1.  starter activity ? ? ? ? A wealthy eighteenth century family
Can you identify the luxury items pointed to in this painting? Where would they have come from? Why were they so expensive?

2. Sugar in the eighteenth century
Sugar loaf mountain
Sugar today

3. Finished silk before it is dyed
Silk worms
Finished silk before it is dyed
Silk worm cocoons

4. White gold & black misery
 Aims
To define the meaning of the ‘Triangular Trade’
To produce a map of the T T
To complete a ‘question wheel’ on slavery

5.  Role play
The buying and selling of slaves and the produce of goods on plantations was known as the Triangle Trade. Conduct a role play to see how it functioned.
Can you explain why the slave trade lasted so long?

6. The slave triangle

7. ‘The Slave Trade’ by August Francois Biard (1840)
Study this source. How similar or different is it to Source C in Wilkes, p.75?  Which account is more reliable?
‘The Slave Trade’ by August Francois Biard (1840)

8.  Your task
1. Your teacher will give you a map. Record the names of places involved in the Triangle Trade and what was bought and sold along the way
2. Describe the process of the Slave Trade, e.g. the different stages, what was traded, why it was called the slave trade
Study Source B. Why would an English merchant choose this image for his coat of arms?

9.  Your task
Read the extract from Alex Hayley’s book ‘Roots’ on p.80. Write questions on the slave trade
Why?
Where?
Who?
What?
When?
How?

10.  Your task
Imagine you are the captain of a slave ship. Describe your journey to Africa. Include the following:
Description of the goods you took on board
How you acquired the slaves in Africa
Your feelings about the slave trade – discuss the pros and cons of your work

11.  Success criteria Satisfactory Getting better Wow factor
Your use of specific technical vocabulary is limited
You describe the loading of goods in England but may not have covered other points
You use some technical vocabulary
You describe the loading of goods in England and the arrival in Africa but may not reflect on the pros and cons of your business
You make some attempt to write in a style appropriate to a captain
You confidently use technical vocabulary, e.g. triangle trade, plantation, manacles
You describe the loading of goods and how you acquire slaves
You reflect on the pros and cons of your business
It’s written in the style of a captain’s diary

12.  Plenary
Define the word ‘Triangular Trade’ and write it in your glossary
Explain the terms slave & plantation
What happened at each point of the Triangular Trade?
Who benefited from the slave trade?
Extension. Why did the TT last so long?

13.  Extension
Olaudah Equiano wrote about the slave trade in the eighteenth century. Produce a factoid on his life and his writings. It should be no longer than one side of A4 and include images and key facts.
Olaudah Equiano