Sense of Place Year 2 with Ruth Ewan
A Sense of Place was a project produced by the Chisenhale Gallery and involving 3 secondary Schools in Tower Hamlets; St Paul’s Way Trust School, Bishop Challoner School and Langdon Park School.
At St Paul’s Way a group of year 8 students worked with with artist Ruth Ewan from Jan 2006. They explored local activist history within the area and in particular looked at strong women activists such as Sylvia Pankhurst, Clara Grant, Minnie Lansbury and the Match Girls.
It was a real eye opener for many of our students - they discovered how hard women had to campaign to be on an equal footing to men. For example; Sylvia Pankhurst was a suffragette who campaigned for women to have the vote alongside men. Clara Grant campaigned for rights for the poor alongside Minnie Lansbury and the Match Girls went on strike to demand safer working conditions and better pay.
In lessons, students worked in groups to research different female activists. The groups produced collages, banners, badges and huge screen prints which would have helped to promote their cause. Students went to the Women’s Library to find out about the Suffragette Movement and Feminism - this gave them lots of ideas for their art work. Students took their art work on a walk around Bow, visiting places of interest in association with the female activists.
At St Paul’s Way a group of year 8 students worked with with artist Ruth Ewan from Jan 2006. They explored local activist history within the area and in particular looked at strong women activists such as Sylvia Pankhurst, Clara Grant, Minnie Lansbury and the Match Girls.
It was a real eye opener for many of our students - they discovered how hard women had to campaign to be on an equal footing to men. For example; Sylvia Pankhurst was a suffragette who campaigned for women to have the vote alongside men. Clara Grant campaigned for rights for the poor alongside Minnie Lansbury and the Match Girls went on strike to demand safer working conditions and better pay.
In lessons, students worked in groups to research different female activists. The groups produced collages, banners, badges and huge screen prints which would have helped to promote their cause. Students went to the Women’s Library to find out about the Suffragette Movement and Feminism - this gave them lots of ideas for their art work. Students took their art work on a walk around Bow, visiting places of interest in association with the female activists.