Activity 5: Post-task listening session and ‘Day in the Life’ task

Setting:
Classroom
or archive space

Estimated
time: 90
minutes

Resources
needed: Writing
materials including Sharpies, post-it notes, base maps of research area,
acetate cut to the size of the maps, newspaper front pages from different
publications published on the same day, three photographic images featuring
people, menu stands (optional)

Organization:
Participants
work in small groups (between 3 and 6) seated at the same table, all resources
provided on tables

Purpose: This is repeat of the pre-task activity as a form of assessment to evaluate participants’ learning as they have engaged with the DSSL framework activities.

Activity
structure: Facilitators
set up the classroom space with all resources already on tables. Go through
activity prompt with participants (see next page for example). Groups are given
around 25 minutes to review the materials and select a character(s) for their
Day in the Life story. You may choose to stop participants after an initial 10
minutes to share early ideas. It is important to stress that you are not
expecting the stories to be historically accurate – participants should not
worry about names, dates and locations. They are aiming to tell a story which
is plausible, a form of historical fiction.

Depending
on how many groups you have, they can either share their stories with the whole
class when finished or teams can pair up and feedback to each other.