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In this first blog post for Black History Month 2020, we’ve compiled a list of some of the fantastic sources of material out there for History teachers and students when thinking about Black History and the history of people of different ethnic origins. No doubt there are lots more that we haven’t come across yet. So, if you use a resource that we haven’t mentioned, please add a comment below so that everyone can see your recommendation! (To leave a comment, you must be logged in to the Hodder Education website. Registering for a website account is completely free and you can do so here).
Our Migration Story
This fantastic resource contains case studies of individuals and groups who have migrated to and helped to shape Britain. The stories often surface histories that wouldn’t otherwise be told and are accompanied by resources to support classroom teaching.
Justice2History
Justice2History is an educational consultancy run by Dr Robin Whitburn and Adbul Mohamud of the Institute of Education. They work with secondary schools in the UK and abroad to promote the teaching of History that promotes social justice in the multicultural communities we live in. Their enquiries are sequences of lessons built around a question and often introduce students to neglected histories.
The Black Curriculum
As well as campaigning to change the National Curriculum, this project aims to produce its own content to facilitate the teaching of Black History in secondary schools. Free and paid for learning resources can be found on their website and they also offer training to schools.
National Archives
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-histories
The National Archives provide a wealth of resources for teachers but how can you find what you’re looking for? Their invaluable ‘Finding Aid’ helps teachers to find National Archive resources on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Histories. Links include educational resources, exhibitions, research guides, blog posts, podcasts and other websites.
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/black-history-month-primary-and-secondary-resources/zjwf8xs
The BBC is always an excellent source of content and these resources facilitate the teaching of Black History at primary and secondary levels.
Black British History
Black British History at the Institute for Commonwealth Studies aims to create a dialogue about Black British History, including how it is taught in schools. They run workshops, and videos and podcasts of past workshops are available on their website. Some sessions that might be of interest are below but there are lots more!
- The new GCSE course on migration to Britain: Black British History on the official exam curriculum: https://youtu.be/mxZ1bQLGG00
- Inclusive Curriculum: Learning to see the diversity of Britain: https://youtu.be/2CoCnSfjvqQ
- Doing Justice to the teaching of Black British History in the classroom: https://youtu.be/KB-ULzECyBc
- The importance of Black British History and the struggle for education in 21st century London: https://youtu.be/uvtwyoicXAQ
- Becoming a 'Choreographer': challenges to doing justice to History: https://youtu.be/0h_vIPCy3nM
- Black Women in History and the School: https://youtu.be/caKS1Fit1AQ
Migration Museum
www.migrationmuseum.org/resource-bank
While we can’t visit the Migration Museum at the moment, they have lots of resources on their website to look at in the meantime.
Institute of Historical Research:
blog.history.ac.uk/2020/10/ihr-resources-for-research-and-teaching-in-black-history
A fantastic blog post from the start of Black History Month that flags a whole host of brilliant, free, online resources for primary and secondary schools relating to Black History, as well as publications and events.
Rediscovering Black Portraiture
peterbrathwaitebaritone.com/rediscoveringblackportraiture
Opera singer Peter Braithwaite put his lockdown to good use and took up a challenge set by the Getty Museum to recreate famous pieces of art in your home. You’ve got to be impressed with his creativity as you look at how he has recreated black portraiture from the 13th to the 21st centuries. And each portrait has a description telling you about it and its subject.
England's Immigrants
www.englandsimmigrants.com/resources-for-teacher/
Free resources from the Teacher Scholar Programme run in 2016 by England’s Immigrants in collaboration with Ben Walsh. England’s Immigrants is a database of 64,000 names of people who migrated to Britain in the Medieval period.
TIDE Project (Travel, Transculturality, and Identity in England, c. 1550-1700)
www.tideproject.uk/sample-teaching-resources/
These teaching resources use textual sources as a basis for teaching race and identity in Tudor and Stuart England. You might also be interested in the report they did on teaching migration in schools with the Runnymede Trust:
Bernie Grant Trust
berniegranttrust.org.uk/learning-resources
Bernie Grant was an MP, trade unionist, civil rights activist, campaigner and the first Black leader of a local authority in Europe. Over his life he collected artefacts in the form of publications, memorabilia, videos and recordings that tell the story of the lives and struggles of Black and ethnic minority people in Britain in the post-war period. These learning materials are based around these artefacts.
Colonial Countryside
The Colonial Countryside project is a creative writing project for primary students that aims to surface the colonial connections of National Trust properties. Get involved with the project or look at their free resources for parents to use for home-schooling.
The Tape Letters
A fascinating look at how members of the British-Pakistani community who migrated to Britain used cassette tapes to send messages to their relatives in Pakistan between 1960 and 1980. Listening to the recordings gives a fascinating insight into their migration experiences.
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