Education & Communities

International Slavery Museum Teachers' Institute

23 to 27 July 2012

The Freedom and Enslavement Wall at the entrance to the International Slavery Museum

You are invited to attend the third annual International Slavery Museum Teachers' Institute - a unique CPD opportunity for teachers.

The Institute aims to increase awareness, skills, knowledge and confidence in teaching the subject of the system of transatlantic slavery, the enslavement of African people and issues around contemporary slavery. It will bring together 15 teachers from across the United Kingdom for 5 days.

The programme

The programme will explore themes addressed in the National Curriculum: Life in West Africa prior to Transatlantic slavery; the Middle Passage and Enslavement; Life in the Americas; Abolition, Resistance and the Legacies of Transatlantic slavery. It offers a career development opportunity and participating teachers will gain:

• Professional, practical guidance in dealing with issues that arise in the classroom when teaching a sensitive, emotive subject
• Access to experts in a range of relevant fields
• An opportunity to draw on the experience and specialist knowledge of our own Education team, and use the handling collections and gallery displays
• Opportunities to develop a professional network
• A safe supportive environment in which to work
• Guidance on a number of approaches to teaching the subject and how its themes can be addressed across the curriculum

The programme will be delivered through talks from curatorial staff, museum education staff, accessible academics who are leaders in their field, as well as interactive workshops, discussions and hands-on activities. We encourage applications from all members of the Teacher and Initial Teacher Training community.

Comments from last year 's course include:

"Seeing practical examples of teaching and best practice has really helped and I am looking forward to bringing those skills to the young people I work with".

"My first thought was, 'How do I introduce this subject to children', but the knowledge and understanding of Atlantic slavery and it's legacies gained from this course will give me a lot more confidence when teaching this sensitive subject in school."

How to book

Please email us or phone Vikky Evans-Hubbard on 0151 478 4456 to register your interest. Places are limited so we advise that you contact us early.

About International Slavery Museum

International Slavery Museum opened in 2007 and is a centre of excellence for teaching the history of Transatlantic Slavery. Taking this history as its starting point the museum explores various cultural, historical and social legacies. The Museum aims to be a campaigning human rights museum and to address current issues including racism, discrimination, and contemporary slavery.

The International Slavery Museum attracted over 1,390,000 visitors in the last financial year. Our high quality education programme was delivered to over 8,000 pupils from 150 schools and colleges from Britain and beyond, including students with special education needs. The education programme was developed following extensive consultation with local, national and international schools and communities plus other key anchor groups.

As a museums service, we are uniquely placed to offer resources from our world class collections, that can support teachers within this subject matter more effectively, efficiently and sensitively. This course is fully funded by The American Friends and National Museums Liverpool. Each place has a value of £2,500.