Practical advice & subject knowledge updates to support the development of an anti-racist geography curriculum.
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Feb 22, 2021 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
1/ THREAD: Economic change & the Atlantic slave trade
#geographyteacher talk about the growth of Britain’s manufacturing industry. We link this to the expansion of cities & explain how the Industrial Revolution created jobs that acted as a pull factor for rural-urban migrants.
2/ However, this is a very selective retelling of a much larger picture. There are vital parts missing from the usual narrative of the Industrial Revolution. In short, many of the raw goods processed in British factories came from slave labour in the United States.
This is a great place to start. Especially if you have read #geographyteacher staples Factfulness and The Almighty Dollar, this is an essential read to add further layers of depth to your understanding of global trade and development.
Feb 15, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD: Subject knowledge update on Haiti 2010 Earthquake
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world as it has been impoverished by a ‘debt’ after the successful slave revolution in 1804, interference from the US and successive corrupt leaders. (1/11) #geographyteacher
Thus the country was left vulnerable to the devastating impacts of the earthquake in 2010.
After independence, Haiti was forced to pay France the modern equivalent of US$21 billion for the "theft" of the slaveowner's "property”. (2/11)
