Harriet Jacobs was convinced, by friends, to write an autobiography of her life as a slave. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl(1861) was the book and it is one of the first open discussions about the sexual harassment and abuse endured by a slave woman - a topic that even made abolitionists feel uncomfortable. The story tells of how, eventually after many years as a slave, Harriet was able to escape the continual sexual harassment of her slave owner and become a free woman. In her autobiography Harriet’s says her childhood was a happy one. Though we were slaves, I was fondly shielded that I never dreamed that I was a piece of merchandise. But on the death of her benevolent mistress, when she was 12, everything changed. Her ownership transfered to her mistress’s niece who was only 3 years old. Harriet’s actual new master was the niece’s father - Dr James Norcom. He would cause her a great deal of pain. When she was 15 Norcom began his relentless efforts to bend the slave girl’s will. He would whisper ‘foul words’ in her ear. His wife became suspicious so he built Harriet a cottage 4 miles from town. She asked if she could marry a free black man, Norcom violently refused. She had a plan. She became friendly with a caring white, unmarried lawyer. They had a child, She expected the infuriated Norcom to sell her and her child.- he didn’t. She bore the lawyer a second child. She heard Norcom was preparing to get the children to work as plantation slaves. In June 1835, after 7 rears of mistreatment, she ’ escaped’ and stayed with neighbours, black and white. The lawyer had bought her grandmother and uncle’s house. She found a tiny crawl space above the porch just big enough to hid in (9x7x3 feet). This tiny hiding place is where she stayed for the next 7 years- she could see her children through a peep hole. At night she would briefly exercise. In 1842 she escaped to freedom. She sailed to Philadelphia and then to New York by train. She was reunited with her children Joseph and Louisa Matilda and eventually her brother, John J. Jacobs… She fled to Massachusetts to again escape from Norcom. She found work as a nanny for the Children of Nathaniel Parker Willis. Harriet eventually became legally free when Mrs Willis, arranged her purchase. She made contact with abolitionists and feminist reformers. She was actively involved with the abolition movement before the launch of the Civil War. During the war she helped raise money for black refugees. After the war she worked to improve the conditions of th e recently freed slaves. She went with her daughter to the Union occupied parts of the South to help organize and found 2 schools for fugitives and freed slaves. She died in 7th March 1897, aged 84, a free woman. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is now considered an ‘American classic’ Sources Africans in America Amazon National Archives Penquin Classics

I have recently being looking at Environment and Climate Issues and found these definitions which might prove useful which might prove useful to use with older students.

In the Woods includes differentiated work covering the Primary years. The work was originally for Key Stage 2 pupils but I have added more pictorial work which hopefully the younger child will appreciate. It divides into 3 sections - prose, poetry and word searches Along with the In the Woods sheet I have included The countryside Code. I have put together several different best copy sheets, 3 having illustrations and 2 set up like a comic strip. For the poetry section I have started with the famous poem Starting by Woods by Robert Frost. I have then tried to build up away for the children to attempt writing poetry. First by taking 2 words and trying to write simple couplets, then encouraging them to attempt simple poetry. I have included 2 word searches. One is very simple - I wanted to included David’s picture of a hedgehog All the illustrations, are the work of David Woodroffe, a professional illustrator, except the last sheet.

Sonia Gandhi, nee Maino, (1946) is an Indian politician born in Lusiana, Veneto, Italy. She is the President of the Indian National Congress. She took over as party leader in 1998, seven years after her husband Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India and a descendant of Mahatma Gandhi), had been assassinated in 1991. She remained in office until 2017 when their son Rahul Gandhi became president. He resigned in 2019 and Sonia became president again. She is widely described as one of the most powerful politicians in the country and is often listed among the most powerful women in the world Veronica Michelle Bachet Jeria (b 1951) served as President of Chile from 2006-2010, and 2014-2018. She is the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency and the first female leader in South America. She is the first president of Chile to be elected since 1932. Rogoberta Menchu (b1959) is a K’iche Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala’s indigenous people. She founded the country’s first indigenous political party - Winaq. She is the first Maya Indigenous woman to ever run in a Guatemalan election. In 2007 and 2011 she was a candidate for the presidential election. She lost in the first round on both occasions but Winaq succeeded in becoming the first indigenous political party of Guatemala.

Pictures and brief information about 23 Asian actors not born in GB. Source Wikipdedia

Academia and Education Humanities Sara Ahmed - professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London *Natural science Hassan Ehsan Masood - a science writer, journalist and broadcaster. Saiful Islam - professor of material Chemistry at the University of Bath, recipient of Royal Society Wolfson Research merit award Syma Knalid - biophysicist and Professor of Computable Biophysics in Chemistry at the University of Southampton. University Leadership and Executives Nazir Afzal - solicitor - spent most of his career in the Crown Prosecution Service. In 2018 became chair of the Corporation Board at Hopwood Hall College in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi- lawyer, politician - former conservative party chairman and now member of the House of Lords (2007) Science and Medicine Nadia Bukhari - pharmacist - since 2003 she has been serving in academia at University College of London. She is the global lead at the International Pharmaceutical Federation (IPF) to promote gender equality in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2018 awarded the youngest Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Also the first Muslim female to be on the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy for England,U.K… Quanta A. Ahmed - a physician specializing in sleep disorders. She is also an author, newspaper columnist and a women’s rights activist. Rozina Ali - a microvascular reconstructive plastic surgeon and consultant with special interest in breast reconstruction, plus also being a television presenter. Source Wikipedia

Fai-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi - by profession is a barrister - he is a Muslim scholar and principal and founding trustee of the Hijaz College in Nuneaton, England. He is founder of the Hijaz Community. He is also National Convenor of the Muslim Action Committee and Secretary General of the International Muslims Organization. Professor Haroon Ahmed - is a scientist specialising the fields of microelectronics and electrical engineering. He is at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of the University of Cambridge. Hasnat Khan -he is a heart and lung surgeon. best known for his relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales. Isabella Abbott (1919-2010) born in Hawaii -was an educator, phycologist, and ethnobotanist.She became a leading expert on Pacific Marine algae. Mohammad Naseem (1924-2014) -by profession a doctor- Muslim leader and political activist-was chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust (Central). Musharraf Hussain - scientist, educator and religious scholar in Nottingham, U.K. Chief Executive of the Karimia institute and author of Chief Editor of the Invitation a Muslim family magazine. He is also a senior trustee of Muslim Hands an international charity working in 50 countries. 2006 chair of the UK-Indonesian Islamic advisory group by Prime Minister. 2008-10 chairman of the Christian Muslim forum. Tariq Ali - a political activist, journalist, historian, filmmaker and public intellectual. Author of many books (See list and 5 covers). He contributes toThe Guardian Counter-Punch and London Review of Books. Ziauddin Sardar is a scholar, award winning writer, cultural critic and public intellectual who specialises in Muslim thought, the future of Islam, futurology, science and cultural relations - author and editor of more than 50 books.( See 6 covers)

I have put together 27 pictures of British born Asian actors. They come with a little piece of information about each of them. Source Wikipedii

John Herschel Glenn Jr. (18th July 1821-8th December 2016) was the first American to orbit the earth . He orbited the earth 3 times. He named his spacecraft ‘Friendship 7’ it happened on the 20th February because there had been 10 postponements because of bad weather or technical problems. During the flight a warning light came on to say that the capsule’s vital heat shield was loose but entry and splashdown went smoothly. He went on to become a democratic US Senator for Ohio (1974-1998). Aged 77 he flew into space again.