Secondary

Materials and information to support teachers

The materials on these pages are designed to support those teaching in schools.

Teachers can download the USI’s unlocking Perceptions Handbook designed to support those working in education.
Download the full USI handbook – “Unlocking Perceptions” (pdf, 34MB)

These subjects raise questions about how to discuss related contemporary issues such as anger, racism, shame, guilt, blame and ignorance, which will inevitably come up in lessons. Teachers looking for support with this may wish to read the sections on Sensitivities and Language.

Activities

Theme related activities

Books

Added reading materials

PDFs

Content 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

Background

Background reading

Sensitivities

Teaching in a thoughtful and sensitive way

Language

How best to use language associated with the history

Glossary

Historical and contemporary terms and their meanings

Historians Help

Help from the historians

Other Resources

Third party external resources