'...chocolate, coffee and tea all had a naturally bitter taste. What made them palatable to Europeans was the addition of sugar. Without (slavery) there would have been no sugar. ' - James Walvin
Wilberforce 2007 Project
The project aim is to raise pupil attainment across the curriculum through a study of national and local involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition in 1807.
This will involve a study of East Riding museum and archive items, Hull Wilberforce House Museum exhibits and texts, a school visit to
Wilberforce House, and a possible visit to Harewood House, Leeds.
Statue of William Wilberforce in the garden of the Wilberforce Museum, Hull |
Funding grants will be available to pay for interactions with African and African-Caribbean artists and facilitators in residence.
The project will support pupils, teachers and project managers to develop and digitise resources.
It will contribute to delivering the duty of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000.
Pupil work will be showcased for a performance and/or exhibition event in the Secondary schools, drawing in the wider school community.
Pupils will plan this with the structured support of their teachers.
Both the Secondary and the Primary pupils will engage in some collaborative activities and each will contribute to the exhibition at the
Secondary school.
It is hoped that through collaboration within the project community, teachers will feel supported to address the national objective
of 'understanding slavery' to support effective teaching about the slave trade as it relates to West Africa, Britain and the Caribbean.
Wilberforce 2007 is a School Improvement Service project designed to coincide with the national and regional events led by the city of
Hull, which will commemorate the abolition of the slave trade and celebrate the spirit of determination that made it happen.
William Wilberforce, born in Hull, led the long and arduous campaign against the slave trade, which resulted in the abolition bill in 1807.
The project will last for the latter half of the Spring Term and the summer term of 2007.
It will culminate in a performance and/or exhibition event in the ‘hub’ Secondary schools, drawing in the local and wider school
community, planned and delivered by the young people themselves.
Selected Secondary schools in the East Riding will act as ‘centres for learning’ about the slave trade and the Abolition movement.
One feeder Primary school to each of the Secondary schools will engage in a parallel but alternative learning journey.
Both the Secondary and the Primary will engage in some collaborative activities and each will contribute to the exhibition at the Secondary
school.
The Primary pupils will be involved in the performance and exhibition event.
Wilberforce 2007 is to be developed as a Transition project for the Year 5 pupils of the Primary Schools and the Year 8 pupils of the
Secondary Schools.
It is anticipated that the schools will see the value of the project as a Transition project but also as an opportunity to broaden their
curriculum and to embrace the philosophy imparted by the Government through the 'Excellence and Enjoyment' document.
Wilberforce 2007 is an opportunity for schools to engage with facilitators of African and African-Caribbean origin and it will develop
into an important vehicle for delivering the schools statutory duty under the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000.
It will create excitement and enjoyment and provoke profound thought about our British ancestry and heritage and the legacy of slavery today.
It will act, in many instances, as a tool for making significant changes in teaching and learning and in the development of schools.
Wilberforce 2007 Project Guide
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If you require information about the project, or would like details of how to participate, please contact:
Yvette Fox, Teaching and Learning Consultant, Multicultural Education and Global Citizenship/TIPD Co-ordinator
Tel: (01482) 392436
E-mail: yvette.fox@eastriding.gov.uk
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