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Hughesovka - Welsh Migration and...
This resource invites learners to approach the history of Welsh industrialisation from a different perspective. The city of Hughesovka, today’s Donetsk in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine (former Russian Empire), was founded by Welsh and British workers. Using Hughesovka as a case study, the resource aims to enable learners to develop a more nuanced and critical perspective on the history of industrialisation in their country and to critically engage with archival material.Authors: Clara Defachel and Dr Victoria Donovan, University of St Andrews, Scotland. People’s Collection Wales.The source material (photographs and other images) within this resource comes from the Hughesovka Research Archive, held at the Glamorgan Archives, and these are reproduced here with their kind permission. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryProgression Step: 3 & 4 Lifelong LearningThis resource provides opportunities for personal or professional development. See the Quick Links below for a collection of images to accompany this resource. Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students.

The Holocaust and Wales: Kindertransport 1
Fleeing across Europe to escape the Nazis, about 10,000 Jewish children arrived in Britain between December 1938 and September 1939 on the Kindertransport (children’s transport). The British government only admitted unaccompanied minors through this scheme, even though most of them had lived with their parents and other members of their families before their flight. In this collection of resources, we explore some of the stories of child refugees who came on the Kindertransport to Wales.Image above: Dorothy Fleming, aged four, standing in Rathauspark in Vienna. The photograph was taken in 1932. © From the collection at the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, UK. Kindertransport 1: Jewish life in Central Europe before the Second World War. This first resource explores the life of a young Austrian Jewish girl, Dorothy Fleming, before she arrived in Cardiff. This resource was produced as part of the 'Côf a lithr, llythyrau a geidw: creating Holocaust resources for Welsh schools' partnership project between Centre for the Movement of People (CMOP), Aberystwyth University, and Jewish History Association of South Wales/Cymdeithas Hanes Iddewig De Cymru (JHASW/CHIDC). The project is kindly supported by the Association of Jewish Refugees, Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, Jewish Historical Society of England and Garfield Weston Foundation. Curriculum for WalesHealth and Wellbeing, Humanities, Languages, Literacy and CommunicationAge: 9-14 / Progression Step: 3 & 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our website. It is one of a series of 4 on the topic of 'Kindertransport’. Here are links to the other resources in this series:Kindertransport 2Kindertransport 3Kindertransport 4 See the Quick Links below for content to accompany this resource.

Heritage Preservation Toolkit
Preserving and sharing your historical documentsThe Jewish History Association of South Wales / Cymdeithas Hanes Iddewig De Cymru (JHASW / CHIDC) was established in November 2017 with the aim to uncover, document, preserve and share the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Jewish communities of south Wales.These documents form part of a Heritage Toolkit which will enable small communities and organisations to take the first steps towards preserving and sharing their heritage, even if they have no experience in this field.Glamorgan Archives has been a long-term partner for many JHASW/CHIDC projects and contributed these documents as part of a joint project (together with People’s Collection Wales) for the Welsh Government funded Coronavirus Recovery Grant For Volunteering 2020/21. This resource contains guidance on: Preserving your historical material at your local archivesGuidelines for Listing records prior to deposit at Glamorgan ArchivesDocument Handling - General Principles Sharing your historical material on People's Collection WalesHow to create a People's Collection Wales catalogue for Tangible MaterialCopyright - a very brief introduction Further parts of the toolkit can be found on our website at www.jhasw.com/heritage-toolkit. Lifelong LearningThis resource is for adult learners and provides opportunities for personal or professional development. Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities to help you develop new skills and knowledge. See the Quick Links below for content to accompany this resource.

How to upload to People's Collection Wales
Would you like to contribute your content to People's Collection Wales? Not quite sure how to get started? Watch our short video below, then read our easy to follow How To guides to learn how to register an account, upload and publish.Teachers: The skills developed when creating an account and uploading items to People's Collection Wales fulfil many of the requirements of the Digital Competence Framework. Read more in our Teachers Toolbox. Curriculum for WalesDigital Competence Framework Age: 8-16 / Progression Step: 3, 4 and 5 Lifelong LearningThis resource provides opportunities for personal or professional development.

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Blaenavon Ironworks Progression Step 4
Investigate the ironworks at Blaenavon, one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution and now a World Heritage Site. Look at plans, maps, drawings, photographs and written reports to discover what life was like at a working ironworks. Explore the changes that happened in Wales between 1760 and 1914 and develop thinking skills through historical enquiry. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. See the Quick Links below for content to accompany this Teaching Resource.

Investigate the landscape of Wales - The...
What can we learn about the Landscape of Wales by investigating Falcon Hildred’s artwork?This teaching pack will support the learner to answer the question above, and develop an understanding of the materials used along with composition, techniques and tools. Follow the links to the collections of the digitised works to support your study and explore Falcon Hildred’s work further. Curriculum for WalesHumanities, Expressive ArtsArt, History, Geography, Famous Welsh PeopleAge: 8-14 / Progression Step: 3 & 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. See the Quick Links below for content to accompany this Teaching Resource.

Chapels and churches in Patagonia
As soon as they had settled in the Camwy Valley in 1865, the Welsh settlers began to hold formal religious services in the plain wooden storehouse which had been built in the centre of the village of Caer Antur. The Reverends Abraham Matthews and Lewis Humphreys (Congregationalist ministers) took it in turn to lead the Sunday service. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistory, Religious educationAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for Progression Step 4.

The history of the Welsh language in Patagonia
Emigration was an ordinary aspect of life in nineteenth-century Wales. Economic hardship, above anything else, caused thousands of Welsh people to leave their native communities in search of a better life in the United States. Yet, while there was hope of a better standard of living in North America, many immigrants were aware of the danger that they would lose their national characteristics as they and their descendents assimilated into American society. Michael D. Jones observed this tendency during a visit to the United States in 1848-9 and he was convinced of the need for a Welsh settlement in Patagonia as a means of safeguarding the language, customs and religion of his compatriots. In Michael D. Jones’s mind, the establishment of a settlement where the Welsh language had official status would allow the national identity of the immigrants to flourish unhindered. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for Progression Step 4.

Early Schools in the Welsh Settlement - Patagonia
Soon after the first settlers had made their new home on the banks of the River Chupat, they constructed a wooden building to accomodate the first school in Patagonia. The Rev. Lewis Humphreys, originally from Ganllwyd, was appointed as schoolmaster. Children of all ages attended the school, where they could receive their education through the medium of Welsh. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for Progression Step 4.

Dark times - floods and emigration - Patagonia
To cap it all, the Camwy Valley was struck in 1899 by the worst floods since the arrival of the first Welsh settlers in 1865. According to contemporary reports, it rained in the Camwy Valley for more than three weeks, which caused the level of the river to rise at a rate of fifteen inches every twelve hours. Homes and property were damaged and settlers escaped to higher ground for safety. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for Progression Step 4.

Crossing the Patagonian plains: from the Camwy...

Early days in Patagonia
Shortly after the 'Mimosa' had anchored in New Bay on 27 July 1865, Captain George Pepperrell, the surgeon Thomas Greene, and some half a dozen of the male passengers, decided to disembark and inspect the land. It is said that Hugh Hughes (Cadfan Gwynedd) was the first of the emigrants to set foot on Patagonian soil. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for Progression Step 4.

The native Patagonians and the Welsh settlers
The Welsh were not the first inhabitants of Patagonia. For centuries, indigenous tribes had lived on the Patagonian plains, speaking their own language and practising their own customs. Among them were the 'Tehuelche', a nomadic tribe which originated from the area between the River Negro and the Strait of Magellan. It was the Tehuelche who had the most contact with the Welsh settlers during the nineteenth century. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for Progression Step 4.

Patagonia collections

Patagonia - The voyage of the 'Mimosa'...
On 28 May 1865, the first group of Welsh emigrants began its long journey from Liverpool to Patagonia. Although many of the 150 passengers aboard the 'Mimosa' would probably have been anxious about the voyage ahead, they would also have been relieved that the waiting was over and that they were starting on their journey to South America. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of nine relating to Patagonia for Progression Step 4.

Establishment of the Welsh Settlement in Patagonia

Paul Robeson: Stage & Screen
Paul Robeson becomes famous. This unit supports development of enquiry skills by looking at the stage and screen appearances of Paul Robeson. It also looks at the typecasting of actors and the stereotyping of the roles of people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for Progression Step 4.

Change and Conflict in Wales, 1900-1918

Island Farm prisoner of war camp
Island Farm prisoner of war camp, Bridgend, 1939-1945. Built to house the munitions workers from the factory at Bridgend, Island Farm then became a POW Camp and saw the largest mass escape on British soil. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 8-16 / Progression Step: 3, 4 & 5 Learning CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.

Paul Robeson: Global Citizen
What part did Paul Robeson have to play in helping to shape changes to civil rights around the world? This unit supports investigations into a significant person from the twentieth century who was an international figure but with links to Wales. It encourages investigations and analysis of the role of Robeson in civil rights movements and how he has contributed to shaping the world we live in today. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for Progression Step 4.

Iron Age Celts

20th century individuals and events

Homes in the Age of the Princes
There were hundreds of castles in Wales built between the 10th and 14th centuries. Castles provided safe accommodation for the Welsh princes and their families, other classes of people lived in small villages or on small farmsteads. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesAge / Progression Step: All Learning CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.

Homes in the Time of the Romans
Romans occupied Wales between AD 47 and about AD 410, and where they settled they built homes called villas. These were stone buildings with a bath house, heating system and mosaics. Oil, wine, pottery and glass were imported from across the Roman Empire. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 8-16 / Progression Step: 3, 4 & 5 Learning CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.

Paul Robeson: An Education
What early experiences of racism did Robeson have? This unit supports pupils’ development of enquiry skills by looking at some of the evidence of the early years of Robeson’s life. What challenges and experience of racism did Robeson have in his daily lives as African-American living in early twentieth century United States of America? Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for Progression Step 4.

The Romans in Wales

Slavery

Welsh women in agricultural communities c.1800...

Paul Robeson’s Early Life
What do we know about the early life of Paul Robeson? This unit supports pupils’ development of enquiry skills by looking at some of the evidence of the early years of Robeson’s life. What challenges and experience did his family have in their daily lives as African-Americans living in early twentieth century United States of America? Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for Progression Step 4.

Welsh women in industrial communities c.1800-1920

Welsh women in maritime communities c.1800-1920

Let Paul Robeson Sing!
How have some individuals, living in the twentieth century, shaped our world today? This resource is an introduction to the African-American Paul Robeson. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesHistoryAge: 11-14 / Progression Step: 4 Learning Activity PackThis resource provides learning activities for your students using our content. It is one of a series of six relating to Paul Robeson for Progression Step 4.

Welsh Women Working

Cardiff Millenium Stadium
Cardiff Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and the Wales national football team and also host to other large-scale events. It superceded Cardiff Arms Park in 1999. Curriculum for WalesHumanitiesAge / Progression Step: AllHistory Learning CollectionWe have collected these items together so that you can quickly and easily use them as resources to create activities for your class.