Hodder History: The Slave Trade

• Exciting enquiry that can slot into existing schemes of work.
• Structured around the concepts and processes of the revised NC - designed to strengthen and develop pupils' historical skills and knowledge.
• The significance and relevance of the topic is explored - giving pupils a clear sense of why it is important to study this topic.
• Free, downloadable lesson plans and addtional web activities are provided online - giving structured, differentiated support in the teaching of the topic.

Table of Contents:
Starter: Setting the question
First thoughts: Should we apologise?
Chapter 1 - The triangular trade
Interpretations: The slave trade -TV-style
Knowledge: The triangular trade
Using evidence: The voyage of the Sandown
Chapter 2 - The slaves' story
Using evidence: At home in Africa
Interpretations: Africa revisited
Using evidence: Captured!
Interpretations: Complicity
Enquiry: The Middle Passage
Interpretations: The Middle Passage revisited
Using evidence: Sold!
Chapter 3 - Abolishing the slave trade
Knowledge: The sequence of Abolition
Causation: Why did the Abolition campaign succeed?
Interpretations: Heroes of Abolition
Chapter 4 - Four kinds of slavery
Chapter 5 - The reckoning
Results of the slave trade
First thoughts: How much would compensation cost?
Debate: Should we consider paying reparations?
Understanding: How significant was the slave trade?

About the Author(s):
John D Clare is Deputy Headteacher at Greenfields Comprehensive School, Newton Aycliffe and a well-known author of educational textbooks.

Readership:
Key Stage 3 History pupils