Title: The Middle Passage – Conditions on Slave Ships
Subject: History
Key Stage: KS3
Topic: Transatlantic Slave Trade
Resource Type: PowerPoint Lesson (Fully Resourced)
Learning Objectives:**
Explain what the Middle Passage was.
Analyse the physical and emotional conditions aboard slave ships.
Evaluate the reasons behind the extreme cruelty and its impact on enslaved people.
Key Features:
Starter Task: Drawing analysis and vocabulary engagement
Visual Source Evaluation: Robert Riggs’ painting, artefacts like shackles and whips
Video Analysis: Guided questions for two historical video clips
Case Study Focus: The Polly incident and Captain DeWolf’s trial
Discussion Prompts: Think-Pair-Share tasks to promote critical thinking
Extended Writing: Structured support to answer an exam-style question
Challenge Tasks: Exploring resistance, attitudes of traders, and the psychological effects of dehumanisation
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