Taking an anti-racist critical lens, the resource uses Livingstone, as a conduit to explore recontextualising history and how what happened then, informs today’s contemporary issues. These lessons aim to provide practical support for teachers and learners in taking a critical look at this aspect of Scotland and Britain’s colonial history.
The materials are aimed at teachers and educators working with Third and Fourth Level or Senior Phase (Secondary 1-6) students. Within the interactive PDF, there are three sections relating to Livingstone’s three separate expeditions across central and southern Africa. Each section contains two activities that focus on a specific theme from that expedition’s timeline. Each activity has all instructions, material and worksheets necessary to undertake it and is linked to the curriculum
Discussing racism can be challenging. Where it comes up within these activities, the resource aims to provide teachers with the context and tools to facilitate this in an open and constructive manner. Learners will:
- Discuss how racism has played a role in what history is taught.
- Practice looking critically at sources and historical material.
- Learn about and investigate this history in a way that amplifies under-represented African individuals’ perspectives and stories.
- Reflect on positionality, privilege and power, and be supported to unlearn unconscious bias, prejudice and divisiveness.
