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Decolonising the curriculum: How to teach Empire | LSE Research

LSE academics and secondary school teachers from the Historical Association's Teacher Fellowship Programme explore how economic history can transform the way British history is taught in classrooms.
LSE academics and secondary school teachers from the Historical Association's Teacher Fellowship Programme explore how economic history can transform the way British history is taught in classrooms.
Tuesday 30 June 2026 | 7 minutes 54 seconds
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Why do so many history teachers avoid teaching the British Empire? What would happen if they're finally given the tools to engage with it properly?

LSE academics, Professor Tirthankar Roy, Professor Leigh Gardner and Professor Mohamed Saleh, and secondary school teachers from the Historical Association's Teacher Fellowship Programme explore how economic history can transform the way British history is taught in classrooms.

This conversation brings together LSE's expertise in economic history with the lived experience of secondary teachers, to unpack the barriers that prevent Empire from being taught and show how LSE Professors have helped educators to build confidence and create new resources that will change how British Empire is taught to UK high school students.

To learn more about teaching colonialism in the classroom, visit Research for the World: https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/race-equity/teaching-colonialism-classroom-evidence?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cdfa_rftw_jul26

Teacher Fellowship Programme Teaching the Economic History of the British Empire: https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/...

London School of Economics: https://www.lse.ac.uk
Historical Association: https://www.history.org.uk