WHG: The Slave Trade Primary Source Activity

UNIT:

Unit 3b: The Slave Trade

LESSON TITLE:

The Middle Passage (Primary Source Activity)

STANDARDS:

W.13

LESSON OVERVIEW:

Students will take part in an analysis of primary source material about the MIddle Passage of the 1700s & 1800s and respond to guiding questions at the end of class

OBJECTIVE:

I can explain the reasons for the MIddle Passage of the 1700s & 1800s 

ASSESSMENT / EVALUATION:

Students will respond to guiding questions at the end of class

INSTRUCTION:

1. Students will review exploration & colonization of the Americas

2. Students will engage in explicit direct instruction as an introduction to the activity

3. Students will read various primary sources and respond to guiding questions