1. Voices from the Slave Trade

2. Crash Course Video

3. Purpose Practice Writing and Thinking Skills
Preparation for Interim Assessment
Practice for Research Paper
Evidence based arguments make you smarter and more awesome!

4. Historical Thinking Question
What light do these documents shed on the much-debated question about who should be held responsible for the tragedy of the Atlantic slave trade?

5. 14.1 – The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olauda Equiano by Olaudah Equiano
Annotate for the following…
How does the author describe the kind of slavery he knew in Africa?
What part did Africans play in the slave trade according to the author?
What aspects of the shipboard experience contributed to the slaves’ despair?

6. 14.2 – A Journal of a Voyage Made in the Hannibal of London by Thomas Phillips
Describe the economic transactions described in the document?.
To what extent were they conducted between equal parties and who, if anyone, held the upper hand in the dealings?
How might an African merchant have described the same transaction? How might Equiano have described it?

7. 14.3 Letters to King Joao of Portugal by King Affonso I
What did Affonso seek from Portugal and what kind of relationship did he envision with the Portuguese?
Did Affonso want to end the Slave trade? What is the basis of his opposition and did he oppose slavery itself?

8. 14.4 – Conversation with Joseph Dupuis by Osei Bonsu
How did Osei Bonsu understand the slave trade and its significance for his kingdom?
In what ways does Osei Bonsu compare Muslim traders from the north with European merchants from the sea?

9. 14.5 – Images of the Slave Trade
What aspects of docs do you see in the images?
How do the images provide an understanding of the slave trade beyond the written sources? What are their limitations to historians?

10. 14.6 – Data: Patterns of the Slave Trade
With your crews…
What kind of understandings can be obtained from this data that isn’t available from the other sources? What are the limitations of this type of source?
In what ways did the slave trade change over time? What is the cause of those changes?
What surprises you about this data?

11. Historical Thinking Question
What light do these documents shed on the much-debated question about who should be held responsible for the tragedy of the Atlantic slave trade?

12. Who should be held responsible?
What do the documents say about responsibility and blame for the tragedy of the Atlantic slave trade? Who is at the forefront of this industry?
With your crew, look through the documents and find specific quotes, parts of images, parts of the data tables, that answer this question.
BRAINSTORM
Write down different qutoes/ideas about blame and responsibility. These could be possible main points for students in their essay.

13. Working Thesis Statement
These documents lead to the conclusion that ______________ should be held responsible for the tragedy of the Atlantic slave trade because ___________________________________________.

14. Outline/Thesis worksheet is due on the Block Day.
Homework - Outline
Outline/Thesis worksheet is due on the Block Day.
4th/6th – Wednesday
7th - Thursday
5 starpoints – Everyone turns it in.
3 starpoints – more than half turn it in
Lose 2 starpoints – less than half turn it in