Overview

Many key questions make up this topic. The most important is a 'big' question.

Marshall Taylor was the second-ever black sports champion. He achieved worldwide success but is relatively unknown. He was buried in an unmarked grave. Would the same thing happen today?

The project is structured around the following key questions:

Can I find key places in his life on a map? When did he live? What can I begin to find out about Marshall Major Taylor from looking at photos and other primary pictorial sources?

What else can I find out about Marshall Major Taylor from looking at photos and other primary pictorial sources?

Can I identify primary and secondary written sources? What can I find out from reading different primary and secondary sources?

What can I learn from Marshall Taylor’s own accounts of his life? Can I find the meanings of tricky language?

What can I learn about Marshall Taylor’s life from reading ‘Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist’?

What can I learn from reading a website article about Major Taylor?

Can I make a timeline from lots of different sources?

What do I think about the way Major Taylor was treated towards the end of his life? Why do I think this was? Do I think this would happen today?

Would the same thing happen to Marshall Taylor today? How can I find out? Who is Lewis Hamilton?

Can I write an essay about what I have learnt?