1. Objective: SWBAT recognize the importance of Triangular Trade
Objective: SWBAT recognize the importance of Triangular Trade. (answer these on a separate piece of paper, be prepared to staple this to your notes.) 1. What was the Columbian Exchange? 2. What areas did the French explore?

2. Think to yourself for about 30 seconds… Why were Africans sent to the Americas? How did they get there? Who benefited?

3. Draw it on your calisthenics paper!
What should they do?
Taylor has two pencils, but really wants an eraser.
Kyla has two erasers, but really wants a pencil.
What should they do?
Kyla
Taylor

4. Draw it! (on the same paper)
What should they do?
Kenneth has erasers, but wants a pencil.
Melvin has pencils, but wants hand sanitizer.
Jaelen has hand sanitizer, but wants erasers.
What should they do?
Kenneth
Jaelen
Melvin

5. Draw it (on the same sheet of paper!)!
What should they do?
Europe had manufactured goods, but wanted sugar and tobacco.
Africa had people, but wanted manufactured goods.
America could grow sugar and tobacco, but needed workers.
Europe
America
Africa

6. Trade!...in a triangle
Take a few seconds and look at what is being traded from the different continents.
Europe
North America
Africa
South America

7. Notes Use your notes handed out and the power point to complete them.
Be sure to complete all the blanks!

8. Triangular Trade
"Triangular Trade” was a pattern of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Europe
Americas
Africa

9. From Europe to Africa
Europeans traded manufactured goods like cloth, rum, and weapons to Africa.

10. From Africa to the Americas
Africans sold gold and people to Europeans. The African people were shipped to the Americas where they were used as slaves.

11. Slaves in America
In the Americas, slaves grew sugar and tobacco. Slaves also mined for gold and silver in the Americas.

12. From the Americas to Europe
The sugar, tobacco, gold, and silver produced by slaves in the Americas was shipped to Europe.

13. Move on to the Practice
Take the next few minutes to move on to the “Practice” part of your notes, #1-5
Then use the map in the Power Point to label the one in your notes with each continent and the goods being traded in the Triangular Trade.
Lastly, move on to the “Think” Questions! Answer all 3.