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Hughesovka - Welsh Migration and...
This resource invites learners to approach the history of Welsh industrialisation from a different perspective. The city of Hughesovka, today’s Donetsk in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine (former Russian Empire), was founded by Welsh and British workers. Using Hughesovka as a case study, the resource aims to enable learners to develop a more nuanced and critical perspective on the history of industrialisation in their country and to critically engage with archival material.Authors: Clara Defachel and Dr Victoria Donovan, University of St Andrews, Scotland. People’s Collection Wales.The source material (photographs and other images) within this resource comes from the Hughesovka Research Archive, held at the Glamorgan Archives, and these are reproduced here with their kind permission. Curriculum for Wales - Progression Steps 3 & 4HumanitiesKey Stage 3 & 4HistoryLifelong LearningThis resource provides opportunities for personal or professional development. Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students.

The Holocaust and Wales: Kindertransport Lesson 1
Fleeing across Europe to escape the Nazis, about 10,000 Jewish children arrived in Great Britain between December 1938 and May 1940 on 'Kindertransport' (Children’s Transport). Most of them had to travel without their parents or other family members. Several of them ended up in Wales. In this collection of resources, we explore some of the stories of child refugees who came on Kindertransport to Wales.Image above: Dorothy Fleming, aged four, standing in Rathauspark in Vienna. The photograph was taken in 1932. © From the collection at the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, UK. Kindertransport Lesson 1: Jewish life in Central Europe before World War 2. This first lesson explores the life of a young Austrian Jewish girl, Dorothy Fleming, before she arrived in Cardiff. This resource was produced as part of the 'Côf a lithr, llythyrau a geidw: creating Holocaust resources for Welsh schools' partnership project between Centre for the Movement of People (CMOP), Aberystwyth University, and Jewish History Association of South Wales/Cymdeithas Hanes Iddewig De Cymru (JHASW/CHIDC). The project is kindly supported by the Association of Jewish Refugees, Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, Jewish Historical Society of England and Garfield Weston Foundation. Key Stage 3History, Literacy skills, Art and design Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our website. It is one of a series of 4 on the topic of 'Kindertransport’. Here are links to the other resources in this series:Kindertransport Lesson 2Kindertransport Lesson 3Kindertransport Lesson 4 See the Quick Links below for content to accompany this resource.

Heritage Preservation Toolkit
Preserving and sharing your historical documentsThe Jewish History Association of South Wales / Cymdeithas Hanes Iddewig De Cymru (JHASW / CHIDC) was established in November 2017 with the aim to uncover, document, preserve and share the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Jewish communities of south Wales.These documents form part of a Heritage Toolkit which will enable small communities and organisations to take the first steps towards preserving and sharing their heritage, even if they have no experience in this field.Glamorgan Archives has been a long-term partner for many JHASW/CHIDC projects and contributed these documents as part of a joint project (together with People’s Collection Wales) for the Welsh Government funded Coronavirus Recovery Grant For Volunteering 2020/21. This resource contains guidance on: Preserving your historical material at your local archivesGuidelines for Listing records prior to deposit at Glamorgan ArchivesDocument Handling - General Principles Sharing your historical material on People's Collection WalesHow to create a People's Collection Wales catalogue for Tangible MaterialCopyright - a very brief introduction Further parts of the toolkit can be found on our website at www.jhasw.com/heritage-toolkit. Lifelong LearningThis resource is for adult learners and provides opportunities for personal or professional development. Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities to help you develop new skills and knowledge. See the Quick Links below for content to accompany this resource.

Online Drop-in Support Sessions
Would you like to use People's Collection Wales for learning but need some help? Book a free 1-2-1 virtual support session today! For teachers and educatorsPeople's Collection Wales is dedicated to the history, culture and people of Wales. It is a rich source of locally relevant material that can help learners discover their heritage and develop their sense of cynefin. Learners can:Search for contentUpload their own contentDevelop digital skillsFulfil requirements of the Digital Competence Framework What content have you created with your learners that you could share with Wales and the World? For heritage partners including museums, libraries, archives and community groupsPublishing content on People's Collection Wales can help showcase the work of your organisation or project. We can support you to publish material and reach learning audiences. We can also support with digitisation and promotion of your content.You can:Search for contentUpload your own contentRaise awareness of your work and signpost users to your website, project or eventsCreate and publish learning materialsGet your content onto Hwb, the Welsh Government's digital learning platform, and reach teachers and learners throughout Wales To book a 30-minute support session with PCW Learning Officer Catalena Angele, email: [email protected] available: Monday and Friday, 3-5pm. Sessions will run via Microsoft Teams and be tailored to your needs. They could include:A general tour of PCW content and the Learn sectionHow to create an account and start contributingDigital rights – how our content can be used and repurposedWhere to find us on HwbAnything else! If you would like to meet at a different time, or have any other enquiry, please email [email protected] Curriculum for WalesHumanities, Digital competence frameworkFoundation PhaseKnowledge and understanding of the worldKey Stages 2-4HistoryLifelong LearningThis resource provides opportunities for personal or professional development.

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Wales and the Tudor State, 1529-1588

Time of the Stuarts (1603-1714)

Hillforts

Welsh Women's History

Owen Ashton's First World War letters

Kate Roberts (1891-1985)

Leisure time activities

Transport

Roman coins found at Caerleon

Roman Caerleon Guide

Calennig - New Year's Gift

Castles

Coal Miners' Lamps and related items

Durga

The Senghenydd Pit Disaster

Early Welsh football clubs

Plas Mawr, Conwy
Plas Mawr, High Street, Conwy has been described as the ‘finest Elizabethan townhouse in Britain’. Tree-ring dating commissioned by the Dating Old Welsh Houses community project dated it to between 1576 and 1585. Owned by Cadw, the house is open to the public. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesAge: 14-16 and Welsh Bacc.History Learning CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.

Newport Rising, 1839

Working the coal

Coalfield community life

Coal's Domain

Aberfan

Fighting Crime, 1800-1980

Canals, Railways & Ports - Transport for...

Rebecca Riots

The Linton Brothers

Turbulent Times

Shops and Shopkeepers
Shops, their owners and the high street. Often central to the lives of towns and villages across Wales. Today, many are in decline, why not add photos and memories of your local village or corner shop? Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesAge: 8-11History Learning CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.

Swansea in the 1960s

Leisure time 1960s