Purple Mash resources for Black History Month

In October, Black History Month will be explored across the country. It’s a time for our young learners to immerse themselves in the annual commemoration to find out about the significant contributions and achievements of the black community in the UK.

Our young learners live in an exciting, rich multicultural United Kingdom, understanding the past from a human perspective will help us all to continue to move future generations positively forward.

Black History Month 2025

The theme for Black History Month this year is 'Standing Firm in Power and Pride' and aims to 'help people of all ages connect with the lives and legacies of Black individuals who shaped our world' - Black History Month. On Purple Mash there is a range of resources for Black History Month to help you and your learners get the very best out of these weeks.

The Black History Month website has a special pack full of resources built around this year's theme. It includes posters, over 30 illustrated portraits, lesson plans, assemblies and digital tools. You can purchase it from the website directly.

Themes shown on the posters, which you may want to explore in your classroom, include:

• Power in Protest
• Pride in Our Roots
• Icons of Influence
• Black Excellence in the Arts
• Future in Focus
• Service and Sacrifice

Features figures this year include:

• Civil Rights leaders such as Paul Stephenson, Olive Morris and Roy Hackett
• Political Trailblazers like Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Lord Herman Ouseley, Diane Abbott, and David Lammy
• Creative Powerhouses such as Benjamin Zephaniah, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Malorie Blackman, and Margaret Busby
• Historical Legends like Mary Seacole, Walter Tull, Olauduh Equiano and Princess Ademola
• Wartime Heroes like Johnny Smythe, Ulric Cross and David Clemetson
• Spiritual Leaders such as Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop Wilfred Wood and Archbishop John Sentamu
• Selected Global Figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Claudia Jones

(information taken from blackhistorymonth.org)

Teaching about Black History Month with Purple Mash

Our resources this Black History Month focus on notable Black people across the world in an array of different industries. Your pupils can use our writing frames to learn and write about significant people from the Black community who have achieved great things.

All our writing frames come with background information about each person, writer’s prompt and checklists. It’s important not to forget; it’s so easy to quickly edit any of these to suit your learners and then set as a 2Do in just a few clicks. Remember that, any work your learners do can quickly have objectives applied, judged and reported against. 

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