1. Name:………………………………………………………….
Teacher:……………………………………………………….
Date Task 1 Issued:……Date to be completed by…….
Date Task 2 Issued:……Date to be completed by…….
Level 4 and 5
Key Stage 3 Year 9
History Homework Booklet
Term 2: The Rise of Hitler
Your task: The Slave Trade was a central feature of world wide trade
up until the 19th Century. Until the 19th century, few people thought
there was anything wrong with slavery. Both African rulers and
European traders were happy to trade in slaves. It was a profitable
trade and many people made lots of money out of it. However, at the
end of the 18th century, public opinion began to turn against the slave
trade. In 1787, the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was
set up. William Wilberforce represented the committee in Parliament.
Local man Thomas Clarkson also played a significant part in helping
the end the slave trade by writing essays and campaigning against it.
The Slave Trade was finally abolished in the British Empire in 1807.
Historians use sources to find out information out about the past and
they are a key feature of studying history, especially at GCSE. Your
task is to analyse sources about the Slave Trade.
Task 1
1) What can you learn from source 1 (inside the booklet) about how
slaves were treated when they were moved from Africa to America?
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2. 2.Why did Thomas Clarkson make Source 1?
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3)What surprises you the most about Source 1 and why?
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Source 1) Created by Thomas Clarkson, 1786 "Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of
Human Species“. This was made to make people want to stop slavery.

3. 4) Look at Source 2, what can you learn from Source 2 about what happened to
slaves? ................................ ...... ……………………………………………………….…………………………..
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Task 2
An engraving from a London newspaper shows a slave auction at Richmond, Virginia.
(The illustrated London news, 27 September 1856
5)Why was Source 2 made?
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4. Key Stage 3 History Homework
Term 9- Slavery
Name:
These grades are
recorded in GO. Target Grade: Current Grade:
Criteria: To research and explain about the importance of an individual.
What you did well:
You have made excellent judgements
using sources and have explained
them well.
You have made excellent judgements
using sources.
You have picked out good information
from sources.
You have picked out some information
from sources.
Your spelling, punctuation, and
grammar in this work is excellent.
Your work is very well presented.
Your work shows excellent effort.
Your work shows good effort.
Targets to improve further:
You need to give more detail when
explaining what you have found out
from the sources.
You need to think about what the
source tells you but does not actually
say.
You need to explain the judgements
that you make from sources.
You need to read sources more
carefully.
Take more care with your spelling,
punctuation and grammar.
Take more care with the presentation
of your work.
Your work shows it would benefit
from more effort.
Student Response
Note here anything you are not sure about:
What are your personal targets:
Miss Limm