Events
Away to Remember Competition - Their Past Your Future Project
Location: Away to Remember Competition, Their Past Your Future, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ
Description:
Are you aged 14 -16? What has the First World War got to do with you?
Win a place an all expenses paid overseas trip and find out!
At the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918, the fighting that had involved every continent around the world stopped. Germany and the Allies had agreed an Armistice. The First World War had lasted four years, 4 months and 14 days.
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, the Imperial War Museum is working in association with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. They are looking for 24 young people from across the UK, to travel on an all expenses paid visit to France and Belgium for Remembrance Day, from 7-12 November 2008.
To win a place on this once in a lifetime experience they want young people between the ages of 14 and 16 to answer two questions:
- Question 1: What impact did the First World War have on your community?
- Question 2: What do you think about Remembrance now and in the future?
Led by experienced staff from the Imperial War Museum, competition winners will spend a weekend in London during October preparing for the visit. In November they will head to France and Belgium to discover some of the amazing stories the battlefields were witness to. All travel, accommodation, food and fees will be paid for by Their Past Your Future project.
For further information about the competitions and to download an application form please select the link to the IWM's Their Past Your Future project website
The closing date for applications is 9th September 2008.
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Youth Maze - London Calling: The 'London Maze' Local History Fair
Location: Guildhall, Basinghall Street, City of London, EC2P 2EJ
Description:
Every 18 months the City of London runs London Maze, a local history fair as part of the Youth Maze initiative. This year London Maze takes place on Saturday 11 October 2008 (10am - 4pm). This highly popular event attracts up to 3,000 visitors on the day, encouraging young people to explore their cultural and social history and express their ideas and discoveries in a wide range of ways.
The three main themes for London Maze are: Poverty and Power; Food and Fashion, Racism and Revolution.
Work produced by young people that examines questions of power, 'race' and identity will also be showcased at London Maze - including drama performances, exhibitions, art work and literature.
Who Should Join In?
London Maze is for all young people interested in London's history and culture who want to get involved in an exciting and enjoyable project, communicate their ideas and make an impact!
London's Guildhall will be the venue for this event, bringing young people into contact with exciting heritage collections, formal institutions and the people who work there and the streets and architecture of the City itself. The historical collections held by City of London Heritage Services include documents dating back to 1067, photographs, paintings, prints, drawings, maps and plans as well as reference libraries housing thousands of books on London, Londoners and related subjects.
Who is already involved?
The City of London Heritage Services, which includes London Metropolitan Archives, Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Library and Keats House, and Migrant Media / Black Experience Archive Trust. The Youth Maze team is highly experienced in delivering high quality, meaningful and successful activities for young people of all ages in a wide range of settings.
Further information:
For further details about how to participate in the London Maze Local History Fair, and/or the Youth Maze programme, please send an email to the London Metropolitan Archives c/o: ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk (Telephone: 020 7332 3851), or contact Ken Fero (Facilitator, Youth Maze) c/o blackarchive@mac.com.
Website: http://www.cityoflondon.ogv.uk/lma.
Midlands History Forum 2008 Conference - History: Creative and Rigorous!
Location: Birmingham City University, Perry Barr Campus ,Wellhead Lane, Birmingham.
Description:
This conference will explore the current and future challenges in history teaching as a result of the New Secondary Curriculum and also the potential future changes to the Primary Curriculum (as detailed in the Ross Report). The Midlands History Forum believe that history deserves to be at the heart of these changes because of the ways in which the subject promotes creativity and rigour.
The conference programme includes a keynote address by Andrew Wrenn (History Adviser for Cambridgeshire) - titled "Creativity and rigour in the Primary and Secondary History classroom".
A selection of conference workshops will also explore these issues through a range of innovative approaches, including the use of exciting ICT resources produced by the National Monuments Record.
For further information, and to book a place, please download the attached conference flyer and registration form (shown below).
A cheque for £8 (£4 students) should be made payable to MIDLANDS HISTORY FORUM.
Completed forms and payments should be sent c/o:
Paul Bracey, Midlands History Forum, 2 Wolsey Close, Crick, Northamptonshire. NN 6 7XE before 2nd October 2008.
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