Scottish Borders Council Library & Information Services PLIM project – World War 1 “Keep the Home Fires Burning - the Scottish Borders’ Stories”

Scottish Borders Council Library & Information Services

PLIM project – World War 1

“Keep the Home Fires Burning - the Scottish Borders’ Stories”

Background

PLIM funding secured in 2013-14 for “Scottish Borders Newspapers of the Great War” project to digitise local newspapers from 1914-18

Project aim : To improve access to WW1 material through digitisation and create resources for use in schools and for research

Further work during 2014-15 to make the digitised images searchable

Aim: To take the Great War out to schools and give primary school children a better understanding of the impact that World War 1 had on the Scottish Borders, through research, drama, song and dance

Objectives:• Effectively utilise and promote the use of library

resources and raise awareness amongst local school children on how to use them for educational purposes

• Improve children’s information literacy skills• Produce a play for school children based on the

information research carried out by the pupils

Project aims and objectives

• Topical subject for schools• Helps to address a lack of printed resources in schools project

collections – insufficient resources to meet demand for materials• Cross curricular, meets the principles of Curriculum for Excellence

and gives pupils new skills in art, drama, creative writing and research and ICT - links to YMI and Creative Learning

• Builds on the “Scottish Borders Newspapers of the Great War Scottish project”

• Helps to address findings from the Reader Development Network reading audit

• Develops information literacy skills• Develops opportunities for partnership with creative practitioners-

potential to develop other strands with cultural/heritage partners • Supports SOA N04- “Our young people are successful learners,

confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens” and SOA N13 “We take pride in a strong, fair and inclusive national identity”

Why ?

PLIF Grant £8,820 Staffing costs £1,220Resource costs £3,000Flash drives £ 500Fee for production (as per guidance from Federation of Scottish Theatres) £4,000Materials – props and costumes £ 100

Library Services and Arts Development Team £2,450Materials and resources contribution £1,050Youth Music Instructor assistance (in kind YMI) £ 615Creative Learning Assistant support ( in kind YMI) £ 785

TOTAL £11,270

Budget

What?

• Produce 10 resource boxes to allow selected classes to research the impact of WW1 on their local area including :– flash drive of digitised

newspaper resources, links to online resources and items from the local collection

– information on how to research WW1 in relation to the local area

– pre-determined research paths for pupils to follow regarding an individual or an aspect of WW1 life

– Selection of junior fiction and non fiction titles relating to WW1

• Pilot the project in one primary school with an upper level primary class- January 2015

• Produce a play based on Local Studies resources, containing 3 -4 songs – play will draw from newspapers, items from local studies collection to include local history of WW1

• Provide research skills workshop at local library

• Project evaluation and roll out to other schools.

What?

“Nightshirts, dayshirts, cardigans and socks,Gloves and mufflers, they all go in the box.Jams and sweeties, Oxo cubes and buns-

We’re the women behind the men behind the guns”

“We’re the women behind the men behind the guns”- words by John Nicol, 2014 Keep The Home Fires Burning - Scene 2 “Knitting for Victory”

The Patriotic Girls’ Club, Hawick,1917 from “Hawick

at War, 1914-18”

• Library & Information Services Communities Team

• Library & Information Services Local Studies staff

• Arts Development -

Creative Learning Team • Heritage Hub – Archive

and Family History Centre

• Museums and Galleries Service

Who?

Auxiliary post women delivering letters in Hawick, 1915

For further details….

Margaret Menzies [email protected]

Gillian Swales [email protected]

SBC Library and Information ServicesLibrary Headquarters, St Mary’s Mill, Selkirk

01750-726400

[email protected] www.scotborders.gov.uk/libraries