Details
Age group: Year 7-11
Available: Thursdays throughout the year
Length: 90 minutes. Please allow more time after your workshop to explore the galleries and public spaces
Group size: 10 minimum
Subjects and Key Skills
Geography, Citizenship, RE and Food Technology
Workshop outline
In what ways does food relate to identity? What role does food play? How much does the food we eat reflect who we are? What rituals and practices are associated with food?
This workshop draws on some fascinating collection items relating to food, including photographs, sound recordings and newspapers, to investigate how food can be used to examine identity.
Drawing from personal experience, participants will be asked to suggest ways that food is connected to notions of identity – individual, community, regional, national and international. The workshop will encourage debate about the ways that traditions associated with food change over time and how this impacts on our identity.
Through discussions and creative activities, students will explore the cultural, historical and social significance of food.
Pre-visit and post-visit activities
Visit the British Library’s Food Stories interactive, aimed at KS3 and KS4 citizenship and geography students. Use it to trace the amazing changes that have taken place in the UK's food culture over the last century. Play with colourful animations and listen to audio interviews from the British Library Sound Archive to investigate the ways in which food relates to identity, cultural diversity, the environment, technology, farming, shopping, travel and much more.
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