Dear BASA<br/><br/>Please see below request from a colleague - Vastiana Belfon - at the Runnymede Trust.<br/>If you are able to help, please respond to her directly at <a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0805%26L%3DBASA%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D7532690%26B%3D------%253D_Part_10841_305377.1211375100914%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DUTF-8%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a><br/><br/>Thanks<br/><br/>Nicola<br/><br/><br/><br/>I'm writing to ask for your help. The Real Histories Directory was<br/>created by the Runnymede Trust as an online resource tool for teachers,<br/>parents, pupils and the wider community to encourage teaching and<br/>learning about cultural diversity across the UK. The Directory includes<br/>information on culturally diverse toys and games, dual language<br/>bookshops, museums, libraries, performance artists and organisations<br/>providing resources on citizenship, race equality and human rights in<br/>the UK.<br/><br/>We have a regular 'Topic of the Month' on the site. The aim is to<br/>suggest ideas and resources to assist teachers in their teaching about<br/>cultural diversity and each 'Topic' is accompanied by a downloadable<br/>pdf. Past articles remain on the site in the archive section. Last year,<br/>during the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, we<br/>concentrated on the slave trade but have covered other subjects<br/>including 'Migration' and 'Festivals'. You can see the current 'Topic'<br/>at<br/><br/>http://www.realhistories.org.uk/index.php/articles.html<br/><br/><br/>This year, we are concentrating more directly on individual National<br/>Curriculum subject areas and to give ideas, examples of good practice<br/>and resources for teachers to help them to further add the dimension of<br/>cultural diversity to their classroom teaching. To date, we have had<br/>contributions on Drama, History, English and Art will follow in June. We<br/>are therefore looking for contributors who have experience of classroom<br/>teaching to write articles on how cultural diversity can be brought into<br/>the teaching of National Curriculum subjects. We would hope to cover<br/>both primary and secondary school teaching, so contributors might like<br/>to cover either age group or both. The articles are normally between<br/>1000 and 1500 words long and I would research any additional resources<br/>as well as the images myself.<br/><br/>I would be very grateful if you could point me in the direction of<br/>anyone who might be willing to contribute a 'Topic of the Month' on<br/>National Curriculum subject teaching or if you could circulate this<br/>email to any of your contacts who might be interested.<br/><br/>Vastiana