Y7 History resource for Sheffield by

Y7 History resource for Sheffield by https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s Finding ways to include marginalised, lost or forgotten voices into the curriculum en-us 2023-01-20 16:36:14 UTC 2025-11-17 05:32:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1765427954/22ca3549e1ddc9d1aa6571292ecb680c/CS_logo_for_Sway__1_.png Rage one: before colonisation createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451288825 2023-01-20 16:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451288825 Rage two: colonisation createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451289355 2023-01-20 16:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451289355 Rage three: independence createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451289824 2023-01-20 16:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451289824 Rage four: migration (to the UK) createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451290247 2023-01-20 16:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451290247 Rage five: UK protest/reception createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451290604 2023-01-20 16:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451290604 Rage six: worldwide context of migration createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451291014 2023-01-20 16:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451291014 Rage seven: future createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451291446 2023-01-20 16:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451291446 Sheffield - Slavery and its legacies createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451300654 2023-01-20 16:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451300654 Somali hand axe createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451301451 2023-01-20 16:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451301451 Windrush - an explanation createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451301775 2023-01-20 16:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451301775 Mark Hutchinson Britain since 1945 createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451303188 2023-01-20 16:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451303188 Mark Hutchinson Great War experiences createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451303458 2023-01-20 16:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451303458 Sheffield Archive createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451304483 Cheryl Bailey was the lead archivist for Dig Where you Stand and did a phenomenal job helping Desiree access the archives and find the material. It's now led on to work with a BME women's writer group that Cheryl curates items to stimulate original writing about black and brown voices hidden in the archive. Cheryl says it was transformative in the way she sees her work as an archivist.

Feel free to contact us about the use of archives in curriculum material. We have a bank of curriculum material online: Education resources | Sheffield City Council - you can see the range of topics we’ve approached (although these are perhaps a little dated now, but it shows how the archives can be used). Note also the links appear broken here; I’ve asked for these to be fixed asap so perhaps bookmark the page until the PowerPoints are back (or I can email content over).

In terms of stories relating to people of colour, we’ve been working on the ‘Dig Where You Stand’ project with writer Desirée Reynolds which has looked specifically for marginalised voices in the archives with a view to seeking some sort of reparative justice. It is not a diversity project; it is a journey through Sheffield’s documentary history to find structured absences.

You can read Desirée’s work here: https://nowthenmagazine.com/people/desiree-reynolds (“...I think about the silences. The structured absences.

I think about what it means for a writer like me to look at this. I know I may never find their real names but since these are the ones that I’ve found, then this is what I have. I need to say to these people, with names that aren’t theirs, ‘I see you’. Speak the unspeakable. We must see archives as a source of reparative justice. We were always here.”)

And Otis Mensah’s work (and interview about working in the archives) here:https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/otis-mensah-blue-fire (“...when you can actually experience your history tangibly, through the archives, but also through the imagination of artists taking back narrative with craft and creative license, it can be hugely transformative”).

We have lots of archive material you are welcome to research and use. See our Study Guides which included references to Black and Brown people/communities that you can draw from (from the Anti-Apartheid Movement to the Yemeni community): Sheffield Archives and Local Studies research guides | Sheffield City Council

Feel free to get in touch if you need help/guidance with this.

Best wishes,

Cheryl

Cheryl Bailey | Senior Archivist

Sheffield City Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 4SP

( 0114 203 9397

8 www.sheffield.gov.uk/archives

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Our goal is to document the untold stories of the Somali community in Sheffield. With a long-term view to expand the project to include Sheffield’s many migrant communities. We feel it’s important to preserve people’s stories as a rich archival legacy for current and future generations of Sheffield to enjoy, celebrate and have access to.

The Diaspora Multimedia Hub is currently undergoing our first ever Online Summer Film School. We are taking our aspiring filmmakers through an intensive 8-week course where they will produce their own shorts. We have been commissioned by the internationally renowned Sheffield Doc/Fest to create a series of short films which explore how a community responds in a time of change. https://sheffdocfest.com/articles/888-israac-diaspora-multimedia-hub

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The documentary celebrates the lives and legacies of Sheffield's Windrush and Caribbean elders. It explores the stories of Sheffield's Windrush elders and their influence on second and third-generation Caribbeans and the ways in which they've shaped Sheffield's cultural and historical landscape. Commissioned by Sheffield City Council, the film highlights the decline of the cultural spaces that have been at the heart of Sheffield's Caribbean community since the '50s and looks at what we can now do to bring about a revival for current and future generations.

Director - Paris North
Edited by Paris North and Thomas Byrom
Producer - Danae Wellington (Nyara School of Arts)
Illustration by Tomekah George
Commissioned by Sheffield City Council
Supported by The Independent Caribbean Kollective and The Black Arts Collective.]]> 2023-01-20 16:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305300 Samuel Williams - Barber Windrush createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305418 2023-01-20 16:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305418 Beverley Bennett Windrush Story createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305531 2023-01-20 16:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305531 Migration Matters: doorstep stories createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305648 2023-01-20 16:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305648 Roma documentary (Migration Matters) createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305820 2023-01-20 16:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305820 Gypsy and travellers in Sheffield createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305957 2023-01-20 16:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451305957 Roma migration createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451306117 2023-01-20 16:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451306117 Pioneering pre-war south Asian settlers createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451306226 2023-01-20 16:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451306226 Yemeni memories createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451306315 2023-01-20 16:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451306315 Sheffield has a 300 year history of migration createsheffield https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451306458 2023-01-20 16:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/createsheffield/lga2w3psqj0ppm7s/wish/2451306458 Belonging - 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Before watching the film

You may want to discuss civil wars and how, after the end of World War Two, Britain, France and Italy decided to end colonial rule over Somaliland. Somalia found it difficult to unite the previously three separate colonies and, in 1991, Mohamed Siad Barre, the Somalian president, was ousted and a civil war began which has lasted for decades. Many people all over the world have escaped from the violence and chaos of civil wars and end up as refugees. Please note, conversations around civil war may lead to other discussions and questions from pupils about land, ownership and rule. This may be prompted by the film itself – for example, empire and colonisation – or from what pupils have seen in the news (for example, Brexit). Depending on your local community and pupils’ lived experiences, this might also include discussions and questions on gangs, territory and postcode violence.

Somalia is a formally recognised state, but since the civil war political groups in the northern area of Somalia – former British Somaliland – have declared the region independent and known as the Republic of Somaliland. Magid himself refers to Somaliland in the film and pupils who have family ties to Somalia may refer to it too.

Please note, this short film shows images of refugee camps and civil war in Somalia which may be upsetting for some pupils. As a counterbalance to this negative portrayal of life in Africa, and the negative stereotypes this reinforces, you may wish to plan lessons exploring other aspects of culture across African countries, such as architecture, food and lifestyles.

Support should be available for pupils after watching and if pupils in your class have lived experience of war, they/their families should be made aware of the content of the lesson in advance. Discussions on immigration should be treated with sensitivity, particularly if there are pupils in your class who are refugees or asylum seekers.

Questions to consider

Depending on the focus of your lesson, you may wish to pause this short film at certain points to check for understanding, asking questions such as:

What do you think it felt like living as a young child in an area where a civil war is taking place?
What do you think it felt like for Magid coming to England as a refugee?
What do you think it felt like not being able to speak the same language as everyone else?
What do you think was different about living in Somalia and England?
What do you think it felt like being the youngest ever Lord Mayor of Sheffield?
Why do you think it is important to try and make a positive change in your community?
How do you think you could get involved in your community?
What positive change could you make for the world?

Activities to further explore learning

Life as a refugee Explore further what life as a refugee may have been like for Magid coming to England when he was five and escaping civil war. You may want to read Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah for another perspective on this subject. Pupils could then write a poem in role, based on who they are and how they feel in this new land. Please note, this activity should be approached with sensitivity with your cohort. Pupils may have had experience of being refugees.
Making a difference Explore with pupils about what an ‘activist’ is and how they could each strive to make a positive change in their school, community or society as a whole. Challenge pupils to think of a positive change they would like to make and ask them to write a letter to the person able to make that change (e.g. head teacher, local councillor or member of parliament.)
Community Pupils could explore their local community and what makes their community work. They could start with their school community and explore the different roles people have to make this community successful (e.g. parents, pupils, teachers, governors, etc.) They could then look further at their local wider community. Challenge pupils to think of how they could get involved as a group in their wider community.
School council Encourage pupils to look at their school council (or, if there is not one, whether one can be formed). Pupils can consider how effective their school council is and whether there could be any changes to make a positive difference to how this council operates. Ask a school council rep to share their experiences and work achieved throughout their elected period.

Key Vocabulary

Activist - Someone who does something to make a change, or stop a change in society.
Colony - An area of land that is occupied and in control by settlers from another country.
Community - A group of people living in a particular area.
Civil war - A war between organised groups from the same country.
Culture - A pattern of behaviour shared by a society, or group of people.
Discrimination - The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people.
Diversity - Differences in racial and ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic, and academic backgrounds.
Empire - Lands or regions that are controlled by one ruler or government, usually operating from overseas.
Equality - When people are treated the same, regardless of what they look like or where they come from.
Lord mayor - A ceremonial representative with no formal power, traditionally chosen by fellow members of a town, borough or city council.
Mayor – A leader directly elected by the people.
Prejudice - A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Racism - The belief that people of different races or ethnic groups have different value in society, and using this against them.
Refugee - A person who is seeking a safety after being forced to flee violence, persecution or war. An asylum seeker is somebody who has arrived in a country and asked for asylum. Seeking asylum in the UK is a legal process and part of the pathway in receiving refugee status.

Curriculum Notes
This short film is suitable for teaching KS2 / 2nd level pupils and links to various areas of the curriculum including to history (black history) and personal, social and relationships education (diversity and community). The focus on the power of the written word, specifically autobiographies and poetry, also provides a link with the English curriculum.
Cultural heritage
This short film raises questions about what makes up your cultural heritage and how this connects a community.
Inspiring change
This short film raise questions about what inspires change today. Links can be made to movements that are current (Black Lives Matter, Extinction Rebellion, etc.), and how these movements have been inspired and developed.

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