Do Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children see themselves in your history classroom?
Helen Snelson and Richard Kerridge; resources from HA conference session, Bristol, May 2022

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people are the largest minority ethnic group in some communities (and therefore in some schools) in the UK.
Richard Kerridge and Helen Snelson have worked with the historian Professor Becky Taylor to produce a range of teaching resources for teaching the history of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people. These are made freely available here and they are adaptable.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people are the largest minority ethnic group in some communities (and therefore in some schools) in the UK. Yet the past of Gypsy, Roma, Traveller people may rarely be part of history lessons. The result is that pupils of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage may not encounter their past in history classrooms and myths and stereotypes may take root in the minds of others. The HA is keen to help teachers with this problem – see also Teaching Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history.
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