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Aim: What were the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade? Do Now: Read the poem. What is the author describing?

Aim: What were the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade? Do Now: Read the poem. What is the author describing? Homework: Write a letter to the leader of Spain or England and convince them to stop the slave trade. Cultural Interaction.

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Aim: What were the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade? Do Now: Read the poem. What is the author describing?

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  1. Aim: What were the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade? Do Now: Read the poem. What is the author describing? Homework: Write a letter to the leader of Spain or England and convince them to stop the slave trade. Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

  2. Cultural Interaction • To meet their growing labor needs, Europeans enslaved millions of Africans in the Americas. • Descendants of enslaved Africans represent a significant part of the American’s population today. Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

  3. Slave Trade • Atlantic Slave Trade: buying and selling of Africans into slavery. Between 1500 and 1600, nearly 300,000 Africans were transported to the Americas. • Most slaves were sold by Spain. They worked throughout South/North America working on plantations and in mines. Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

  4. The Route Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

  5. Triangular Trade • Europeans transported manufactured goods to the west coast of Africa. There, traders exchanged these goods for captured Africans. Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

  6. The Horrors of the Middle Passage Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

  7. The Voyage Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

  8. Middle Passage • This is the voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and later to North/South America. • Cruelty characterized this journey. The Africans were packed into ships with beatings. • They suffered horrible disease and abuse. • Many committed suicide by throwing themselves overboard. Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

  9. Activity • Have students all stand in a small space in the middle of the room. They must be as close together as possible. • How did you feel? • What did you see? • Imagine being like this for 3 months traveling across the Atlantic. Aim: How did the Atlantic slave trade effect Africa? Do Now: What is the legacy of Columbus?

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