Toolkit

South Asian Heritage Month

Resources:

Use these websites- https://southasianheritage.org.uk/south-asian-heritage-month/ and https://southasianed.com/

What to do:

Firstly sign up for a FREE event, featuring me and other amazing South Asian Educators… https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-south-asian-heritage-month-2026-tickets-1989858528424

Events Calendar- https://southasianheritage.org.uk/events-list/

Find events near you across the UK, exhibitions, workshops, talks, festivals and more. Browse the full national SAHM events calendar.

Submit an Event- https://southasianheritage.org.uk/add-or-edit-your-event/

Add your SAHM event to the national calendar. Free to list, open to community groups, organisations, schools and institutions.

Share Your Story- https://southasianheritage.org.uk/how-to-submit-your-stories/

Contribute to the National Heritage Archive. Share a personal story, family memory or community narrative, in any language, any format.

SAHM Toolkit- https://southasianheritage.org.uk/south-asian-heritage-month/sahm-toolkit-2025/

Free resources for organisations, schools and community groups. Guides, assets and ideas to help you mark the month in a meaningful way.

Variations:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zvvrkhv

Black History Month Resources- here- https://trythisteaching.com/toolkit/bhm-2025/

British South Asians worth highlighting across the curriculum

  • Sir Sadiq Khan (Politics)
  • Dame Jasvinder Sanghera (Human rights)
  • Zadie Smith (Literature)
  • Meera Syal (Literature & Drama)
  • Riz Ahmed (Film & Music)
  • Nadiya Hussain (Food & Media)
  • Anish Kapoor (Art)
  • Daljit Nagra (Poetry)
  • Dr Amir Khan (Medicine)
  • Baroness Warsi (Politics)
  • Moeen Ali (Sport)
  • Isa Guha (Sport & Broadcasting)
  • Nasser Hussain (Sport)
  • Munya Chawawa (Comedy & Media)

Here are some other resources/ideas-

📚 Books for different age groups
🎥 Videos and films to explore
🎧 Podcasts and music
🖼️ Classroom activities and discussion prompts
🌍 Curriculum links across subjects
🧑‍🏫 Assemblies and useful teaching resources

CategoryResourceLinkSuitable for
📚 BooksThe Boy at the Back of the Class – Onjali Q. Raúfhttps://www.onjaliqrauf.com/booksKS2–KS3
📚The Night Diary – Veera Hiranandanihttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116838/the-night-diary-by-hiranandani-veera/9780241347998KS2–KS3
📚Boy, Everywhere – A.M. Dassuhttps://www.amdassu.comKS3–KS4
📚Safiyyah’s War – Hiba Noor Khanhttps://www.andersenpress.co.uk/books/safiyyahs-war/KS2–KS4
📚The House of Hidden Mothers – Meera Syalhttps://www.meerasyal.comKS4–Adults
🎥 Videos & FilmsBBC Teachhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/teachAll
🎥BBC Bitesizehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesizeKS2–KS4
🎥South Asian Heritage Month YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@SouthAsianHeritageMonthAll
🎥Blinded by the Lighthttps://www.warnerbros.co.uk/movies/blinded-lightKS4+
🎥Bend It Like Beckham?!?!https://www.disneyplus.comKS3+
🎥Yesterdayhttps://www.universalpictures.co.ukKS3+
🎧 PodcastsBritish Asian Podcasthttps://www.britishasianpodcast.comStaff/KS4+
🎧Empire Podcast (Anita Anand & William Dalrymple)https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/empire/id1639561921KS4+
🎧The Log Bookshttps://www.thelogbooks.orgKS4+
🎵 MusicApache Indianhttps://open.spotify.comKS2+
🎵Panjabi MChttps://open.spotify.comKS3+
🎵Naughty Boyhttps://open.spotify.comKS2+
🎵Joy Crookeshttps://open.spotify.comKS3+
🎵Riz Ahmedhttps://open.spotify.comKS4+
🖼️ Classroom Activities & Discussion ResourcesSouth Asian Heritage Month resourceshttps://southasianheritage.org.uk
🖼️South Asian Britain – Learning Resourceshttps://southasianbritain.org/learning-resources/
🖼️South Asian Britain – Oral Historieshttps://southasianbritain.org/interviews-elsewhere/
🖼️Migration Museum Teaching Toolkithttps://www.migrationmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Migration-Museum-British-Library-Teaching-Migration-History-Toolkit-_compressed.pdf
🖼️Migration: Our Shared Storyhttps://www.rmg.co.uk/file/26411/download?token=kqXcq1ne
🖼️British Library Learning Resourceshttps://www.bl.uk/about/learn/learning-resources
🖼️Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration & Empirehttps://archive.history.ac.uk/library-digital/collections/teaching-british-histories-race-migration-and-empire
🖼️National Archives – Indian Independencehttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/indian-independence/
🖼️National Archives – Partition of British Indiahttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/partition-of-british-india/
🌍 Curriculum LinksThe National Archives (Empire & Migration)https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/KS3–KS5
🌍Poetry Archive (Imtiaz Dharker, Daljit Nagra)https://poetryarchive.orgKS3–KS5
🌍National Association of Teachers of REhttps://www.natre.org.ukAll
🌍Royal Geographical Societyhttps://www.rgs.orgKS2–KS5
🌍Tate (Anish Kapoor, Chila Kumari Singh Burman)https://www.tate.org.ukKS2–KS5
🌍Royal Institutionhttps://www.rigb.orgKS3–KS5
🌍BBC Teach Curriculum Resourceshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/teachAll
🧑‍🏫 Assemblies & Teaching ResourcesSouth Asian Heritage Month Assembly Packhttps://southasianheritage.org.uk
🧑‍🏫Telford Education Services Assembly Resourcehttps://www.telfordeducationservices.co.uk/media/3417/south-asian-heritage-month-secondary.pdf
🧑‍🏫Runnymede Trusthttps://www.runnymedetrust.orgStaff
🧑‍🏫Try This Teaching – South Asian Heritage Month Toolkithttps://trythisteaching.com/toolkit/south-asian-heritage-month/All
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