Lesson on Monday, December 19, 2016

Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade shape the lives and economics of Africans and Europeans?  

 Bell Ringer: Read pages 303-304 "Horrors of the Middle Passage" and "Impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade" (10 min)

Objectives:

1.   Students will explain the origins and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. 

Agenda:

1.   1. Bell Ringer (10 min)

2.   Complete graphic organizer "The Atlantic Slave Trade" in groups or independently (10 min)

3.   Journal 55 – How did enslaved Africans resist captivity? (10 min)

4.   Answer the essential question on a loose leaf and submit to the teacher for a grade: "How did the Atlantic slave trade shape the lives and economies of Africans and Europeans?" (at least ½ page)

5.   Students must submit 1. completed Essential Question assignment at the end of the period, and 2. Last night’s homework “Brainpop: Advanced Activity”.

Tonight’s Home Learning: Journal 56 – What European assumptions about Africans does the Atlantic slave trade show?