Description:
This resource is a ready-to-use short PowerPoint presentation accompanied by three poster displays, creating an engaging classroom (or school-display) set around inspirational British women of African/Caribbean descent. The aim is to inform and inspire students by sharing not only the achievements of these remarkable women, but also their migration journeys, the challenges they overcame and the activism they pursued.

1. OLIVE MORRIS
2. CLAUDIA JONES
3. DAME JOCELYN BARROW

What’s included:
A concise PowerPoint presentation that:

• Introduces each woman’s background (heritage, migration or settlement story)
• Highlights her major achievements and contributions in Britain
• Explores how her life-story connects migration, identity, opportunity and activism.

**Three full-colour posters, **each dedicated to one of the women. Each poster:

• Illustrates her migration or family’s migration journey.
• Summarises events in her life that motivated her to act or speak up (for equality, heritage, women’s rights, community justice).
• Provides key facts and a quote or thought for students to reflect on.
• Is suitable for classroom display, school corridors or student work-areas, and for prompting discussion and deeper learning.

Why this resource matters:

Putting migration into the story: Many discussions about migration focus on challenges or negatives. This resource flips that by showing how migration has often underpinned opportunity, resilience and success.

Beyond a single month: While the subject links to Black History Month themes, this pack is designed to sit within the whole of British history – recognising that women of African and Caribbean descent are integral to the UK story year-round, not only one month of the year.

Activism and agency: The pack emphasises how these women made choices, challenged barriers, and shaped their own pathways – reinforcing to students that history is not only something done to people, but something people do.