London, Sugar & Slavery gallery visit

Are you visiting our London, Sugar & Slavery gallery at London Museum Docklands with your school group? Use these resources to prepare and facilitate your visit.

Venue:

At London Museum Docklands

Key stages:

Key Stage 2 (7-11)

Key Stage 3 (11-14)

Themes:

British trade in enslaved Africans

  1. Before your visit
  2. During your visit

Visiting the London, Sugar & Slavery gallery can enrich your teaching of British trade in enslaved Africans and its connections to London. Due to the sensitive nature of the topic, we strongly recommend doing a planning visit before bringing your school group. You can find resources on this page to help you prepare your visit, as well as some guides that your students can use while at the museum.

Before your visit

Student wellbeing guidance document

PDF: 310.8 KB

This document will help you to consider the impact the gallery might have on your students, emotionally and psychologically, and suggests actions you can take before, during and after your visit to support your students and accompanying adults.

We recommend carefully reading through this before your visit and creating your own action plan tailored to your group.

During your visit

KS2 introduction script

PDF: 95.1 KB

Use this script to give your pupils an introduction to the museum and the London, Sugar & Slavery gallery - designed for key stage 2 groups.

Map of Docklands area

PDF: 561.4 KB

Explore the legacies of the British trade in enslaved Africans with this map of the local area around Docklands.

KS3 gallery trail

PDF: 256.3 KB

Download and print the enquiry-based gallery trail - designed for key stage 3 groups.

We recommend organising pupils into small groups and assigning an accompanying adult to each group.

Questions are designed to encourage discussion in the gallery and improve oracy skills.

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At London Museum Docklands Key Stage 2 (7-11) Key Stage 3 (11-14) British trade in enslaved Africans

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