Teaching inclusive histories
The Teaching Inclusive Histories event took place in November 2021 and highlighted the work that both primary and secondary school teachers and museum professionals are doing to ensure that history lessons, workshops and resources for school pupils are inclusive and make meaningful connections with the lives of young people today. It was a space for sharing good practice, discussing approaches and highlighting useful tools and resources.
This page contains key event information as well as useful links and resources for teachers.
Justice to History
Watch a video of the keynote presentation from Robin Whitburn and Abdul Mohamud (Justice to History).
Abdul and Robin founded Justice to History as an organisation in 2013 to help teachers and students explore relevant, and often neglected, diverse histories. They recently led an HA Teacher Fellowship programme on Britain and Transatlantic Slavery, and presented a series of webinars for the HA on Diverse Histories and Decolonising the Curriculum. They are authors of a book on Teaching Black History in Secondary Schools and two textbooks on Migration and Empire for GCSE.
Pupil Voice
We asked pupils at Mulgrave Primary School and St Mary Magdalene C of E Secondary School what they have been learning in the classroom and what teaching inclusive histories means to them.
Explore related resources
Windrush Teacher resource
Download our teachers resource and discover powerful activities to help your KS3 students learn about the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush and reflect on the experiences and contributions of people who migrated from the Caribbean to Britain.
Migration, Heritage and Belonging Key Stage 2
Inspire your pupils to ask questions, empathise, reflect and find similarities with the experiences of displaced people using our collections
Legacies of Transatlantic Slavery - Video Resource
How have the legacies of Transatlantic Enslavement shaped the world around us? How do people respond to this today? In this series of videos we interviewed people to share their perspectives
Diversity Art and Citizenship: Black Histories
Embark on new perspectives of the past and unpack our fascinating shared Black British History for your pupils.
Black Tudors and the Sea
A resource pack full of objects, paintings and archival sources plus classroom activities and background information. This pack explores the stories of Black Tudors such as John Blanke, Diego, Jacques Francis and Cattelena of Almondsbury.
Gallery Trails - Including KS3/4 Migration Enquiry Trail
Download our gallery trails to support discussion and ideas development in the National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark. Printed trails are also available for groups to pick up on arrival, please ask our bookings team to arrange this.
Black Georgian History Cards
Discover achievements and contributions to Black British history during the Georgian Period
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle KS2 classroom resource
Discover resources to support KS2 students to explore the artwork ‘Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle’ by Yinka Shonibare CBE.
Royal Museums Greenwich Learning Sessions
National Maritime Museum and Queen's House Onsite Primary School Sessions 2023-24
Interactive hands-on sessions to support learning in History, Art, Literacy and more
National Maritime Museum and Queen's House Onsite Secondary and Post 16 School Sessions 2023-24
National Maritime Museum and Queen's House Onsite Secondary and Post 16 School Sessions 2023-24
Cutty Sark Onsite School Sessions 2023-24
Interactive tours and cross-curricular sessions aboard our Victorian clipper ship
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre Onsite School Sessions 2023-24
Cross-curricular discovery in a unusual behind-the-scenes location. Each session includes a special visit to the Museum stores.
Onsite SEND School Sessions and Resources 2023-24
Inspiring cross-curricular experiences to support language and communication and social and career skills development
Digital school sessions 2023-24
Find out more about the digital learning programmes run by the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Queen's House and the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
Migration and Movement Enquiry Day Resource Pack can be found here
The event was hosted by the Royal Museums Greenwich learning team in collaboration with the Royal Borough of Greenwich School Improvement team and the Old Royal Naval College. It was part of the Our Century centenary programme from the Institute of Historical Research - the UK's national centre for history. The Our Century programme (July 2021- May 2022) celebrates the discipline and practice of history across the UK and beyond. The event was also funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich for Black History 365 2021.
