Curriculum resources: anti-racism

The NEU is committed to tackling racism and decolonising the curriculum.

Racism is a structural barrier perpetuated by individuals that lead to discrimination against a person because of their race. This discrimination can include assumptions about capabilities based on racial stereotypes, the denial of promotions or a dismissal of the expertise of the racialised individual. These injustices are still experienced every day by Black people, including Black educators.

The NEU uses Black in a political context to encompass ‘all members who self-identify as Black, Asian, and any other minority ethnic groups who do not identify themselves as white.’

This page is dedicated to resources which challenge racism.

We will use this page to host links to resources for educators to use in schools. These are resources that have been recommended to us by our members or produced by them. Please use your professional judgement to adapt any resources to suit your classes and the context in which you teach.

General (A-Z)

Anti-Racist Reading List: Recommended reads from educators and young people. We will add to this list. Please let us have any books you would recommend to others.
Black History Month NEU resources: Teaching pack, podcasts, posters
Black History Month
Refugee voices videos – A series of inspiring short film clips in which refugee children and young people talk about their experiences of coming to a school in the UK, with staff training notes for use with the clips
Swadhinata Trust secular Bengali community group that works to promote Bengali history and heritage amongst young people, offering seminars, workshops, exhibitions and literature to young Bengali people in schools, colleges, youth clubs and community centres in the United Kingdom
TUC Trade unions fighting racism and far right pamphlet
Welcoming refugee children to your school information and guide

Resources for EYFS

Embrace race 20 picture books for 2020

Resources for Primary School

Global Routes. The Global Routes Project provides children with the practical means and creative scope through which they can actively make links between their own lives, local and global topics and themes; and between the present and the past.
History: KS2 Why has Baden-Powell’s statue been criticised