The Geographical Association is delighted that geography teacher Thalina Chowdhury has blogged for us about the importance of SAHM for the geography classroom. Her piece includes video comments from her pupils talking about this work.
Thalina is Trust Lead Practitioner of Geography at Core Education Trust
To read her piece and watch the vids please see Understanding transnationalism and celebrating South Asian Heritage Month – The GA Blog (ga-blog.org)
We look forward to doing more work on SAHM in future years.
Steve Brace
Chief Exec Geographical Association
@The_GA @SteveBraceGeog
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The first of the Trust’s projects is the South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM), which first took place in 2020 and runs from the 18th of July to the 17th of August each year.
SAHM seeks to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories, and communities.
It seeks to understand the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the UK with South Asia.
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