Instructional Video1:36
Curated Video

Top 4 Museums to Visit in Jamaica

9th - Higher Ed
Howcast - Learn about the top four museums to visit on a trip to the Caribbean island Jamaica in this Howcast travel video.
Instructional Video6:40
The Guardian

At Home in Two Countries

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Paulette and her sisters reminisce about life before and after she left Jamaica. Paulette discusses the difficulties and discrimination she faces as a Black woman living in England. Then, she bids farewell to Jamaica and returns to her...
Instructional Video7:35
The Guardian

A Bitersweet Homecoming

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Paulette meets with friends and family members in Jamaica whom she has not seen since she left the country for England as a child. Her daughter and granddaughter accompany her on the journey. It's an emotional reunion for everyone and...
Instructional Video4:56
The Guardian

After 50 Years Away, a Visit to Jamaica

Pre-K - Higher Ed
As part of the Windrush generation, Paulette Wilson was sent to England from Jamaica in the 1960s and grew up with her grandparents. Now, more than 50 years later, returns to Jamaica for a visit. She shares her excitement and anxiety as...
Instructional Video6:34
The Guardian

The Human Impact of the Windrush Scandal

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Paulette Wilson is one of hundreds of people who relocated to England from one of the countries former colonies in the 1960s. As part of the Windrush scandal, she and others were wrongly labeled as illegal immigrants and many, including...
Instructional Video8:06
Curated Video

The First Free People of the Americas (except indigenous peoples duh) | The Life & Times of Nanny

12th - Higher Ed
Hey, so remember that video about the real life Captain Morgan? How a pirate blew up one of the largest trading hubs in the Americas and the king responded by making him a governor? You may recall I mentioned he was later fired and “by...
Instructional Video10:00
Curated Video

Why the English Knighted a Convicted Pirate | The Life & Times of Henry Morgan

12th - Higher Ed
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Usually when a pirate who's plundered numerous cities and exploded his prisoners is captured he's sent to the gallows, but for one Henry Morgan the guy was knighted by the king and sent back to Jamaica to...
Instructional Video5:45
Curated Video

Rebels in the Records: The Life and Legacy of Samuel Sharpe by Jemima

12th - Higher Ed
National Archives: This films is part of a series called ‘Rebels in the Records’. The films in the series were created by young people in July 2021 and combine puppetry, model-making and animation. They explore stories of people and...
Instructional Video4:33
Curated Video

5 Influential African Women In History

9th - Higher Ed
Though often ignored, women, such as the ones highlighted here, are critical to remembering the specific way Black people have enacted change in world history.



Their lives reveal the importance of culture in
activism....
Instructional Video1:11
Curated Video

King Takyi: the Ghanian King Who Led a Slave Rebellion in Jamaica

9th - Higher Ed
Do you know the slave king Takyi?⁠
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Takyi was a Fanti King from Gold Coast, now Ghana. Research shows he might have been the ruler of a settlement in Komenda or Koromantse in the Central region of Ghana. History revealed he...
Instructional Video1:53
Curated Video

Tacky's Revolt of 1760

9th - Higher Ed
Tacky’s rebellion was a rebellion of enslaved Akan people known as Coromantee and other Akan tribes that started in April 1760 and ended in July 1760 in modern-day Jamaica led by King Takyi.



On the 8th of April Takyi and...
Instructional Video16:52
Step Back History

The Jamaican Maroons: Mutual Aid to Escape Slavery

12th - Higher Ed
The Atlantic colonial world is full of resistance to the brutal enslavement and displacement of BIPOC. Often escaping oppression meant forging pockets of resistance to live and fight for their freedom. These people are known as maroons,...