Teach Black British history with this nonfiction reading comprehension resource for KS3. This no-prep pack pairs a carefully levelled informational text with comprehension and assessment activities that build historical understanding, critical thinking, and close reading skills.

Pupils explore the lives of three Black Britons who lived through the height of the transatlantic slave trade and pushed back against it with their own words and actions: Ignatius Sancho, a writer and shopkeeper who became one of the earliest known Black Britons to vote in a parliamentary election; Olaudah Equiano, a formerly enslaved sailor who bought his own freedom and wrote a bestselling memoir; and Mary Prince, whose dictated testimony became the first published account of a Black woman’s life in Britain.

Reading Level: Year 7–9, Lexile ≈1050L–1150L

What’s Included:
Informational Text – a 2-page nonfiction text with bolded vocabulary defined in context and authentic historical images.
Comprehension & Assessment Pack – written response questions, mixed-format questions, crossword, word search, multiple-choice quiz, vocabulary matching, true/false quiz, and cloze summary.

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• Black Soldiers & Sailors: Britain’s Wars | KS3 Reading