Young People and Protest (Lesson)

This resource contains Guidance Notes and an accompanying PowerPoint presentation for an hour-long creative lesson exploring ideas of remembrance and protest, in the context of monuments using the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston as a case study.

The session will:

• enable students to recognise the Human Right to peaceful protest,
• empower students to share their ideas and thoughts about how we celebrate and remember people, and about protest.

Structured around two creative prompts, the first examining how we can celebrate and remember people, and the second focussed on the toppled monument of Edward Colston, students will create their own artwork to express their ideas, and discuss these during the session.

This resource was developed by artist Tessa Carr in conjunction with the National Justice Museum Learning Team and is connected to the National Justice Museum’s ‘Young People and Protest’ exhibition in Nottingham which ran from 15 January -31st October 2022. You can still view the Virtual Exhibition here:
https://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/museum/exhibitions/young-people-and-protest