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Multi-racial Fortnight Project Being Run By Save The Children

1978 , Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)

Cat no. 106904

Anglia TV report on a pilot project to educate schoolchildren on world cultures being run by Save The Children in Cambridge.

Anglia TV observe the play activities of children in Cambridge who are taking part in a fortnight-long pilot project to educate on world cultures, organised by international children’s charity ‘Save The Children’. Led by Workshop Leader David Green, the children learn the popular song ‘Flea Fly Flow’ typically sung in American playgrounds. Interview with David Green. Returning to the workshop, the children act out what they think is the cultural activity of Native Americans as learned from television, that turns out to be cliché. Further interview with David Green on the topic of cultural stereotypes.

Keywords

Schoolchildren; singing; charities; multiculturalism; stereotyping; diversity

Background Information

Sir G. David Green - Between 1976-1990 David Green served with Save the Children, eventually becoming Deputy Secretary-General. Green was awarded the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1999 and was made a Knight Commander in 2005.

Manifestations

Multi-racial Fortnight Project Being Run By Save The Children

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