Learning
National Museums Liverpool in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have developed an international teachers' institute, 'Teaching the transatlantic slave trade - history, issues and future hopes'. The institute will bring together teachers from New Haven, Connecticut; Merseyside, England and Ghana for a two week conference to be held in Accra, Ghana in August 2009.
National Museums Liverpool have sponsored teachers from the Merseyside area to attend the conference in return for their enthusiasm in teaching the subject of slavery and strong commitment to innovation in teaching and cross curriculum development.
The teachers are attending preparatory sessions before the visit to Ghana and will deliver CPD work for colleagues on their return at the International Slavery Museum.
If you are interested in finding out more information about the institute please send Carol White an email or contact her on 0151 478 4427.
The project is actively supported by Hope University and the University of Liverpool.