9 History Elective

Topic 3: Slavery and Museum Studies

Rationale: In this depth study, students will learn about slavery in the context of museums’ commemoration, memorialisation and education about the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its lasting impacts and legacy. The depth study will examine the nature and purpose of museums and nature of the slave trade, the Middle Passage, slave auctions, plantation life and how these aspects of slavery are depicted in European, North American and African museums.