Children Becoming Authors Jackie Ould, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust

AIUET story AIURRRC founded 1998 AIUET founded 2001 The outreach arm of the RRRC, focused on collecting local Black history, delivering Black history events, working with schools.

My story Primary teacher 1990-2005 Focus on Black achievement Importance of culturally relevant materials: ‘I never thought history was about me’ Impact of reading schemes in which children see themselves: ‘Miss, have you got any more of those books?’ A Long Way from Home, 2002

Olaudah Equiano, Son of Africa (2006) “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African” – 1789 Born c1745 and enslaved 1756; buys his freedom for £40 from Robert King of Montserrat 1766; works with abolitionist Granville Sharpe 1774; reports the Zong case 1783; becomes Commissary to the Black Poor 1786; travels extensively, including to Manchester 1790 Dies 1797; slave trade abolished 1807

Son of Africa – the book 2 primary schools Selected group of children Worked offsite Created artwork, poems & writing Designed and published, with ISBN number Out of print in a year so re-printed 2007. Personal impact: Remi’s story

Noor Inayat Khan Born 1914 and family moves from London to Paris 1920; studies at Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris 1931 followed by the Sorbonne, University of Paris; publishes ‘Twenty Jataka Tales’ 1939; flees to England after invasion of Paris 1940; joins WAAF 1940 and recruited to SOE, 1942; airlifted to join Paris Resistance June 1943; arrested October; imprisoned at Pforzheim Germany; September 1944, executed at Dachau; awarded Croix de Guerre 1946 and George Cross 1949

Liberté –The Life of Noor Inayat Khan (2007) One year 6 class Programme of lessons using ‘discovery learning’ techniques eg.photo-analysis Children take on different tasks (writing and art) reflecting their own strengths but the final product is inclusive of every child Factboxes, diary entries, letters, chapter text, Design and print process adds considerable time and expense Launch event IWMN & letter of commendation from Shrabani Basu.

Further biographies: Samuel Coleridge Taylor, The Music Man (2008) Mary Prince. To Be Free is Very Sweet (2010) Britain’s Black Olympians (2012)

Stories from many cultures Ebony Mya 2006 The Gift of Colours 2007 The Kindly Ghost = book number 18 produced in 2016 The Clever Princess started last week!

Storybook process Select a folk story from one cultural group in class Various literacy techniques to memorise story (lessons using drama, cartoon walks, storyboarding) Paired writing or teacher-scribed writing to ensure inclusivity Class edit Art afternoons to create all the elements for collage pictures – involving parents and all children will find something they’ve created in the book Design process creates pdf and art files for printing All books given ISBN for distribution purposes Promotion through Letterbox library

The authors enjoy their book

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