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Manuscripts in the Middle Ages

Manuscripts were usually made of sheepskin or goatskin which was cleaned, stretched and dried to create parchment sheets. These sheets would be folded to create a quire (or gathering); four sheets…  

The White Book of Rhydderch

Have you heard of the giant Bendigeidfran and his sister Branwen? Did you hear the story about Gwydion the wizard and Blodeuwedd, the woman created from flowers? These legends are part of the…  

Ramadan in Wales

Learning toolkit Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims. It is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and fasting (not eating from sunrise to sunset) during this month is one of the Pillars of…  

The Wales Window, Alabama

Learning toolkit On 15 September 1963, extremist group the Ku Klux Klan planted a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four black girls attending Sunday…  

Dancing across borders

Learning toolkit This resource compares Welsh folk dance (Dawnsio Gwerin) with Portuguese Folk Dancing (Rancho). The template in the Powerpoint can be reused to compare any dances. Researching…  

The Battle of Swansea

Learning toolkit Apartheid was a system in South Africa that separated people based on their skin colour that lasted from 1948 to 1991. Apartheid discriminated against Black and Brown people…  

The Communities of Wales podcast

Learning toolkit The Communities Wales project collaborated with Ethnic Minorities & Youth Support Team (EYST), young people from Cardiff (Lioness Community Projects) and Natalie Jones to…  

Josef Herman: Belonging

Learning toolkit The artist Josef Herman was born in Poland in 1911, to a Jewish family. In 1938 he fled Poland due to growing anti-Semitism before World War II and was one of many Jewish…  

Cynefin: culturally and ethnically diverse Wales

Learning toolkit Wales is a multicultural society made up of many ethnicities, languages and religions. It has a rich and long history of diversity, being home to one of the oldest Black…  

Henry Box Brown

Learning toolkit Henry was born into an enslaved family in 1815 on Hermitage plantation in Louisa County, about 50 miles from Richmond, Virginia. In 1849, his wife Nancy was expecting their…  

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