A never-before-seen pedagogical guide on ethically and effectively teaching difficult histories of slavery.
This groundbreaking book combines the latest academic research on Britain’s involvement in colonial slavery with innovative thinking on teaching “difficult histories” in the classroom. It addresses three main shortcomings in how slavery is taught in British secondary schools: insufficient teacher training in both historical content and pedagogy; a shortage of high-quality, research-informed teaching resources; and a lack of published guidance to support ethical and effective classroom engagement. Offering educators both historical and pedagogical approaches to discussing slavery, it examines key themes of race, gender, resistance, and abolition through illuminating historical examples.
This groundbreaking book combines the latest academic research on Britain’s involvement in colonial slavery with innovative thinking on teaching “difficult histories” in the classroom. It addresses three main shortcomings in how slavery is taught in British secondary schools: insufficient teacher training in both historical content and pedagogy; a shortage of high-quality, research-informed teaching resources; and a lack of published guidance to support ethical and effective classroom engagement. Offering educators both historical and pedagogical approaches to discussing slavery, it examines key themes of race, gender, resistance, and abolition through illuminating historical examples.
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Note on language
Introduction
Part I: Unveiling Britain’s colonial past: historical perspectives on slavery
1 Race
2 Africa
3 Mass commercialisation
4 Gender
5 Terror and violence
6 Survival and resistance
7 Abolition
8 Legacies
9 Representation and memory
Part II: Teaching transatlantic slavery: principles and approaches for the classroom
10 Teaching transatlantic slavery: curricular and pedagogical choices
11 Designing enquiries: knowledge, the enquiry question and pedagogy in teaching transatlantic slavery
12 Historical enquiries on Britain and transatlantic slavery: case studies
13 Black perspectives in the teaching of transatlantic slavery
14 Teacher development, racial literacy and teaching transatlantic slavery
Epilogue
Appendix 1 British colonial slavery: timeline of some key developments Appendix 2 10 myths about Britain and slavery
Glossary
Index
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Note on language
Introduction
Part I: Unveiling Britain’s colonial past: historical perspectives on slavery
1 Race
2 Africa
3 Mass commercialisation
4 Gender
5 Terror and violence
6 Survival and resistance
7 Abolition
8 Legacies
9 Representation and memory
Part II: Teaching transatlantic slavery: principles and approaches for the classroom
10 Teaching transatlantic slavery: curricular and pedagogical choices
11 Designing enquiries: knowledge, the enquiry question and pedagogy in teaching transatlantic slavery
12 Historical enquiries on Britain and transatlantic slavery: case studies
13 Black perspectives in the teaching of transatlantic slavery
14 Teacher development, racial literacy and teaching transatlantic slavery
Epilogue
Appendix 1 British colonial slavery: timeline of some key developments Appendix 2 10 myths about Britain and slavery
Glossary
Index