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Ein stori ni - Traed... cam... a naid!
Ein stori ni - Traed... cam... a naid!
St.Dogmaels Workhouse
St.Dogmaels Workhouse
Here are more photos for you to consider. What's the connection?
Here are more photos for you to consider. What's the connection?
FROM OUR AREA TO THE WORLD
FROM OUR AREA TO THE WORLD
Start at our feet
Start at our feet
A step to see Wales
A step to see Wales
And a leap to see the world!
And a leap to see the world!
Background Information
Background Information
In the village of St. Dogmaels, on the northern border of our county, stands an old abbey, workhouse and school - all symbolizing old authoritarian systems. Until the end of the Victorian era, very strict systems of law, order and education existed in Pembrokeshire. They can be seen in the buildings that dot our county today. If the walls of St Dogmaels Abbey, Haverfordwest Priory, Nevern Castle, Narberth and Pembroke Workhouses, Haverfordwest Gaol, and all the County's old schools could speak, they would tell an interesting story.
In schools, what was the response to the Welsh Not? What was a child's experience like in a workhouse or school long ago? All the answers are in our archive and there are bilingual staff there ready to help our pupils research.
What caused crime in the community? Why export criminals and where? Why did the Welsh go to Patagonia in search of a new life in 1865?
Merched Beca (Rebecca's Ladies) first committed crime in Efailwen, in May 1839. It was a protest against the increase in tollgates and the level of tolls on the roads of the area. The protesters wore women's clothing with blacked faces. The first protests were a success, and so they spread across west Wales. The 'Ladies' leader at Efailwen was Thomas Rees, or "Twm Carnabwth". Did the 'Ladies' break a gate in your area?
Many old buildings in each community have been adapted for a new purpose over the centuries. Is it important that we protect them? Can we use them to interpret history for the future of Pembrokeshire, or for visitors? How can historic buildings play an important role in our County's economy?
SEREN A SBARC'S
SEREN A SBARC'S
CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES
Welsh people in Patagonia
Welsh people in Patagonia
Why did Welsh people move to Patagonia?
Mari Jones
Mari Jones
Who was Mari Jones? Why is the story of Mary Jones and the Bible important in Wales?
Welsh Not
Welsh Not
What was the 'Welsh Not' and what was the impact on the Welsh language?
Songs about history
Songs about history
Dafydd Iwan has written a song about the Welsh Not - 'Baled y Welsh Not' and Tecwyn Ifan had written a song about the Rebecca Riots- 'Ysbryd Rebeca''. What other songs have been written about events in Wales?
Merched Beca
Merched Beca
Men dressing as women and attacking tollgates in the area ... why? Do you know the story? Who was Twm Carnabwth?
Reading
Reading
Can you find a poem or book to read about the Welsh people's journey to Patagonia?
POSSIBLE PATHWAYS WITHIN THE LEARNING AREAS
POSSIBLE PATHWAYS WITHIN THE LEARNING AREAS
Languages, Literacy and Communication
Languages, Literacy and Communication
The Area's Old Victorian Buildings
The Area's Old Victorian Buildings
Discuss old Victorian buildings in your local area. What were they for? Create the dialog of a visiting child in Victorian times.
Discuss old Victorian buildings in your local area. What were they for? Create the dialog of a visiting child in Victorian times.
Victorian children
Victorian children
What did education or work do in Victorian times? How did children learn to write and read in Victorian times? What penalties were there?
What did education or work do in Victorian times? How did children learn to write and read in Victorian times? What penalties were there?
Mary Jones and the Bible
Mary Jones and the Bible
The Bloody Yew
The Bloody Yew
Video 'The Bloody Yew' - an example of punishment
Video 'The Bloody Yew' - an example of punishment
Family Feud
Family Feud
'Family Feud' video - an example of imprisonment
'Family Feud' video - an example of imprisonment
Health and Well Being
Health and Well Being
Dafydd Iwan: Ballad of the Welsh Not
Dafydd Iwan: Ballad of the Welsh Not
Listen to Dafydd Iwan's song about the Welsh Not.
Listen to Dafydd Iwan's song about the Welsh Not.
Human Rights
Human Rights
Discuss human rights. Why did Welsh people go on the Mimosa to Patagonia?
Discuss human rights. Why did Welsh people go on the Mimosa to Patagonia?
Welsh people in Patagonia
Welsh people in Patagonia
3 minute video about Alejhandro Jones - Patagonian who speaks Welsh and farms in Patagonia.
3 minute video about Alejhandro Jones - Patagonian who speaks Welsh and farms in Patagonia.
Welsh people in Patagonia
Welsh people in Patagonia
Eseias Grandis – A Welsh Patagonian
Eseias Grandis – A Welsh Patagonian
Going to prison
Going to prison
Why do people have to go to prison? Where are Welsh prisons? Does prison punishment work? Who suffers the most?
Why do people have to go to prison? Where are Welsh prisons? Does prison punishment work? Who suffers the most?
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Systems and chemicals
Systems and chemicals
Systems and chemicals that help us every day. How has science and technology improved living conditions since Victorian times? - clean water and sewerage systems, safe heating systems, development of improved communication systems since the Industrial Revolution.
Systems and chemicals that help us every day. How has science and technology improved living conditions since Victorian times? - clean water and sewerage systems, safe heating systems, development of improved communication systems since the Industrial Revolution.
Water
Water
Use pipes, gutters etc. to build a water carrying system from one side of the school yard to another. Experiential learning about the importance of planning and experimenting, estimating and measuring, to succeed. In what aspects of life do we need water? How would clothes be washed in the workhouse? What was the purpose of a 'doll' and a 'washing table' What is soap and why does it release dirt?
Use pipes, gutters etc. to build a water carrying system from one side of the school yard to another. Experiential learning about the importance of planning and experimenting, estimating and measuring, to succeed. In what aspects of life do we need water? How would clothes be washed in the workhouse? What was the purpose of a 'doll' and a 'washing table' What is soap and why does it release dirt?
The right to water
The right to water
Does everyone have access to clean water?
Does everyone have access to clean water?
Water Collection / Treatment
Water Collection / Treatment
How important are water collection / treatment skills?
How important are water collection / treatment skills?
Mathematics and Numeracy
Mathematics and Numeracy
The Sieve
The Sieve
Calculate and solve cost, distance, weight and mass problems. Each workhouse had a sieve and the poor would have to cut stones small enough to fit through the holes in it. The stones were then used to correct the roads. A ton and a half of large stones would arrive per person, every day. What is a ton? Create and solve problems about this.
Calculate and solve cost, distance, weight and mass problems. Each workhouse had a sieve and the poor would have to cut stones small enough to fit through the holes in it. The stones were then used to correct the roads. A ton and a half of large stones would arrive per person, every day. What is a ton? Create and solve problems about this.
Road travel
Road travel
Rebecca's Ladies accounting activity - Use a travel expenses sheet to calculate the costs of getting goods to market.
Rebecca's Ladies accounting activity - Use a travel expenses sheet to calculate the costs of getting goods to market.
Distance
Distance
Use the Victorian and contemporary Pembrokeshire map resource to help you find travel distance information between tollgates - (it is possible to search all parts of the County with the website below).
Use the Victorian and contemporary Pembrokeshire map resource to help you find travel distance information between tollgates - (it is possible to search all parts of the County with the website below).
Humanities
Humanities
Purpose of Archives
Purpose of Archives
Where do we see evidence of people's past lives? Look at the archives work in Pembrokeshire.
Where do we see evidence of people's past lives? Look at the archives work in Pembrokeshire.
Penalty
Penalty
How are people punished after breaking the law? - the story of Ann Williams from Anglesey - emigrated to Australia 1842 for milking a cow to drink the milk.
How are people punished after breaking the law? - the story of Ann Williams from Anglesey - emigrated to Australia 1842 for milking a cow to drink the milk.
Visiting a prison
Visiting a prison
Making a virtual visit to a Victorian prison - Ruthin Gaol - its past history
Making a virtual visit to a Victorian prison - Ruthin Gaol - its past history
The Future of Old Buildings
The Future of Old Buildings
Discuss what is the best use for such buildings in the future? 'The Old College' in Aberystwyth is now being renovated. Here are the plans.
Discuss what is the best use for such buildings in the future? 'The Old College' in Aberystwyth is now being renovated. Here are the plans.
Expressive Arts
Expressive Arts
Simple print of a historic building
Simple print of a historic building
'Mono print' acrylic / ink paint on material or paper to create a simple print of a historic building e.g. St Dogmaels Workhouse (Albro Castle), Haverfordwest castle / prison
'Mono print' acrylic / ink paint on material or paper to create a simple print of a historic building e.g. St Dogmaels Workhouse (Albro Castle), Haverfordwest castle / prison
Learn the Alphabet in 1900
Learn the Alphabet in 1900
Discuss an 1900 alphabet learning poster and samplers in the Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Collection.
Discuss an 1900 alphabet learning poster and samplers in the Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Collection.
Storytelling the Area
Storytelling the Area
Create a simple film telling the story of a historic building / activity in your area, similar to this video by St Dogmaels School. Possible themes - Rebecca and the tollgates, the old village school, children learning to write or stitch a Victorian sampler. 'Melin Tregwynt' was inspired to create a new 'Patagonia' cloth pattern after hearing the story of the Mimosa ship.
Create a simple film telling the story of a historic building / activity in your area, similar to this video by St Dogmaels School. Possible themes - Rebecca and the tollgates, the old village school, children learning to write or stitch a Victorian sampler. 'Melin Tregwynt' was inspired to create a new 'Patagonia' cloth pattern after hearing the story of the Mimosa ship.
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