This activity is designed for general youth settings. The purpose of the activity is to recognise the value of history – how it informs the present, and affects how we understand and behave towards others. The activities promote awareness of archives, and encourage young people to understand that history is made up of a range of different people’s voices, experiences, and stories.
This activity is best delivered in tandem with the Keeping Archives Alive photography activity
Look at, Read, Listen to
- Greg Cox (emotional well-being and the politics around same sex marriage)
- Charlie Wood (thinking about families)
- Elle (Coming out and thinking about the significance of representation and style)
- Sabah Choudhary (Trans Experience, cultural difference and multiple oppression)
1. Split the group into four. Each group is asked to study one of the selected extracts, then discuss and write down what they find interesting about their extract.
2. Ask each group to write a message to the person in the archive as a response to their story. It could be a message of support, or a question, or an observation about something they have learned from reading the story.