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

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 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 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