Diversity Project: People Like Us

People Like Us celebrates the diversity of our communities. We’ll be using video interviews from people from around the World and UK who have settled here and become inspiring community heroes. We celebrate each story with a craft or creative activity - including mini-art works, clay, drama and creative writing.

There are six lessons (or more if you’d like to revisit someone more than once).

Rachele: Black, British, Windrush Generation, racism in the UK, loves art
Pete: Roma, Gypsy, Polish, boxer and sports coach
Jelena: Latvian, Cold War, end of USSR, life under communism, loves being outdoors
Alex: Black, British, Windrush Generation, Windrush Scandal, low income, runs a charity that connects kids to culture
Liam: Dual nationality, Irish, English, coped with illness, loves travel, history, cars and bowling
Cymba: Black, African, Zimbabwe, close to Nan, loves football

Each person’s story is told each lesson with three videos:

1. All About Me - early memories, childhood and history

2. CHOICE: children choose one of two videos where a significant moment is shared (including Moving to the UK). Demonstrations of growth mindset, resilience and British values.

Explore their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development as role models for us.

1. Making a difference - today and their charity or community work (except Liam who is recovering from serious illness, who has ‘Finding Happiness’ instead)
   AND how this has increased their resilience and wellbeing.

This is a great PSHE pack or British Values pack.