Slave trade introduction

This PowerPoint presentation is for year 8/9 students on the Atlantic Slave trade between Europe (primarily Britain), Africa and the Americas. It should take between 2-4 classes to complete, depending on how much time individual teachers decide to allocate to each part.

As a hook the students are asked to study four images all of which are related to slavery. The students are asked to break up into pairs to discuss what is going on in each image. This engages the students and gets them ready to learn about a very interesting historical period. Further expansion on this is at the teachers discretion.

The students then learn the definitions of some key terms such as trade, slave, slave trade etc.
The students are then asked to study the images on the next three slides showing them where particular cash crops were typically grown. Further expansion on this is at the teachers discretion.

The students are then introduced to the Atlantic slave trade or the slave trade triangle. This is done through a comic strip as well as a map showing exactly what the slave trade triangle was and how it worked. The homework assigned to this PowerPoint is always enjoyed by students. They have to create a poster (or comic strip) using as little text as possible to explain what the slave trade triangle was.