Arrivals: Making Sheffield Home
Professional photographer, Jeremy Abrahams, has photographed people who came from overseas to Sheffield between 1945 and 2016, each in a place of personal significance. The images are accompanied by a range of personal stories, from bravery and triumph to love and loss. The collection is a portrait of Sheffield, of the pattern of migration and of 72 individuals.
The photos can be viewed at: www.jeremyabrahams.co.uk/arrivals_sheffield
DECSY has created primary and secondary lesson plans and teaching resources; stimulating cross-curricular learning activities, including Philosophy for Children (P4C), related to the photographs, that can be used to support pupil understanding of life in a diverse, modern Britain and the ‘British Values’ of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Arrivals Project: Key Stage 1 Lesson Plan Summary
DECSY have created six lesson plans to use with the Arrivals photographs. The lesson plans cover the following subjects:
History, Geography, Maths, Literacy, PSHE, Philosophy for Children (P4C).
Download the Lesson plan summary here: KS1 Lesson summaryweb
Key Stage 1: History lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘What happened when?’
Age group: KS1
21st Century Skills: Critical thinking, questioning and reflection and collaborative working
Cross Curricular Links: Literacy: Develop comprehension and ability to find and share information
Students will:
Have the opportunity to become more familiar with people and events from specific times in global history
Share findings in a variety of ways
Develop understanding of personal history and begin to relate that to a wider overview of global historical events
Begin to develop basic research skills using IT to support this
Download the lesson plan here. History KS1web
Key Stage 1: Geography lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘What’s it like?’
Age group: KS1
21st Century Skills: Critical thinking, questioning and reflection and collaborative working
Cross Curricular Links: Literacy: Develop comprehension and ability to find and share information
Students will:
Be better able to identify Sheffield on a map of the UK and talk about its physical features
Have the opportunity to identify the different continents and one or two countries located in each
Be able to find where some of the people from the exhibition are from and discuss the physical geography of that place
Download the lesson plan here. KS1Geographyweb
Key Stage 1: Maths lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘We all count’
Age group: KS1
21st Century Skills: work collaboratively to find answers and then share them in the most effective way
Use critical thinking skills to interpret and analyse data
Cross Curricular Links:
Literacy: be able to read tables, charts and questions in order to find information.
Be able to share findings in a variety of ways
Citizenship: Awareness of the inequities that exist around the world and what that might mean for people like them
ICT: option of using specific websites to research data
Students will:
be better able to interpret and represent data using charts, graphs and tables
solve one and two-step questions using information from charts, graphs and tables
start to use ratios and percentages to express data and make predictions
answer questions about time
compare countries using specific data
Download the lesson plan here. MathsKS1web
Key Stage 1: Literacy lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘It’s my life’
Age group: KS1
21st Century Skills: Critical thinking, questioning and reflection and collaborative working
Cross Curricular Links:
History: to become more aware of historical events and how they impact on peoples’ lives
Geography: to have an awareness that some places and events can make life very difficult, which is why people sometimes migrate
Students will:
Have opportunities to develop their comprehension skills
Ask and answer questions about someone’s life
Use information to write a short biography
Download the lesson plan here. LiteracyKS1web
Key Stage 1: PSHE lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘Who are we? What would you do?’
Age group: KS1
21st Century Skills: To work collaboratively and to use critical literacy skills to unpack and process their understanding of key issues of identity, respect and acceptance.
Cross Curricular Links:
Literacy: To be able to express themselves and communicate ideas and opinions both verbally and in written form.
Students will:
identify the key things that make them who they are
have the opportunity to learn how to respect equality and diversity in relationships think about how to promote a culture of respect and acceptance
Download the lesson plan here. PSHEKS1web
Key Stage 1: P4C lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘Philosophy for Children’
Age group: KS1
21st Century Skills: Critical thinking, questioning and reflection and collaborative working
Citizenship : Awareness of the inequities that exist around the world and what that might mean for people like them.
Literacy: Communication skills
Students will:
have the opportunity to take part in a philosophical enquiry
have opportunities to develop their critical thinking and questioning skills
be encouraged to formulate and share their opinions, giving reasons for what they say and be given the chance to work collaboratively as co-facilitators
Download the lesson plan here. P4CKS1web
Arrivals Project: Key Stage 2 Lesson Plan Summary
DECSY have created six lesson plans to use with the Arrivals photographs. The lesson plans cover the following subjects:
History, Geography, Maths, Literacy, PSHE, Philosophy for Children (P4C).
Download the Lesson plan summary here. KS2 Lesson summaryweb
Key Stage 2: History lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘How does this all fit together?’
Age group: KS2
21st Century Skills: Collaboration and critical thinking skills to unpick past events and identify patterns.
Cross Curricular Links:
Literacy:
Students will express themselves in different ways and present their ideas using a variety
of methods. They will use questions to speculate and form opinions as well as reading
material to find evidence to support their thoughts.
Students will:
Become more aware of events that took place around the world at different times
Begin to see how some events that happen overseas have a direct and indirect impact on our own communities
Learn about specific events that took place which caused the movement of certain people in the local area
Download the lesson plan here. History KS2web
Key Stage 2: Geography lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘What’s it like…?’
Age group: KS2
21st Century Skills: Collaborative learning and critical questioning
Objectives:
To be more able to locate countries in the world
To have a basic awareness of some of the key aspects of the physical geography of the countries
Download the lesson plan here. GeographyKS2web
Key Stage 2: Maths lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘We all count!’
Age group: KS2
21st Century Skills: Critical thinking and collaborative working
Cross Curricular Links:
Citizenship: Awareness of the inequities that exist around the world and what that might mean for people like them
Literacy: Communication and presenting skills
Geography: By using global data, student awareness of other countries and their human geography is increased
Students will:
have opportunities to analyse and interpret a variety of data
have opportunities to answer one-step and two-step word problems involving time, ratio and fractions and data analysis present findings and results of working
Download the lesson plan here. MathsKS2web
Key Stage 2: Literacy lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘It’s my life’
Age group: KS2
21st Century Skills: Collaborative learning
Cross Curricular Links:
History: To be able to place events in a global timeline
Geography: To become familiar with the ideas of push and pull factors and link them t why people move, in particular the subjects of Arrivals
Students will:
be able to understand what they read start to ask relevant questions to deepen their understanding record personal information in the style of a biography
be able to present this information in a variety of ways
Download the lesson plan here. LiteracyKS2web
Key Stage 2: PSHE lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘Who are we? What would you do?’
Age group: KS2
21st Century Skills: To work collaboratively and to use critical literacy skills to unpack and process their understanding of certain issues.
Cross Curricular Links:
Literacy: To be able to express themselves and communicate ideas and opinions both verbally and in written form.
Students will:
identify the key things that make them who they are have the opportunity to learn how to respect equality and diversity in relationship
be able to think about rights and responsibilities as members of families, other groups and ultimately as citizens
Download the lesson plan here. PSHEKS2web
Key Stage 2: P4C lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘P4C Arrivals’
Age group: KS2
21st Century Skills: Critical thinking, questioning and reflection and collaborative working
Cross Curricular Links:
Citizenship: Awareness of the inequities that exist around the world and what that might mean for people like them.
Literacy: Communication skills
Students will:
have the opportunity to take part in a philosophical enquiry
have opportunities to develop their critical thinking and questioning skills
be encouraged to formulate and share their opinions, giving reasons for what they say
be given the chance to work collaboratively as co-facilitators
Download the lesson plan here. P4CKS2web
Arrivals Project: Secondary Teaching Resources for History, Geography, Religious Studies, Citizenship, PSHE
DECSY have created six lessons based on the Arrivals photographs. Each lesson relates to particular subjects however they are also designed to be sufficiently cross-curricluar to be taught together, an approach which would be particularly appropriate for PSHE and Citizenship lessons, as all the lessons fit the curriculum guidance for these subjects.
Download the Lessons Plans overview here. Lessons overview UKwideweb
Key Stage 3/4: PSHE, Citizenship lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers’
Age group: Yr 9-10
Other curriculum links: Geography
Link to Fundamental British Values: Mutual tolerance and Respect, Rule of Law
Objectives:
To understand what an asylum seeker is and how they are different from other migrants
To understand and empathise with the plight of asylum seekers
Download the Lesson plan here. Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers planweb
Key Stage 3/4: History lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘Why is British society so diverse?’
Age group: Yr 9-10
Other curriculum links: Geography, Citizenship, Religious Education, PSHE
Link to Fundamental British Values: Mutual respect and tolerance of others
Objectives:
To explore the post-war history of migration to the UK using the case study of Sheffield
To consider the contribution these migrants have made to British society
Download the Lesson plan here. Why is British society so diverseweb
Key Stage 3/4: History lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘Why is Sheffield such a diverse city?’
Age group: Yr 9-10
Other curriculum links: Geography, Citizenship, Religious Education, PSHE
Link to Fundamental British Values: Mutual respect and tolerance of others
Objectives:
To explore the post-war history of migration to England and particularly Sheffield
To consider the contribution these migrants have made to Sheffield and Britain as a whole
Download the Lesson plan here. Why is Sheffield such a diverse cityweb
Key Stage 3: Citizenship, RE lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘Democratic rights in the UK and around the world’
Age group: Yr 9-10
Other curriculum links: History, Geography, PSHE
Link to Fundamental British Values: Democratic values, the law and civil liberties
Objectives:
To consider the importance of democratic values and the political rights we have in the UK
To understand that other people may not enjoy these rights
To understand and empathise with others who flee their countries due to political persecution
Download the Lesson plan here. Democratic rights planweb
EAL Support Materials
These materials are intended to support those learning English as an Additional Language.
They can simply be read as comprehension exercises or used as the basis for other activities.
Those profiles on this first page have simpler easier to understand English with more difficult profiles on the second page.
All the profiles and many more can be found on the Arrivals website noted above.
Download the Lesson plan here. EALprofiles
Key Stage 3/4: Geography (population and migration) lesson plan
Lesson title: ‘Migration cases study: Sheffield’
Age group: Yr 9-11
Other curriculum links: Citizenship, History, PSHE
Link to Fundamental British Values: Encouraging mutual tolerance and exploring the
importance of civil liberties
Objectives:
To explore the patterns of migration into the UK by looking at the case study of the city of Sheffield
To consider why people migrate to the UK
Download the Lesson plan here.Sheffield and migration lesson plan UKwide
