1. Starter – cut and paste the items below and place them on where you think they come from
England
America
Africa

2. Your task – Trade Triangle
15 mins
Complete the trade triangle by cutting and sticking the pictures on the correct area
Label the three countries on the map and show the direction of the trade.
In your books explain in your own words what was traded at each point in the triangle.
End
Learning Outcomes:
To define what a slave is. To understand why there was a triangular slave trade and how it worked.
BLP: absorbed Literacy: Listening

3. Homework Treatment of the slaves THE MIDDLE PASSAGE 9/12/2016
This homework will last two weeks. I would like you to imagine you are a slave and you have been taken on a boat for the very first time to make the crossing on the middle passage. Consider: What emotions you feel? What can you see happening.? What do you think is happening?
Mention:
Treatment of the slaves
Life above deck
Life below deck
Food
Punishments Write at least one paragraph and no more than one side of A4.

4. What was the Middle Passage like?
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like?
BLP: Empathy
Comm: Speaking

5. Starter: Why did people allow slavery to happen?
Card sort: Look at all the reasons people used to justify slavery.
Sort them out into 3 different sections
those about beliefs
those about money (economic)
those about religion.

7. A slave ship
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

8. LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

9. LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

10. Treatment of the slaves Life above deck Life below deck Food
As you watch the clip, jot down your ideas about the following headings in the back of your books:
Treatment of the slaves
Life above deck
Life below deck
Food
Punishments
Leave space after each heading to add to it.
You will use these ideas during the rest of the lesson
Short clip from ROOTS,
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

11. What was life like on board the Brookes?
Carried 400 slaves
Distance between decks 1.5 metres
Men in bow, boys in centre, women in stern
Temperatures - 35ºC
Journey lasted days
Dysentery
20 million slaves ( )
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

12. Activity
Copy the statements 1 to 17 in your exercise books under the correct headings
Draw out the living graph
y axis (6 words from your emotion list)
x axis write the numbers 1 to 17
Plot your emotions against the story.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

13. What was life like for the slaves crossing the Middle Passage?
Terrified
Nauseous
Physically sick
Scared
Upset
Angry
What was life like for the slaves crossing the Middle Passage?
Choose your own emotions

14. What was the Slaves experience of the Middle Passage?
The Life of
Olaudah Equiano
the African
Primary source
Imagine you experienced his life – think of emotions you would feel
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

15. Snatched from my village - Tied with chains and rope.
Olaudah Equiano
Snatched from my village - Tied with chains and rope.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

16. Olaudah Equiano
Taken to the coast and put onto a ship – 600 slaves packed onto the ship - we are forced below decks.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

17. Olaudah Equiano
Chained together hands and feet. Packed in like spoons - no room to move. (Length 5ft 6in/width 16inches)
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

18. The heat is unbearable - I gasp for breath!
Olaudah Equiano
The heat is unbearable - I gasp for breath!
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

19. A mixture of unpleasant smells - urine, faeces, and vomit.
Olaudah Equiano
A mixture of unpleasant smells - urine, faeces, and vomit.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

20. I hear the shrieks of women and the groans of the dying.
Olaudah Equiano
I hear the shrieks of women and the groans of the dying.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

21. Food is served – one bucket between 10 men.
Olaudah Equiano
Food is served – one bucket between 10 men.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

22. I refuse to eat. I am flogged as a punishment!
Olaudah Equiano
I refuse to eat. I am flogged as a punishment!
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

23. A slave rebels – his hands and feet are cut off!
Olaudah Equiano
A slave rebels – his hands and feet are cut off!
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

24. A slave commits suicide – he jumps over board.
Olaudah Equiano
A slave commits suicide – he jumps over board.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

25. The crew rape slave women.
Olaudah Equiano
The crew rape slave women.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

26. Disease and death spreads
Olaudah Equiano
Disease and death spreads
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

27. The sick and dying are thrown alive overboard.
Olaudah Equiano
The sick and dying are thrown alive overboard.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

28. Twice a week we are forced to dance on deck – or be whipped!
Olaudah Equiano
Twice a week we are forced to dance on deck – or be whipped!
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

29. The journey takes two to three months – the crossing is rough!
Olaudah Equiano
The journey takes two to three months – the crossing is rough!
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

30. I am scrubbed with gun powder, lemon juice and palm oil!
Olaudah Equiano
I am scrubbed with gun powder, lemon juice and palm oil!
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

31. I am SOLD at auction to Captain Henry Pascal, a British naval officer.
Olaudah Equiano
I am SOLD at auction to Captain Henry Pascal, a British naval officer.
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking

32. What five words would you use to sum up the journey of a slave?
Plenary:
What five words would you use to sum up the journey of a slave?
LO: What was the middle passage and what were the conditions like? BLP: Empathy Comm: Speaking