Five ideas for celebrating Black History Month
Emily Folorunsho, head of KS4 history and lead practioner, shares ways of marking Black History Month with proper historical rigour. Suggestions include research and writing projects such as finding out about the origins of BHM in the UK, exploring West African oral histories and writing an edition of a history magazine.
See Emily's CDP article Celebrating Black History Month with historical rigour for further details of how to implement these ideas in the classroom.
Emily Folorunsho is head of KS4 history in an inner-city London school and is also a lead practitioner, SLE and governor. She is co-author of Collins' Black British History Teacher Resource Pack, which enables teachers to incorporate black British history into their curriculum.
One of the tips from this resource:
Research the history behind black history in the UK. How did Black History Month in the UK come to be? As students research this, they will be able to see the significance of the month for themselves. Get students to produce an infographic as a home-based project around this research.
