{"id":2,"date":"2024-11-13T15:31:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stirtss.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-12-12T09:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:18:46","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About this project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-892ca9b6e5be501c42aeb006a5cf501e wp-block-paragraph\">Teaching Slavery in Scottish Schools (TSS) was set up in 2021 as an informal network of teachers and academics to develop and share resources and research about the trade in enslaved African people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to Dr Peggy Brunache talk about the project here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Improving Scottish Schools&#039; Teaching of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Dr Peggy Brunache\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gXwi9FNlZ8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5776ec6189f77047e869363f1a745731 wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, the project has received support and funding from the ESRC, the Scottish Government, the Wolfson Foundation and British Academy, and the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/be17f3a1-2adf-4cdc-bbe0-3581fbbe9ea0-e1757749802413-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Three women standing in front of a wall banner that reads SAMEE Awards.\" class=\"wp-image-239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/be17f3a1-2adf-4cdc-bbe0-3581fbbe9ea0-e1757749802413-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/be17f3a1-2adf-4cdc-bbe0-3581fbbe9ea0-e1757749802413-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/be17f3a1-2adf-4cdc-bbe0-3581fbbe9ea0-e1757749802413-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/be17f3a1-2adf-4cdc-bbe0-3581fbbe9ea0-e1757749802413-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/be17f3a1-2adf-4cdc-bbe0-3581fbbe9ea0-e1757749802413-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/be17f3a1-2adf-4cdc-bbe0-3581fbbe9ea0-e1757749802413-1980x1485.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/be17f3a1-2adf-4cdc-bbe0-3581fbbe9ea0-e1757749802413.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme was recognised in the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samee.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators (SAMEE) Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our primary aim is to connect educators in Scotland who are teaching and researching the history of slavery. Teachers have long recognised the significance of this topic: to discussions about contemporary racism, global inequalities, and social and cultural change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through working together, we have developed <a href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=85\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"85\">a core set of principles to guide teaching<\/a>, a suite of <a href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=118\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118\">lesson plans<\/a> and associated resources, a broad compilation of <a href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=23\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"23\">primary sources<\/a> for use in the classroom, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=263\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"263\">video series<\/a> tackling key historical questions and introducing new materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a project team, we are often asked for recommended reading.  We cannot recommend this book too highly. It is freely downloadable, by just clicking on the picture below and then selecting &#8216;Open Access pdf&#8217; when prompted. The same page gives you the option of purchasing a hard copy..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uclpress.co.uk\/book\/teaching-slavery\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"978\" src=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9781800080706-scaled-wpv_652x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9781800080706-scaled-wpv_652x.jpg 652w, https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9781800080706-scaled-wpv_652x-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching Slavery in Scottish Schools (TSS) was set up in 2021 as an informal network of teachers and academics to develop and share resources and research about the trade in enslaved African people. 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