Understanding Slavery Initiative Teachers
Primary Resources
Please visit the Primary Teachers page for full details on the resources available to assist teaching about transatlantic slavery at a Primary level.
Teaching Slavery FAQs
The FAQs offer guidance to those who wish to engage younger children with the history of transatlantic slavery and its legacies
Breakfast
Exploring where your breakfast comes from…
EYFS KS1 KS2
My Name
Where does your name come from?
EYFS KS1 KS2
Treasure
What does Treasure mean to you?
EYFS KS1 KS2
Carnival
Learn about, plan and stage your own carnival…
EYFS KS1 KS2
Secondary Resources
Please visit the Secondary Teachers page for full details on the resources available to assist teaching about transatlantic slavery at a Secondary level.
Activities
A selection of theme related activities
Books Books
A selection of added reading materials
PDFs
All content available to download as PDFs
Sound files
Sound files including accounts by Olaudah Equiano
USI Resources
Approach to the history and legacies of transatlantic slavery
Video Training
Using artefacts to teach Transatlantic slavery
Maps
A selection of maps
Timeline
A timeline
Case Studies
Case Studies
Sensitivities
Teaching Transatlantic Slavery in a thoughtful and sensitive way
Use of Language
How best to use language associated with the history
Glossary of terms
Historical and contemporary terms and their meanings
Help from the historians
Help from the historians Other Resources
Third party external resources
Third party external Collections resources
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record Slavery Images American Museum in Britain Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives The Horniman Museum Hull Museum and Art Gallery Lancaster Maritime Museum Moving Here National Archives National Maritime Museum The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record The British Museum Black Cultural Archives The British Museum International Slavery Museum The Library of Congress – Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu Parliamentary Archives Rethinking Pitt-Rivers – Analyzing the activities of a 19th century collector
Third party external learning resources
The Black Curriculum Age or Revolution Mapping the legacy of slavery in London's Docklands 100 Great Black Britons Anti-Slavery International BBC 'Abolition' Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA) Black History Pages History World Online Encyclopedia UNESCO – The Slave Route