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| Item 1 | The Rise and Demise of the Corner Shop | Useful historical Information and sources - Historical back ground information and some facts and figures about the development of both corner shops and supermarkets, and the consequent impact for independent shops in the UK. | WORD | |
| Item 2 | Investigating Shops: Classroom detectives. PowerPoint presentation. | Can be used along side "Investigating Shops: Teacher Notes and Activity Ideas" and "Images of Old Shops". PowerPoint presentation includes 16 images of buildings used as shops through the ages; starting with 16th century Tudor design to Modern shop buildings of the 1980s. There are notes accompanying each slide/image which detail the architectural features to look out for when investigating the age of different shop buildings. Permission given to print images. Accompanied by key facts about history of corner shop. |
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| Item 3 | Investigating Shops: Teacher Notes and Activity Ideas. | Can be used along side "Investigating Shops: classroom detectives" PowerPoint and "Images of Old Shops" Included in this guide are clues to help building detectives look above the shop fronts to help work out how old the building might be. This information will help your pupils understand the most common styles of shops found in our towns and cities. Activity ideas, pupil crib sheets and work sheets included. |
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| Item 4 | Images of old shops: PowerPoint presentation. | Includes a series of black and white images of shops in Smethwick and West Bromwich, found in the Archives. You can use these to stimulate discussion about the differences between shops then and now, and test out pupil's investigation skills. Includes a few investigative questions in the notes. | POWERPOINT | |
| Item 5 | Clipboard design template for pupil interviews. | This template is designed to look like a clip board and will lend itself to display purposes as well as gives the pupils a sense that they are conducting research. Can be printed and written on, or text typed in. | WORD | |
| Item 6 | Photo frame and plaque display template for class projects. | Photo frame template in which pupils can put drawing/photo of local shop. Under the photo is a plaque outline where pupils can write or type information about the shop that they have found out or researched. | WORD | |
Permission given to use oral history extracts within an educational setting.
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| Item 1 | Food Products and Migration: Citizenship and geography themed activity and teacher notes. | The activity includes images of food products found in three Black Country specialist / Corner Shops which originate from across the world. They include products from Jamaica, Iran, Turkey, the Indian Subcontinent and Poland. These images can be used alongside a map of the world to explore idea of migration to UK and today's UK diverse communities. Teacher notes and activity ideas included. | |
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| Item 2 | How to set up your own oral history project: A useful guide for teachers. | Oral history projects are a great way to link cross curricular subjects and develop pupil's investigation skills. A guide for Teachers about setting up and running an oral history project. Guidelines are based on the Corner Shop Project case study and informed by The Oral History Society and English Heritage best practice. Also includes documentation templates which can be adapted ( for archival storage). The following oral history extracts were taken from The Corner Shop Project archive. Permission given for use in an educational setting. |
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| Item 3 | Oral History Extract | Arzhang Pezhman - Describes family moving to UK to escape Iranian revolution and buying a shop. | MP3 | |
| Item 4 | Oral History Extract | Avtar Sandu - Describes how running a shop is like being part of an extended family. | MP3 | |
| Item 5 | Oral History Extract | Chandri and pooja - Describes violent attack on shop owners; impact on family and feeling of community support. | MP3 | |
| Item 6 | Oral History Extract | Kim fuller 1 - Describes the introduction of new Caribbean products to the local shop and influence on English customers' diets. | MP3 | |
| Item 7 | Oral History Extract | Kim fuller 2 - Describes mix of cultures within a community using an English corner shop in the late 1960s. | MP3 | |
| Item 8 | Oral History Extract | Kim fuller 3 - Describes former shopkeeper's interaction with school children and local policeman. | MP3 | |
| Item 9 | Oral History Extract | Kim Fuller 4 - Describes how the corner shop was at the heart of the community; a place to meet, know your neighbours and find out gossip. There is a loss of community spirit since local shops closed down and people have been using supermarkets. | MP3 | |
| Item 10 | Oral History Extract | Marva Thompson - Describes migration in 1960s from Barbados to join her parents. | MP3 | |
| Item 11 | Oral History Extract | Mr and Mrs Modi - Describes the habits of one of his customers and their conversations. The corner shop is a place people come to have social interaction. | MP3 | |
| Item 12 | Oral History Extract | Rafal Byra - Describes reason for coming to England from Poland to work. | MP3 | |
| Item 13 | Oral History Extract | RP and AP - FormerEnglishShopkeepers | MP3 | |
| Item 14 | Oral History Extract | Vimal Korpal - Former Shopkeepers Son and Owner | MP3 | |
Permission given by Foursight Theatre to use within an educational setting. © Copyright Foursight Theatre 2008.
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| Item 1 | Performance Video: Scene 1 - Arrivals | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of Migration, bringing experience and skills from other countries, wanting to be your own boss, being of service to your community. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 39.6 MB Zip Files |
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| Item 2 | Performance Video: Scene 2 - The Shop Day | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of shop life - new beginnings, migration, setting up a business, long hours, different products. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 75.8 MB Zip File |
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| Item 3 | Performance Video: Scene 3 - Traditional Sweet Shop | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of the old days (1930s - ) traditional corner shops, schoolchildren using shops, growing up in a shop environment, family business through generations, small shop verses supermarket, counting money. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 43.9 MB Zip File |
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| Item 4 | Performance Video: Scene 4 - Specialist Shop. | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of specialist foods, serving the community, Caribbean food products, migration, running a business, vulnerability of small shops. Warning: Deals with story of a murder. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 33.3 MB Zip File |
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| Item 5 | Performance Video: Scene 5 - Christmas Eve. | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of hard work, long hours, impact on family life, the old days/more modern times, economic impact. Importance of small shop on holidays. Split scene compares 1980s business and 1950s business. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 32.6 MB Zip File |
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| Item 6 | Performance Video: Scene 6 - Shop Community. | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of the corner shop being at heart of community, bringing communities together, family business. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 56.3 MB Zip File |
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| Item 7 | Performance Video: Scene 7 - Hard Times. | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of racial prejudice towards shopkeepers and their families. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 31.2 MB Zip File |
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| Item 8 | Performance Video: Scene 8 - Private/Public: Sitting Room. | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of shop and family being integrated, shop at heart of community, public life / private life in shop. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 45.2 MB Zip File |
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| Item 9 | Performance Video: Scene 9 - Private / Public: Shop | Scene from theatre production. Explores ideas of shop and family being integrated, shop at heart of community, public life/private life in shop. Vulnerability and crime. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 65.3 MB Zip File |
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| Item 10 | Performance Video: Scene 10 - End of the Day | Scene from theatre production. Explores idea of decline of small independent retailers and changes in society and consumer spend. Not able to compete with Supermarkets, but still heart of the community, long hours, hard work, running a shop as a lifestyle, family businesses closing, children want different careers. | AVI (PC) MPEG (MAC) 54.6 MB Zip File |
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| Item 1 | Exhibition: Children's activity sheet. | To use with exhibition panel download. Pages of activities asking children to find clues within the exhibition text and images to answer questions. | |
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| Item 2 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: ALL | Exhibition on The Corner Shop which toured around the West Midlands. Can be used to print out and use within class room setting. Highlights diverse range of Black Country shops and their histories. Collectively they explore themes about migration, new communities wanting products from home, the reasons and motivations for people from very different backgrounds in running their own shops, work patterns, how running a shop is a way of life rather than a job, how corner shops are important as community resources and the problems facing small independent shops in the future. | |
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| Item 3 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: a British Institution. | See Item 2 above for description. | |
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| Item 4 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: Home from Home. | See Item 2 above for description. | |
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| Item 5 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: Polka. | See Item 2 above for description. | |
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| Item 6 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: Wakley Hill News. | See Item 2 above for description. | |
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| Item 7 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: MR General Stores. | See Item 2 above for description. | |
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| Item 8 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: PJ Grocers. | See Item 2 above for description. | |
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| Item 9 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: Bob Evans & Sons. | See Item 2 above for description. | |
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| Item 10 | Graphics panels of the Corner Shop exhibition: The Future. | See Item 2 above for description. | |