LEARNING RESOURCES

We have produced a series of educational resources which aim to introduce oral history as an impactful and effective approach to historical studies and engage students with narratives often under-represented or side-lined within the mainstream curriculum, such as the British presence in India and the associated South-Asian experience of migration to the UK.

Resources for the Key Stage 3 History curriculum in England have been produced in collaboration with Dan Lyndon-Cohen, Director of the Schools History Project and the Lead Practitioner for Humanities at Park View School, London.

Resources for the Scottish History curriculum, Second or Third Level, have been produced in collaboration with Nuzhat Uthmani, founder of GC Education Scotland and Lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Stirling.

The learning resources include a PowerPoint presentation, hand-outs, and tutorials, ensuring that those teaching the Tape Letters module within the classroom have the support and guidance to deliver the unit successfully.

Tape Letters Learning Resources have also featured in the Schools History Project and British Education Research Association.

“I grew up with the ‘Kings, Queens, and Battles’ approach to history, but demonstrating that people are themselves living books and living histories, and being able to apply that in a classroom setting was rewarding and genuinely exciting. Drawing directly from the Tape Letters archive and applying an oral/aural approach in developing the lesson plans meant students could listen to direct audio testimony and understand how large socio-political events and micro-interpersonal politics combine to manifest in people’s lives. As an observer in the classroom, I sensed the children experienced a more tangible approach to history.”

Wajid Yaseen, Project Director

Tape Letters England

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Migration

Lesson 3: Communication

Lesson 4: Empire

Lesson 5: Partition

Lesson 6: Oral History

Lesson 7: Feedback

The outcome of the Scheme of Work is for students to complete their own oral history interview and reflect on it. Throughout the unit, a range of skills associated with oral history are embedded in the lessons to support students in conducting their own interviews. Sound and a focus on orality have been intentionally centralised, encouraging a supplementary approach to traditional text-based study.

The seven lessons are designed around the principle that the voices of the British-Pakistani community should be central to every lesson. The extracts that the students listen to all come from either the Tape Letters Cassettes that are stored in the Bishopsgate Library in London, or from interviews conducted by the Tape Letters project team with families associated with the cassettes.

Tape Letters Scotland

Lesson 1: British Empire & Colonisation, British India

Lesson 2: Partition

Lesson 3: Migration

Lesson 4: Communication: value of audio cassettes

Lesson 5: Analysing oral histories

Lesson 6: Developing oral histories interview techniques

Lesson 7: Showcase of our oral histories

The resource seeks to empower pupils to explore history through personal narratives while enhancing their critical thinking, empathy and communication skills.

Teaching about topics such as the British Empire, partition and migration can be challenging, given their complexity and sensitivity. Using oral histories helps pupils bridge the gap between abstract historical events and real human experiences.

Access Tape Letters Learning Resources

Are you interested Tape Letters England or Scotland learning resources?

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Thank you for registering your interest in these resources. We will be in touch soon, please contact hello@modusarts.org with any questions.

LEARNING RESOURCES

We have produced a series of educational resources which aim to introduce oral history as an impactful and effective approach to historical studies and engage students with narratives often under-represented or side-lined within the mainstream curriculum, such as the British presence in India and the associated South-Asian experience of migration to the UK.

Resources for the Key Stage 3 History curriculum in England have been produced in collaboration with Dan Lyndon-Cohen, Director of the Schools History Project and the Lead Practitioner for Humanities at Park View School, London.

Resources for the Scottish History curriculum, Second or Third Level, have been produced in collaboration with Nuzhat Uthmani, founder of GC Education Scotland and Lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Stirling.

The learning resources include a PowerPoint presentation, hand-outs, and tutorials, ensuring that those teaching the Tape Letters module within the classroom have the support and guidance to deliver the unit successfully.

Tape Letters Learning Resources have also featured in the Schools History Project and British Education Research Association.

“I grew up with the ‘Kings, Queens, and Battles’ approach to history, but demonstrating that people are themselves living books and living histories, and being able to apply that in a classroom setting was rewarding and genuinely exciting. Drawing directly from the Tape Letters archive and applying an oral/aural approach in developing the lesson plans meant students could listen to direct audio testimony and understand how large socio-political events and micro-interpersonal politics combine to manifest in people’s lives. As an observer in the classroom, I sensed the children experienced a more tangible approach to history.”

Wajid Yaseen, Project Director

Tape Letters England

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Migration

Lesson 3: Communication

Lesson 4: Empire

Lesson 5: Partition

Lesson 6: Oral History

Lesson 7: Feedback

The outcome of the Scheme of Work is for students to complete their own oral history interview and reflect on it. Throughout the unit, a range of skills associated with oral history are embedded in the lessons to support students in conducting their own interviews. Sound and a focus on orality have been intentionally centralised, encouraging a supplementary approach to traditional text-based study. 

The seven lessons are designed around the principle that the voices of the British-Pakistani community should be central to every lesson. The extracts that the students listen to all come from either the Tape Letters Cassettes that are stored in the Bishopsgate Library in London, or from interviews conducted by the Tape Letters project team with families associated with the cassettes.

Tape Letters Scotland

Lesson 1: British Empire & Colonisation, British India

Lesson 2: Partition

Lesson 3: Migration

Lesson 4: Communication: value of audio cassettes

Lesson 5: Analysing oral histories

Lesson 6: Developing oral histories interview techniques

Lesson 7: Showcase of our oral histories

The resource seeks to empower pupils to explore history through personal narratives while enhancing their critical thinking, empathy and communication skills.

Teaching about topics such as the British Empire, partition and migration can be challenging, given their complexity and sensitivity. Using oral histories helps pupils bridge the gap between abstract historical events and real human experiences.

Access Tape Letters Learning Resources

Are you interested Tape Letters England or Scotland learning resources?

3 + 10 =

Thank you for registering your interest in these resources. We will be in touch soon, please contact hello@modusarts.org with any questions.

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