Crossing the Atlantic: stories and craft – International Slavery Museum on tour Workshop

The International Slavery Museum is heading on the road bringing some of the history, objects, and stories straight to you. In this half day session students will engage with historical sources, participate in storytelling and craftivism.

This unique learning experience aims to show how significant events from the past shapes and continues to shape the world around us. Our amazing learning bases across Liverpool will give students a sense of place and an understanding of the rich local Black communities which have been affected by this history, boosting cultural capital. These sessions will feed into our Waterfront Transformation Project and students will have an exciting opportunity to be part of the development of our new museum.

This immersive storytelling workshop for key stage 2 introduces students to the themes of Transatlantic slavery such as belonging, culture, and remembrance. Join Anansi on a journey from Ghana across the Atlantic as he meets important friends, plays games and tricks, and ends up our very own classrooms!

You’ve heard of Spider-Man, but do you know who inspired the story? Anansi is the god of stories and tricks can appear as a spider or as a boy. Originating in Ghanaian folklore, his stories have spread across the world and are still loved to this day. This storytelling session will bring children into the world of Anansi, allowing them to participate in the story through call and response, music, movement and even having a chance to play a trick or two!

Throughout the story students will explore different stages of his journey from Ghana to the middle passage, the Caribbean and his eventual arrival in Liverpool.

This storytelling workshop is a fantastic way to embed the key themes of resistance, cultural continuity, and remembrance. The activities will reiterate the key messages that personal perspective, imagination, and self-belief are central to the story of enslavement. Children will engage with the history of transatlantic slavery and its legacies. New vocabulary will be introduced with the aim of building empathy and understanding of fundamental British values.

Children are encouraged throughout the session to share their ideas and perspectives. The ideas and artwork created by students will be used in this year’sSlavery Remembrance Day

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