In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to Tessa Hosking, former history teacher and author of a 1984 textbook on Black British History. Huge thanks to Tessa for talking to us about past efforts to improve the diversity of school history and for her patience (it has taken nearly a year to get it uploaded!)

Tessa's book is Black People in Britain 1650-1850 (1984) and is available second hand. The book that Tessa refers to towards the end of the podcast is Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by Nigel File and Chris Power (1981). Tessa is an enthusiastic participant in What's Happening In Black British History? details of which can be found here - https://blackbritishhistory.co.uk/

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In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Kate Smee, who reflects on the work she has been doing to decolonise the curriculum and take an anti-racist approach in the history classroom.

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In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Joshua Preye Garry.

You can read the blog post that Josh wrote here - https://blog.educationplatform.co.uk/author/jgarry/ - and read more about the How We Got Here project here - https://www.reachinghigher.org.uk/how-we-got-here

Apologies for the occasional, mysterious gaps in the sound recording; Sally is probably going to be using them as an excuse to buy a new and better computer in the near future.

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In this episode of the series Doing History Better, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Zara Daswani.

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In this episode, Helen asks Sally some questions about her learning from the Historical Association's Teaching Fellowship on Transatlantic Slavery.

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Way back before the 'rona really came to town, Helen and Sally recorded this podcast with Carmel Bones, who has all the best revision strategies. Carmel is a teacher and trainer of huge experience and we were lucky enough to have her share her favourites with us. As she says, it's never too early to start revising, and we hope this is a timely episode for helping students to get comfortable with their knowledge ready for the mocks.

Please forgive us all the references to the spring push towards the exams, the summer cramming, and all those things that seemed so immovable and solid back in March.

In this episode of our series 'Doing History Better', Helen and Sally discuss how you could go about auditing your curriculum to improve representation.

Prompt questions for your department meetings available on the York Clio website - https://yorkclio.com/diversity/

The T.E.A.C.H. report that Helen mentions is available here - https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/780/the-teach-report

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In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss ideas for Black History Month.

Some helpful links:

Historians display work via OBHD - https://onebighistorydepartment.com/2018/05/25/historians-for-your-classroom-free-resource/#more-276

Rejected Princesses - https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/

Black History Timeline - https://guardianbookshop.com/the-guardian-black-history-wallchart-full-set.html

The Malcolm X Elders - https://www.acta-bristol.com/malcolm-x-elders-theatre/

www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk

https://blackhistorystudies.com/

Sally's podcast recommendation - https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/

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In this episode, Helen and Sally introduce their new series, Doing History Better, and provide some practical tips for improving representation in your teaching.

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In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss the second order concept, significance.

The Historical Assocation reading list on significance can be found here - https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/2474/significance

The Joshua Preye-Garry 'Moments with Tonbra' conversation is available on IGTV here - https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBY0Xh6JDXs/

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