40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum: A Practical Handbook

In writing this book, Elena Stevens' aim is to respond to widespread calls for a more diverse curriculum - calls which have become more insistent following the reinvigoration of the Black Lives Matter movement, the #MeToo movement and other landmark events. Highlighting the lived experiences of women, the working classes, and BAME and LGBTQ+ communities in particular, 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum draws upon a carefully curated selection of forty case studies to exemplify significant historical moments and shed new light on topics that have traditionally been taught through narrower lenses. An Ideal Resource Bank for Teachers wishing to Enliven History Lessons at Key Stages 2-3, GCSE, a level and beyond.

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40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum: A Practical Handbook

In writing this book, Elena Stevens' aim is to respond to widespread calls for a more diverse curriculum - calls which have become more insistent following the reinvigoration of the Black Lives Matter movement, the #MeToo movement and other landmark events. Highlighting the lived experiences of women, the working classes, and BAME and LGBTQ+ communities in particular, 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum draws upon a carefully curated selection of forty case studies to exemplify significant historical moments and shed new light on topics that have traditionally been taught through narrower lenses. An Ideal Resource Bank for Teachers wishing to Enliven History Lessons at Key Stages 2-3, GCSE, a level and beyond.

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40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum: A Practical Handbook

40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum: A Practical Handbook

by Elena Stevens
40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum: A Practical Handbook

40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum: A Practical Handbook

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In writing this book, Elena Stevens' aim is to respond to widespread calls for a more diverse curriculum - calls which have become more insistent following the reinvigoration of the Black Lives Matter movement, the #MeToo movement and other landmark events. Highlighting the lived experiences of women, the working classes, and BAME and LGBTQ+ communities in particular, 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum draws upon a carefully curated selection of forty case studies to exemplify significant historical moments and shed new light on topics that have traditionally been taught through narrower lenses. An Ideal Resource Bank for Teachers wishing to Enliven History Lessons at Key Stages 2-3, GCSE, a level and beyond.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785836305
Publisher: Crown House Publishing
Publication date: 09/30/2022
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 7.09(w) x 8.66(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Elena Stevens is a secondary school teacher and the history lead in her department. Having completed her PhD in the same year that she qualified as a teacher, Elena loves drawing upon her doctoral research and continued love for the subject to shape new schemes of work and inspire students' own passions for the past.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements iii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Empire and Slavery 9

Introduction 11

Exhibiting the empire: Sarah Baartman/the Hottentot Venus 13

'Neither handsome nor genteel': Dido Elizabeth Belle 17

The Portchester prisoners 21

The White Queen of Okoyong: Mary Slessor 24

The three kings of Bechuanaland 27

Chapter 2 Migration 31

Introduction 33

Licoricia, the moneylender of Winchester 35

Jamie MacPherson and the Romani Gypsies of early modern Scotland 38

Sacagawea and the Lewis and Clark Expedition 42

George Catlin and the manners, customs and condition of the North American Indians 45

A captive girl: Sarah Forbes Bonetta 49

Beyond a boundary: C. L. R. James 53

The mother of Caribbean carnival in Britain: Claudia Jones 56

Chapter 3 Power and Politics (Britain) 59

Introduction 61

Walter Hungerford and the 'Acte for the punishment of the vice of Buggerie' 63

The life, death and afterlife of Amy Dudley 67

The Pirate Queen of Ireland: Grace O'Malley 70

Elizabeth Alkin/Parliament Joan 73

Temperance Lloyd and the Devon witches 76

The original Oliver Twist: Robert Blincoe 80

Josephine Butler and the 'Double Standard of Morality' 83

Eliza Armstrong and the 'Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon' 86

Chapter 4 Power and Politics (wider world) 91

Introduction 93

Idia, the Queen Mother of Benin 94

She 'dares arraign Imperial crime': Sophia Perovskaya 98

'Trespassers, Beware!': Lyda Conley and the fight for Huron Cemetery 102

Gertrud Scholtz-Klink and 'Fascinating Fascism' 106

The Grand Old Lady of Indian independence: Aruna Asaf Ali 110

Chapter 5 Conflict 113

Introduction 115

The Revolutionary politics of Germaine de Stael 117

Buffalo Calf Road Woman 120

Brothers in arms: Mir Mast and Mir Dast 123

Freddie Oversteegen and the Dutch resistance 126

Jan Flisiak and the Polish underground resistance 130

Secrets, spies and a Safeway bag: Oleg Gordievsky 134

Chapter 6 Society and Culture 137

Introduction 139

Black Luce, or Shakespeare's Dark Lady 141

Peter the Wild Boy 144

An absurd hero(ine): The Chevalier d'Eon 148

The 'Attitudes' of Emma Hamilton 151

The classical eccentricities of Richard Cockle Lucas 155

The original artful dodger: Renton Nicholson 158

Charles Kingsley, the Victorian polymath 162

The female priority of existence: Rosa Frances Swiney 165

'Come along and be one of the boys': Vesta Tilley 168

Conclusion: Planning For a Diverse Curriculum 173

Bibliography 179

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