Bring authentic primary sources into your KS3 classroom with this slavery and emancipation teaching pack, aligned to the National Curriculum.

This resource, created by the Trust for Records of Enslavement and Emancipation (TREE), uses rare original documents to help students explore Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, abolition, and legacy.

It provides teachers with ready-to-use lesson materials and guidance to deliver this sensitive topic with care.

What’s included:

• Teacher guidance notes with historical background, classroom support, and safeguarding advice
• Student worksheets featuring observation prompts, creative response tasks, and discussion questions
• Primary source extracts from TREE’s archive, including the 1817 Culloden Estate Inventory
• PDF versions for ready classroom use
• Clear content warnings and reflection prompts to support sensitive delivery

Curriculum links (KS3):

**History: **

• Transatlantic slave trade, Britain’s involvement and abolition, British Empire, use and interpretation of sources

**Citizenship / PSHE: **

• Human rights, diversity, equality, justice, identity, remembrance

**English: **

• Reading comprehension of historical documents, critical interpretation, creative and reflective writing, spoken discussion

Why this resource?

• Brings history alive through authentic evidence
• Encourages empathy, critical thinking, and respectful dialogue
• Perfect for Black History Month teaching and cross-curricular enrichment
• Produced by TREE, a heritage foundation dedicated to preserving and teaching Britain’s slavery records