Mary Seacole

Teaching Mary Seacole to Key Stage 1

Mary Seacole's inclusion might be regarded by some as tokenism. That would be unfair. The site also features work on Rosa Parks and others. The reason Mary is included is mainly because it helps children to understand that there are different interpretations of the past...

KQ6 Smart Task: A statue to Mary Seacole – build or not build?

What advice would we give to the planners of the new monument to Mary Seacole on the site of St Thomas' Hospital? This series of smart tasks places pupils in the Mantle of the Expert. There is to be a new monument to Mary Seacole erected...

Mary Seacole: How should we remember her?

This lesson is the second featuring Mary Seacole. In the first her role was compared with Florence Nightingale's. The focus now shifts to asking two key questions: which was Mary Seacole's greatest achievement ; why is she not remembered as well as Florence?

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KQ5 Why have we remembered so much about Florence Nightingale and so little about Mary Seacole?

This lesson comes about two thirds of the way through the teaching programme of Florence Nightingale. At this point the children don't know about Mary. They quickly discover her achievements and then have to work out why it is that she is relatively unknown, compared...

Teaching Mary Seacole to Key Stage 1

KQ6 Smart Task: A statue to Mary Seacole – build or not build?

Mary Seacole: How should we remember her?

Learning objectives

KQ5 Why have we remembered so much about Florence Nightingale and so little about Mary Seacole?

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