Objective of Lesson: - Evaluate the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on culture and society. - Predict & Justify if/how the world would be different if the slave trade never happened.
You will be researching 1 of 4 topics related to Slavery in Africa for this project. With your group members, you will utilize technology and provided websites below to find information regarding your topic. Your group will use that information to create a poster which will be displayed for the class to use as a resource. In addition to general information, be sure to include the necessary items on your poster for your group. An electronic copy of the directions sheet you have on your desk is attached below.
Step 1: RESEARCH! EVERYONE in the group must conduct research. Determine who will research what in your group. What is each person going to look for in the websites? Divide & conquer! *YOUR JOURNALS WILL BE CHECKED FOR RESEARCH NOTES AT THE END OF CLASS*
Step 2: COLLABORATE! Meet with your group to discuss how to put your information together. How will you design your poster? Where will you put the information and pictures?
Step 3: CREATE! Work together to create your group's poster.
You will be researching 1 of 4 topics related to Slavery in Africa for this project. With your group members, you will utilize technology and provided websites below to find information regarding your topic. Your group will use that information to create a poster which will be displayed for the class to use as a resource. In addition to general information, be sure to include the necessary items on your poster for your group. An electronic copy of the directions sheet you have on your desk is attached below.
Step 1: RESEARCH! EVERYONE in the group must conduct research. Determine who will research what in your group. What is each person going to look for in the websites? Divide & conquer! *YOUR JOURNALS WILL BE CHECKED FOR RESEARCH NOTES AT THE END OF CLASS*
Step 2: COLLABORATE! Meet with your group to discuss how to put your information together. How will you design your poster? Where will you put the information and pictures?
Step 3: CREATE! Work together to create your group's poster.
Directions Sheet (Electronic Copy):
WEBSITE RESOURCES:
GROUP 1: SLAVERY & AFRICA BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT
1 A- http://abolition.e2bn.org/slavery_41.html
1 B- https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/AFRICA-BEFORE-SLAVERS-Amazing-Grace
1 C- http://www.ironbarkresources.com/slaves/whiteslaves04.htm
1 D- http://history-world.org/Africa%20in%20the%20age%20of%20the%20slave%20trade.htm
1 E- http://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/africanpassageslowcountryadapt/introductionatlanticworld/slaverybeforetrade
GROUP 2: EUROPEAN ARRIVAL/TRIANGULAR TRADE
2A- http://abolition.e2bn.org/slavery_42.html
2B- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/caribbean_trade.htm
2C- http://abolition.e2bn.org/slavery_43.html
2D- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/triangulartrade.htm
2E- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/industrial_era/the_slave_trade/revision/2/
GROUP 3: MIDDLE PASSAGE
3A- http://www.ushistory.org/us/6b.asp
3B- http://abolition.e2bn.org/slavery_44.html
3C- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=446
3D- https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/298/slavery-freedom-and-the-struggle-for-empire-1750-1763-5/slavery-in-the-colonies-55/the-middle-passage-338-6365/
GROUP 4: IMPACT OF SLAVERY ON CULTURE
4A - http://slaverebellion.org/index.php?page=african-contribution-to-american-culture
4B- http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/riches-misery-the-consequences-the-atlantic-slave-trade
4C- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3043
4D- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0205_030205_jubilee4_2.html