Thinking Differently:
Race and Identity in the Classroom

KS2-5 teachers based in East London boroughs are invited to join us for a hands-on session introducing you to Autograph’s photographic learning resources. We'll provide diverse high-quality visual material in support of teachers to help pupils think differently about sensitive issues including race, identity and citizenship.

Teachers will receive a short demonstration of our resources and some key examples of how they have been used in practice in the classroom. They will then actively respond to hands-on activities using photographic resources to develop new ideas and skills covering:

• Engaging with sensitive subject areas through visual material made by artists to address issues of race, identity, migration, citizenship and multiculturalism, belonging and community.
• Activities using photographs to develop visual analysis and critical thinking skills
• Creativity as a way to represent personal identity, produce social action campaigns and promote civic participation.
• Decolonising the curriculum through raising awareness of the experiences of Black and marginalised communities in shaping Britain’s multicultural society and its diverse identities and cultural heritages.

You will receive a free copy of Autograph’s learning resources at the end of the session for further use and display in your schools. For more information visit our Schools and Teachers page in the learning section of our website.

Workshop content and learning resources are cross-curricular but may be particularly useful for subject teaching in art and design, photography, history, geography, PSHE and Citizenship, media as well as enrichment activities i.e. Black History Month.