What can primary evidence tell us about the significance of Carnival to the Manchester community in the 1970s?
As part of Historic England’s Heritage Schools programme, History subject leads from secondary schools in Manchester partnered with PhD students from the University of Manchester, whose area of study was Black British History. The desired outcome for the project was to produce a set of learning resources focusing on different aspects of Black British history in Manchester; those that are less often studied in the Secondary History Classroom.
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Teaching idea
What can primary evidence tell us about the significance of Carnival to the Manchester community in the 1970s?
By engaging with a range of primary sources students can learn about different aspects of Black British history in Manchester. The use of local stories and topics, that are less often studied in the history classroom, is intended to make the past more relevant, real, accessible and interesting. This allows students to develop historical enquiry skills, relevant for all topics. These resources are designed for use in the Key Stage 3 classroom. We suggest that the project be carried out over three lessons as detailed in the overview & scheme of work.
Learning aims and outcomes
- To develop historical enquiry skills by using historical evidence to find out about a topic in the past
- To explore diverse and inclusive histories that students will be less familiar with / less often studied in the classroom
- To explore and analyse local source material, including newspapers, other written sources and photographs for example
Prior knowledge
- An understanding of what is meant by the ‘Windrush’ generation and what the experiences of the first generation of Caribbean immigrants to the UK were
