Maafa
Project overview
This project teaches children about Africa past and present and the development of the slave trade. It also explores Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, the causes and consequences of the European colonisation of Africa and the worldwide communities that make up the African diaspora.
Key Learning Topics
- Ancient African Kingdoms and Empires
- The Kingdom of Benin
- The transatlantic slave trade
- Britain's role in the slave trade
- The human impact of the slave trade
- Life on the plantations
- Resistance by enslaved people
- Abolition of slavery
- European colonisation of Africa
- Black lives in Britain – 20th Century and today
- Black history and culture in Britain
- Inspirational black Britons
Cross-curricular links
- English
- Geography
- History
- PSHE
Lesson activities with quality supporting resources
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25 lesson activities -
70 high quality resources
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