Teachers play a central role in raising awareness and teaching about the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This was confirmed by the report of the independent evaluation of the ASPnet TST education project, carried out by the University of Hertfordshire in 2002. It underlined the importance of teacher training and the availability of relevant teaching material in ensuring a quality education for all.
This text, by Doctor Ival Melville-Myers, Curriculum Co-ordinator (Trinidad & Tobago), presents a selection of multidisciplinary approaches and activities that can be undertaken by teachers within the framework of the TST project, and hopefully adopted or adapted by a wider audience.