Since 1937 Mass Observation has been recording the everyday thoughts, feelings and opinions of people in the UK. In 1982 the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, inspired by the work of MO, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. This LGBTQ+ History Month, MO isContinueContinue reading “What does it mean to be queer every day?”
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Teaching the History of Appeasement
Mass Observation materials feature in new resources for teaching the History of Appeasement. (Day Survey 793 – Female clerk, Northampton, 24 August 1938) Professor Julie. V. Gottlieb, Dept. of History, University of Sheffield in partnership with the Historical Association have explored new ways for introducing and teaching the history of appeasement in schools. The resourcesContinueContinue reading “Teaching the History of Appeasement”