This collection of guides, videos and activities will help you to learn about black history in the UK and the wider world.
Key stage 1 | Ages 5-7
The arrival of the Windrush
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
Who was Rosa Parks?
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
Who was Walter Tull?
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
Who was Mary Seacole?
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
Key stage 2 | Ages 7-11
Benin and other West African kingdoms
WORLD HISTORY
What was life like in Benin?
WORLD HISTORY
What can we learn from the art of Benin?
WORLD HISTORY
The geography of Africa
GEOGRAPHY
Differences and diversity
CITIZENSHIP
Who was Eliza Wigham?
PEOPLE AND PAST EVENTS
Key stage 3 | Ages 11-14
What was precolonial West Africa like?
PRECOLONIAL AFRICA
The experiences of enslaved people
THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
The abolition of the slave trade in Britain
THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
African struggles for independence
THE END OF EMPIRE
Caribbean struggles for independence
THE END OF EMPIRE
Caribbean migration: the Windrush generation
POST-WAR MIGRATION
