Project ID: 547
| Description | Citizens; 800 years in the making. Exploring the history of liberty, protest, power and rebellion from Magna Carta to the suffragettes and beyond. The aim is to highlight local heroes and heroines and local struggles for our rights and liberty. |
| Topics | History |
| Type | U3A-led research (SLP) |
| U3A | Individual U3A members, London, acting on request received by the U3A Individual U3A members, South East, acting on request received by the U3A |
| Organization/partner | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Year started | 2017 |
| Source of reference | TAM 23, Autumn 2016, p11 Sources 60, Feb 17 Sources 63, Feb 18 |
| Output |
It's intended to put the research on a website which will be promoted directly to thousands of schools. Royal Holloway will create two MOOCs linked to Citizens - 'Votes for Women' in Feb.2018 and 'Peterloo to the Pankhursts' in Aug 2019. |
| Notes | This will be a three year project starting from the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Within the umbrella project, Citizens, there will be a programme of Shared Learning Projects. A list of participating museums is now available from the contacts See www.citizens800.org/U3A for more information |