Lesson 5: What Happened at a Slave Auction?
A case-study lesson revealing the brutality and dehumanisation of the slave auction system. Students use written and visual sources to reconstruct what happened on the auction block, explore Olaudah Equiano’s eyewitness testimony, and reflect on how families were torn apart for profit. The lesson promotes critical thinking and compassion, helping students connect the human stories behind the statistics.
Includes:
• Fully resourced PowerPoint and printable worksheets
• Instant feedback and model answers
• Frayer model for key terms (e.g. auction, scramble, bid, plantation)
• Extension and challenge questions
• Extended writing task
Why Teachers Love This Bundle
• Fully resourced lessons including: PowerPoints, worksheets, and printable tasks
• Designed for mixed-ability groups with clear differentiation
• Ideal for both specialist and non-specialist History teachers
• Perfect foundation for later KS3 units including The Industrial Revolution, The English Civil War, and The Age of Reform — coming soon
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