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9 - Educational Resource Pack Launch

On Thursday 6th December 2007 Northamptonshire Black History Association as part of its Heritage Lottery Funded education project called Shaping the Future, launched the first title in a series of five educational resource packs for schools.

The title, Walter Tull: Sport, War and Challenging Adversity, uses the story of Walter Tull to develop a thematic pack that can be used by teachers in primary and secondary schools. Three packs are to be produced one for the Key Stage 1 History Curriculum, one for the Key Stage 3 History curriculum and a cross curricular scheme of work for Key Stages 2 and 3.

In its 2004/05 Annual Report for History, the Qualifications & Curriculum Authority recognised the importance of Black British History within the school curriculum. The subject is also raised in the DfES’s proposals for KS3 school history from 2008. The need for new resources in this area was also supported by research produced by Northamptonshire Black History Project and the University of Northampton in 2005 in a report titled Black is also British. More