Is it ever right to rebel?
During the winter of 2015, the Year 8 expedition was called “Rebellion”
The learning targets were :
- I can explain how the ideas of individuals and groups led to changes in attitudes towards Britain’s parliamentary system.
- I can effectively analyse an historical source.
- I can analyse the development of themes in Romeo and Juliet, particularly that of rebellion within and between families, and female characters.
The immersion for this expedition involved visiting the cinema to watch the film “Suffragette.”
Students studied the role of women during the Victorian Era and how this changed over time through the development of the Suffrage movement, which included a focus on the skill of analysing source material. They also considered the struggle for suffrage from a male perspective by examining the work of the Chartist movement. Alongside the historical content students read Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and examined the rebellion in and between families.
As a result of this research, students each wrote an essay examining the theme of conflict between individuals and family groups. They analysed a range of sources from the period and produced a letter written through the lens of David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister during the quest for women’s suffrage.
The expedition culminated when students produced their own answer to the guiding question either in the style of Gillian Wearing or taking inspiration from Bob Dylan’s video for the single Subterranean Homesick Blues.
Final Product – Film & images of students answering the guiding question
