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Goals and Objectives
At the conclusion of this unit,
the children will understand the effects of the Slave Trade, Middle Passage,
and Slavery on United States social structure and history. There
will be a connection to commerce and a better understanding of the economics
of these issues.
The students will
have met several of the Delaware Standards and Benchmarks for grade eight
social studies. The students will be analyzing data, organizing and
constructing graphic organizers. The students will be mapping the
trade routes, and writing reports. The students will be developing
research skills as the complete the project. Diagramming historical
data and constructing maps are also addressed.
Performance Indicators:
8.426- Compare and contrast different
economies and describe how cultural values, resources, and technologies
influence production, distribution and exchange.
8.427 Evaluate the impact of the government
policies in promoting or restricting international trade on workers, producers,
consumers, and government.
8.429 Associate major resources with
specific geographic regions of the world.
8.435 Identify the different areas
of the world where major religions, languages and political systems are
found.
8.436 Demonstrate an understanding
of the process that causes culture to spread from its origin to other places.
8.437 Use the concept of core and periphery
to demonstrate that the influence of a culture decreases with the distance
from the cultural. ( Mecca is the center of Islam).
8.439 Explain how changing locations
of economic activities and patterns of land use can be influenced by advances
in technology.
8.440 Explain why some cultures are
culturally and economically connected while others are not.
8.441 Explain how conflict and cooperation
results in the division of the earth into political and cultural regions.
8.443 Analyze change over time to regions,
societies, and themes using historical materials.
8.444 Describe and support cause/effect
relationships within a region, society or theme using historical materials.
8.445 Design and implement strategies
for locating historical materials on a specific topic.
8.446 Judge the credibility of historical
materials based on purpose, perspective, or point of view.
8.447 Conclude why several historians
descriptions of a society may differ.
8.448 Identify and describe major people
and events in American history to 1877, and assess their significance to
the nation's development.
8.449 Identify and describe major technological
advances in American history to 1877, and assess their significance to
the nation's development.
Content
Students will be able to:
I. Analyze the origins of the Atlantic
Slave Trade and the development of slavery, and the creation of an African
American culture, including the significance of:
A. Triangle trade Middle passage,
barraccoons.
B. Continual need for labor in
plantation agriculture task system.
C. African resistance to
slavery suicides, fugitives (maroons), New York City
Uprising (1712))
D. African American culture
language (Gullah, naming practices), burial practice,
Cuisine; craft work
Resources
http://slaveship.homestead.com/ http://www.tbook.com/history/n/Nautical_History/The_Wreck_of_the_Henrietta_Marie_An_African_American_s_Spiritual_Journey_to_Uncover_a_Sunk_0517703289.htm
http://www.wvculture.org/museum/Marie/marie2.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html
J975.941 Su53s
Sullivan, George.
Slave Ship:
The Story of Henrietta Marie, 1994.
F319.K4C68
Cottman, Michael H.
The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie:
An African American's Spiritual Journey
to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship's Past