A collection of Educational Materials geared towards critical thinking, understanding the complexities of historical memory, and navigating disputed historical narratives.
The CARGO classroom initiative aims to address the narratives that are missing from the history that is taught in schools across the UK, including the perspectives of individuals of African and African Diaspora descent and the recognition of their resilience, contributions and visionary leadership. Includes lesson plans and they are currently producing more. Read More
Bridging Histories, a project for the Bristol History Commission, that invites people to join in 6 activities and share whatever they make. As people share, an online library of poems, recipes, street histories, family histories, memorials, monuments and personal and community changemaking will be created. It is for people of all ages, political views and social groups. The project hopes to help to create a positive, affirming environment where conversations between different groups can become richer, less polarized, less rigid… Read More
A social enterprise that aims to deliver black British history all across the UK. We run a variety of virtual and in-person programmes to schools, young people and corporations to promote the importance of Black history. We also have a curriculum and develop free and licensable resources for schools to teach students about Black history. Read More
This strategy encourages students to analyse and deconstruct how the past is commemorated in their city/town/village by looking at historical plaques, monuments, and names of public spaces, such as streets, squares, buildings, and boroughs/cities. This strategy is an innovative approach to class excursions, an alternative to visits that are typically meant to teach what the past is rather than how the past is told. Read More
Resources available for use with staff and students for decolonising the curriculum. Includes teaching resources, glossaries, and workshop materials. Read More
The 1619 Project challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation’s foundational date. Includes reading guides, activities, and other resources to bring The 1619 Project into the classroom. Read More
A guide on how to approach teaching black history in the UK and abroad. Free of charge but requires registration. Read More
Educational resources include multimedia materials, from primary sources and streaming videos to teaching strategies, lesson plans, and full units. Find resources that will support your students’ learning, whether you are teaching a complex moment in history or addressing today’s breaking news. Topics include history of race, immigration, democracy and civic action, human rights and religion. Find teaching strategies for in-person, hybrid, and remote learning that develop students’ critical thinking and model the skills and dispositions that foster engaged, democratic citizenship. Read More
In this lesson, students will analyze the intersection between colonialism and sexuality, especially in the context of how colonial states use sex as a form of power and control. Students will utilize their critical thinking skills to learn about heteronormativity and the impacts of settler colonialism on Indigenous communities. Through small and large group discussions, students will explore topics covering imperialism, sexuality, and watch videos relating to how federal policies seek to reinforce hetero-patriarchy within the United States. Read More
This lesson plan should be precluded by an overview of the Second World War, and can be used as a supplementary lesson that offers a deeper lens into the war’s violence and its driving forces. Students should have a basic understanding of the historical context of the war, including its major causes, players, and impacts. Read More
With this tool, you can explore the learning possibilities in the places that commemorate and memorize traumatic pasts, such as memorial sites and memorial centres, museums, landmarks or sometimes – empty spaces. Place-based or in-situ learning refers to forms of education where learners engage with places and spaces and when learning process takes places at the site itself. The role of emotions, sense and overall embodied experience play the central role. Read More
A website in which the focus is on developing curriculum resources for the United States. Its extensive lesson plan list offers inspiration for new methods as well as content and versatile resources for history education. Read More