The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-65) Online: an exploration in active citizenship

这个项目将最大限度地发挥由AHRC资助的理查德·科布登书信项目在2002-2006年转录的C.5500封信件的影响和参与潜力，这些信件没有出现在四卷本的牛津版中。该项目涉及最初的项目团队西蒙·摩根博士和安东尼·豪教授，以及新团队成员海伦·丹皮尔博士，海伦·丹皮尔博士在传递影响和参与基于信件的项目方面拥有丰富的经验。我们建议在网上免费提供这些信件，并将其作为一系列活动的基础，旨在围绕“积极的公民身份”这一主题吸引中学生、政策制定者和公众。这些活动包括：-与大曼彻斯特和利兹的学校合作，在关键阶段3和4设计与国家课程中公民身份部分兼容的教材和活动。-汇集世界各地的约100个档案馆、图书馆和博物馆，在项目网站上举办以“积极公民身份”为主题的Cobden材料的虚拟展览。-组织一次研讨会，让政策制定者和实践者参与主题为“贸易政策”的主题，从而为历史与政策网站撰写一篇文章。-与议会历史信托发起一场以积极公民身份为主题的征文比赛，将于2023年在议会大厦正式启动在线资源时获奖。-2023年4月至6月，在曼彻斯特中央图书馆大楼的档案+举办科布登手稿和材料展览，展览的主题是：作为公民的科布登。为了开展这些活动，我们正在与一些合作组织合作：大曼彻斯特的切德尔·休姆高中；利兹的朗斯伍德学校；议会信托的历史；和档案+。该项目是在与教师协商后制定的，以配合KS3和KS4的国家公民课程的目标，这些目标是确保学生：-获得关于联合王国如何治理、其政治制度以及公民如何积极参与其民主政府制度的健全知识和理解-发展对法律和司法系统在我们社会中的作用以及法律是如何形成和执行的健全知识和理解-培养对参与志愿服务以及其他形式的负责任活动的兴趣和承诺，并使他们能够进入成年。-具备批判性思考和辩论政治问题的技能。教材本身将借鉴书信和背景材料，并围绕民主、包容、新闻自由和国际合作等主题进行设计。学生们将比较和对比十九世纪和二十一世纪可获得的积极公民身份的机会，鼓励他们做出自己的批判性比较，并开发自己的项目来影响政治或社会变革。主要成果将是：-开放获取5500封以前未发表的科布登信件的数字存储库，并附有背景文章。-一套基于这些信件的在线学习资源，以支持KS3和KS4的公民身份教学。-一个永久的在线展览，包括科布登人工制品的数字图像和来自世界各地档案馆的原始信件。-关于科布登职业生涯中现代贸易政策教训的研讨会和文章。-在曼彻斯特市中心的档案+举办的临时展览，将于2023年4月至6月举行。该项目展示了在这些主题的价值受到质疑的时候，人文学科的持续相关性，而创造的资源将具有相当长的寿命。

This project will maximise the impact and engagement potential of c.5,500 letters transcribed by the AHRC-funded Letters of Richard Cobden Project in 2002-2006 which did not appear in the four-volume Oxford edition. The project involves the original project team, Dr Simon Morgan and Prof. Anthony Howe, alongside new team-member Dr Helen Dampier, who has significant experience of delivering impact and engagement with letters-based projects.We propose to make the letters available online free of charge and to use them as the basis of a range of activities designed to engage secondary school pupils, policy makers and the general public around the theme of 'active citizenship'. These activities include:- Working with schools in Greater Manchester and Leeds to design teaching materials and activities compatible with the Citizenship part of the National Curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4.- Bringing together c.100 archives, libraries and museums worldwide to create a virtual exhibition of Cobden material on the theme of 'Active Citizenship', hosted on the project website.- Organising a workshop to engage policy makers and practitioners on the subject of 'Trade Policy', resulting in an article for the History & Policy website.- Launching an essay competition with the History of Parliament Trust on the theme of Active Citizenship, to be awarded at the official launch of the online resources at the Houses of Parliament in 2023.- Holding an exhibition of Cobden manuscripts and material at Archive+ in the Manchester Central Library building from April to June 2023, on the theme of 'Cobden as a citizen'.To deliver these activities, we are working with a number of partner organisation: Cheadle Hulme High School in Greater Manchester; Lawnswood School in Leeds; the History of Parliament Trust; and Archives+. The project has been devised in consultation with teachers to tie in with the aims of the National Curriculum in Citizenship at KS3 and KS4, which are to ensure pupils:- acquire a sound knowledge and understanding of how the United Kingdom is governed, its political system and how citizens participate actively in its democratic systems of government - develop a sound knowledge and understanding of the role of law and the justice system in our society and how laws are shaped and enforced - develop an interest in, and commitment to, participation in volunteering as well as other forms of responsible activity, that they will take with them into adulthood.- are equipped with the skills to think critically and debate political questions. The teaching materials themselves will draw on the letters and contextual materials and be designed around the themes of democracy, inclusivity, press freedom and international co-operation. Pupils will compare and contrast opportunities for active citizenship available in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, being encouraged to draw their own critical comparisons and develop their own projects to effect political or social change.The main outcomes will be:- An open-access digital repository of 5,500 previously unpublished Cobden letters, with contextual essays.- A set of online learning resources based on the letters, to support the teaching of Citizenship at KS3 and KS4.- A permanent online exhibition comprising digital images of Cobden artefacts and original letters from archives across the world.- A workshop and article for History and Policy on the lessons of Cobden's career for modern trade policy. - A temporary exhibition at Archives+ in central Manchester to run April-June 2023.This project showcases the continued relevance of the Humanities at a time when the value of these subjects is being called into question, while the resources created will have considerable longevity.