relevant to todays children. Key Stage 2History Learning Activity PackThese resources stand alone, and we would be grateful if Jazz Heritage Wales is acknowledged when they are used, and that completed evaluation forms are sent to [email protected]
Shortly after the 'Mimosa' had anchored in New Bay on 27 July 1865, Captain George Pepperrell, the surgeon Thomas Greene, and some half a dozen of the male passengers, decided to disembark and inspect the land. It is said that Hugh Hughes (Cadfan Gwynedd) was the first of the emigrants to set foot on Patagonian soil. Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for KS3.
The Welsh were not the first inhabitants of Patagonia. For centuries, indigenous tribes had lived on the Patagonian plains, speaking their own language and practising their own customs. Among them were the 'Tehuelche', a nomadic tribe which originated from the area between the River Negro and the Strait of Magellan. It was the Tehuelche who had the most contact with the Welsh settlers during the nineteenth century. Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for KS3.
Links for several collections suitable for learning on Patagonia Key Stage 3History; Geography; Religious Education; Welsh Language CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
On 28 May 1865, the first group of Welsh emigrants began its long journey from Liverpool to Patagonia. Although many of the 150 passengers aboard the 'Mimosa' would probably have been anxious about the voyage ahead, they would also have been relieved that the waiting was over and that they were starting on their journey to South America. Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for KS3.
The idea of establishing a specifically 'Welsh' community in another part of the world emerged long before the mid-nineteenth century. Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for KS3.
Paul Robeson becomes famous. This unit supports development of enquiry skills by looking at the stage and screen appearances of Paul Robeson. It also looks at the typecasting of actors and the stereotyping of the roles of people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for KS3.
Change and Conflict in Wales, 1900-1918 Key Stage 3History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
Island Farm prisoner of war camp, Bridgend, 1939-1945. Built to house the munitions workers from the factory at Bridgend, Island Farm then became a POW Camp and saw the largest mass escape on British soil. Key Stage 3History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
What part did Paul Robeson have to play in helping to shape changes to civil rights around the world? This unit supports investigations into a significant person from the twentieth century who was an international figure but with links to Wales. It encourages investigations and analysis of the role of Robeson in civil rights movements and how he has contributed to shaping the world we live in today. Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for KS3.
Items relating to Iron Age Celts Key Stage 2History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
20th century individuals and events Key Stage 3History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
There were hundreds of castles in Wales built between the 10th and 14th centuries. Castles provided safe accommodation for the Welsh princes and their families, other classes of people lived in small villages or on small farmsteads. Key Stage 2History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
Romans occupied Wales between AD 47 and about AD 410, and where they settled they built homes called villas. These were stone buildings with a bath house, heating system and mosaics. Oil, wine, pottery and glass were imported from across the Roman Empire. Key Stage 2History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
What early experiences of racism did Robeson have? This unit supports pupils’ development of enquiry skills by looking at some of the evidence of the early years of Robeson’s life. What challenges and experience of racism did Robeson have in his daily lives as African-American living in early twentieth century United States of America? Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for KS3.
Items relating to the Romans in Wales Key Stage 2History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
Items and images relating to slavery. Key Stage 3History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
A collection of images depicting Welsh women in agricultural communities c.1800 and 1920. Key Stage 4History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
What do we know about the early life of Paul Robeson? This unit supports pupils’ development of enquiry skills by looking at some of the evidence of the early years of Robeson’s life. What challenges and experience did his family have in their daily lives as African-Americans living in early twentieth century United States of America? Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for KS3.
A collection of images depicting Welsh women in industrial communities c.1800-1920. Key Stage 4History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
A collection of images depicting women in maritime communities c.1800-1920. Key Stage 4History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
How have some individuals, living in the twentieth century, shaped our world today? This resource is an introduction to the African-American Paul Robeson. Key Stage 3History Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for KS3.
A collection of images reflecting the working lives of Welsh women workers through the centuries. Key Stage 4History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
Cardiff Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and the Wales national football team and also host to other large-scale events. It superceded Cardiff Arms Park in 1999. Key Stage 4History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
A collection of images showing Wales 1900-2000. Key Stage 2, 4History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
Living in the Twentieth Century' project. Sources relating to transport in the 1970s. Key Stage 2History, Geography CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
Items relating to Health and Medicine, from 1660 to the present day Key Stage 4History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
Protests by the Welsh Language Society Key Stage 3History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.
Items relating to Crime and Punishment in Wales, 1700 to the present day Key Stage 4History CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.