Whose Chair Project
Refugee awareness and standing up to intolerance.
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based on the book "The Boy at the Back of the Class" by Onjali Q. Rauf
Learning resources for key stage 2 students
Lesson plans, Teaching slides, Resources, Sound clips and Video links
Student's posters
Funded by the Mayor of London's Shared Endeavor Fund
Supported by author Onjali Q. Rauf
Somali Sea Farers project
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Young people interview members of Tower Hamlets' Somali Senior Citizens Social Club on life in the merchant navy.
Oral histories: 11 (20 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Film; Blog.
Partner: Somali Senior Citizens Social Club.
Young people from Redbridge explore the history of Jewish communities who moved into Essex from London's East End.
Oral histories: 24 (50 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Podcasts.
Partner: Redbridge schools and Jewish Care.
The Coloured Men's Institute, founded in 1926 by Chunchie, after experiencing racism in London’s Docklands.
Oral histories: 4 (8 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Booklet; Film.
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians with a collection of personal testimonies.
Oral histories: 27 (50 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Podcasts.
Partner: Indian Overseas Trust.
The role played by overseas nurses and doctors in filling the gaps in the National Health Service.
Oral histories: 10 (12 hours).
Resources: Booklet.
Partner: Melting Pot Redbridge.
Young people research the history of African/Caribbean communities over the past 50 years.
Oral histories: 10 (15 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Video; Play..
Partner: Newham Youth Parliament.
Somali and Bengali communities preserve the memories of their elders who lived in Brick Lane from the 1960s.
Oral histories: 18 (30 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Film.
Partner: University of East London.
An oral history project documenting the Chinese community in Newham in the early 1990's.
Oral histories: 2 (3 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Photographs.
Partner: Newham Museum (P. Edwards).
Manor Primary School records tales and memories of Bangladesh told by Bangladeshi parents and children.
Oral histories: 6 (8 hours).
Resources: Fabric Books.
Partner: Manor primary school.
Students document the history of black African and Caribbean fashion through an exhibition and fashion show.
Oral histories: n/a
Resources: Exhibition; Fashion show.
Partner: Sarah Bonnell, Forest Gate Schools.
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