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This is a list of possible starting points for creating resources to promote race equality and cultural diversity, and to challenge racism.  Here are a few websites you might find useful.

Art

Avniarts
http://www.avniarts.org/photographs/index.html
Avniarts is a new non-profit organisation based in the UK, the purpose of which is to provide teachers with resources on cultural diversity and global citizenship.
Photographs taken in India for: Preparing for Diwali, Rangoli at home and Rangoli at home.  Photographs taken in Vietnam for Fishing
 
Birmingham City Council: Black People in British Art.  
18th – 20th century collections in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/2004/bmag/resources/BlackPeopleBMAG.pdf
 
Haitian art website.
http://www.haitianartsociety.org/
Art of Haiti. Brings cultural diversity into art by exploring the work of artists from Haiti.
 
Kalakahani
http://www.kalakahani.co.uk/7/46/kalakahani.html
Information on South Asian artists working in Dance, drama, Literature and visual arts.
 
Wycinanki
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/mwycinanki.html
Wycinanki is a traditional Polish folk art.
 

Art, Dance, Literature

Asian Arts Agency
http://www.asianartsagency.co.uk/
Agency promoting Asian origin artists and arts.
 
Creative Learning Agency
http://www.creativelearningagency.org.uk/
Website with details of many artists who can provide activities, workshops, assemblies and displays reflecting a culturally diverse society.
 

Biographies

Brighton and Hove Black History: Sarah Forbes Bonetta -
http://www.black-history.org.uk/bonetta.asp

The African Princess in Brighton

National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp63230

Images of Sarah Forbes Bonetta
 
Nanny of the Maroons: A Jamaican national heroine
http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/soccult/grnan.html
 
Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa) (c. 1745-1797)
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/equiano.htm
One of the earliest Black authors to have his work published in Britain. This site present links where you can find information on Equiano.
 
Toussaint L'Ouverture
http://www.historywiz.com/toussaint.htm
http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=Toussaint_Louverture
The slave that defeated Napolean.
 
Zheng He   Great Chinese Mariner
http://www.chinapage.com/zhenghe.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/swimming_dragons.shtml
Zheng He was a scholar, a diplomat, a warrior and a mariner.
 

Black History

Black Presence
http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/Drupal/taxonomy/term/5
Providing information about the African history worldwide.
 
Black Victorians
http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/2004/bmag/resources/BlackVictorians.pdf
Pupil discussions sheets
 
BBC Legacies UK History Local to You
http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig_uk_index.shtml
From buildings to legends and from myths to people; discover our local history through tales of our ancestors from all around the UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/england/bristol/
Immigration and emigration in Bristol.  Legacies of the Slave Trade.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/wales/w_se/article_2.shtml
Immigration and emigration in South East Wales.  The Somali Community.
 
Living Easton
http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/~rstephen/livingeaston/local_history/index.html

Living community Easton history: Bristol and the Slave Trade
If you are studying the role of Bristol in the slave trade or the Black peoples of America unit you may find this site useful. It has a long list of slave revolts which helps to breakdown the notion of slaves as passive victims.
 
Our History, Our Heritage
http://www.ourhistoryourheritage.org.uk/

This website provide innovative citizenship resources concerning African Caribbean and British peoples struggles past and present but also to promote a model of learning that encourages self-development and critical thinking amongst students, fostering a sense of pride and responsibility for the world we live in.
 
Our History, Our Heritage
http://www.ourhistoryourheritage.org.uk/photos/TASU.pdf

A pilot study. The Abolition of Slavery: slave rebellions on Jamaican plantations. Resource activities in reading, role play, drawing resources creating discussion for Key stages 2 & 3 students for teachers and students. Cross curricular enrichment, citizenship, literacy and creativity
 
Portcities
http://www.portcities.org.uk/

Voyages, ports, history, people and origins. The maritime histories of UK port cities e.g. Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London and Southampton.
 
The Story of Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1624_story_of_africa/
African History from the dawn of time
 
We Were There
http://www.wewerethere.defencedynamics.mod.uk/
The contribution of Britain’s ethnic minority communities to UK defence over the last 250 years. It has also helped to promote better understanding between communities by showing how men and women from Africa, Asia, the West Indies and other Commonwealth countries fought and served alongside British forces during many major conflicts.
 

D & T, ICT

Geocities
http://www.geocities.com/hirak_99/goodies/ludo.html
The game of Ludo is one of the best known board games in India and Pakistan.
 
Hampshire toy museum
http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/toys/history/board_games.html
A brief history of toys.
 
Oware
http://www.oware.org/
Oware is a game played throughout Africa. It is perhaps one of the oldest board games in the world and exists under different names (Warri, Awale, Awele, Mancala)  often with differing rules. It is also traditionally played in many Asian countries. There are international competitions in Ghana, the Caribbean and France. This game can be used to explore different styles of making boards and counters- modern and traditional. There are downloadable versions available on the web. In history the origins and spread of the game can be explored.
 
Seega
http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/siteactivities/seega.pdf
This is an ancient 2 player game still played by Egyptians today
 
Traditional games
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/
Information about traditional games from around the world.
 

Food Technology

Asia Food
http://www.asiafood.org/

A treasure box of recipes, information and stories from Asia.
 
bbc.co.uk. Food get cooking: Madhur Jaffery.
Video clips for Indian recipes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/get_cooking/main/index.shtml?section=2&id=../chefs/xml/006.xml
 
Eastern European recipes
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/worldeasteuro/easteuro.html

 
Global Destinations: West Africa
http://www.globalgourmet.com/destinations/westafrica/

West African food, introduce cultural diversity into food technology and bring in aspects of history, from there explore Caribbean, Asian and other culinary traditions. it’s good to look outside the most obvious. Interesting info - in some African countries they have a day celebrating the Yam, one of Africa ’s staple foods, in India there is a festival celebrating the Mango where hundreds of varieties are available.
 
Polish recipes
http://www.wgby.org/localprograms/polish/recipes/index.html

http://culture.polishsite.us/smfood.html
http://bitsyskitchen.com/polish.html
 
Indian Food
http://www.indianfoodforever.com/

Recipes from all regions and food for special occasions.
 
Oriental food
Recipe archive from many countries 
http://www.orientalfood.com/recipe/
 

History and Culture

British Chinese Community Website
http://www.dimsum.co.uk/

British Born Chinese Community
http://www.britishbornchinesedb.org.uk/
Information on and for the British born Chinese born community
 
Muslim Heritage
http://www.muslimheritage.com/
Discover 1000 years of missing history and explore the fascinating Muslim contribution to present day Science, Technology, Arts and Civilisation.
 
The National Archives: Black presence.  Asian and Black History in Britain
1500-1850
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/
People of African and Asian origin have lived in Britain for at least two thousand years. But this aspect of our heritage has been largely forgotten. By presenting a selection of relevant records held by The National Archives and other sources, the Black Presence exhibition aims to reclaim some of this history and make it more widely known.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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