TIHPS - Teaching Indigenous Histories and Perspectives in Schools
This project offers support, resources and training to improve the teaching of Indigenous American histories and perspectives in UK classrooms.
The University of Sheffield, the Schools History Project, Incomindios UK, and the Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies at the University of York are delighted to be working with educators, academics, and Indigenous partners on a project aimed at improving the teaching of Indigenous American histories in the UK, empowering teachers to bring Indigenous histories and perspectives into the classroom.
This project seeks to build on recent efforts to diversify and decolonise the history curriculum in schools, challenge Eurocentric narratives, and equip teachers to tackle less-familiar topics. Britain has never been a more diverse society, and there has never been more urgency or appetite for diversifying the history curriculum. This project will create a community of practice and support teachers to acquire the knowledge, skills and resources to sensitively and confidently handle Indigenous histories in the classroom.
This will become the home for new teaching resources and access to support created through the collaborations in this project.
On 28 June 2025, we are holding a day-long, heavily subsidised conference to support teachers in developing their skills, resources and confidence in teaching Indigenous American histories and perspectives in UK classrooms.
