GULLAH LANGUAGE Brooke N. Daniels Teaching American History 4 Princeton City Schools
Content Objective: SWBT identify the location of the Gullah Islands as well as list the reasons its inhabitants where stationed there. Language Objective: SWBT retell the reasons why Africans were brought to the Gullah Islands and describe the effects isolationism on those people.
Key Vocabulary Isolation Gullah Islands South Carolina Plantation Rice
What is the long term effect of isolation on language?
Why Rice? Rice grew well Rice made money Location, Location, Location
Why Slaves from West Africa- Sierra Leone? Had success cultivating rice in their native country
Aspects Gold Coast Africans First stop of the Triangular Trade Caribbean Islands More English than African words Differences: Sound, Word Form, and Syntax New Words
Effects on Language Few changes are made Original language preserved Gullah Language
Ticket Out ISOLATION What is it? How did isolation serve the purpose of the white masters? What happens in isolation?