Suitcase City

Introduction

The Resource Pack is intended for use with Years 5 – 9 and contains activities for post show work and discussion. The pack contains a CD including interviews with a number of people whose stories have been woven into the four characters created for the play.

The activities in the pack have been divided topically into three areas, rather than by curriculum content and many activities are cross-curricular. These sections, along with the curriculum areas covered are:

Oral History

Journeys

Sheffield

Covers:
History: Key Stage 3 “The passage of time”
Key Stage 2 most areas, especially Historical Enquiry and Interpretation.

Speaking and Listening.

Processing information through Drama, Art, script writing, poetry.

Technology (sound recording)

Covers:
History (issues around immigration)

Citizenship: Key Stage 3 “Britain - a diverse society?”
“Developing skills of participation and responsible action”

PHSE: Key Stage 2 SEAL “Going for Goals!”
Key Stage 2 + 3 – Co-operative activities

Art: Key Stage 2 “Journeys”

Technology (sound recording)

Covers:
Geography: Key Stage 3 “Making connections”
Key Stage 2 “Investigating our local area”

Art and Design: Key Stage 3 “Personal places, public spaces”
“What's in a building?”
Key Stage 2 “Can buildings speak?”

Includes an interview with the designer and a design task.

For both key stages, Literacy is covered in all areas of the pack, particularly Speaking and Listening skills, including Drama. For teachers particularly interested in Drama or Drama related activities, look for those marked with this symbol.

Drama symbol

For Key Stage 3 the Reading unit “Understanding and responding to ideas, viewpoints, themes and purposes in texts” is also covered.

Within each section there are points for discussion and follow on activities. These will both directly refer to the play and relate themes to personal experiences and opinions of the class. For those interested in the process of creating the play, interviews with the Playwright, Richard Hurford are in blue text boxes throughout the pack and with the Director, Ruth Carney, in red. There is an interview with Designer Kevin Jenkins in the Sheffield section on the pack within a green text box.