A History of a Charity in Twenty Objects - #14
#14. Coins & Paper Currency This Guy Fox money is just one example of the resources we design for our workshops. To bring a topic to life, we believe in making it real for the children. Who’re we kidding? Making these resources is fun, too! When we get the nod for a new project, we put on our thinking caps and our scarves of imagination. We consider the project topic from all angles, and we ask ourselves, what do we need to do to bring this to life for a 10-year old? Props, activities, costumes, resources… what does this topic demand? For example, to explore the history of Lloyd’s of London, we turned a classroom in Brick Lane into a 17th century coffee shoppe. Our volunteers dressed as ship owners who needed to insure their cargos; the children became underwriters, deciding which risks to underwrite and then negotiating the premiums. Our facilitator, in costume as Edward Lloyd, sold coffee and rang a bell when it was time to announce the shipping n...