Thursday, December 8, 2011

Quiz Tomorrow - Finish Your Homework!

Make sure you are studying for your Quiz tomorrow! Use your notes and any other handouts. The following will be on the quiz:
Encomienda
Columbian exchange
Exploitation
Exploration
Middle passage
Atlantic slave trade
Triangle trade route
Colony

Please also know the cause and effect of the atlantic slave trade

The triangle trade diagram- including which goods came from which part of the world.

4-step evidence

Good luck! Comment tonight with any questions or email me at Lhostetter@philasd.org

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wednesday Homework - 12/7

Homework:


Complete STEP 4 of the 4-Step Evidence from Slave Trade Sources. Must complete Source B to Source F.

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Below is an Example from SOURCE A. Follow this Example to complete STEP 4 for the rest of the sources.


STEP 1: Introduce evidence: who said it, in what speech/ text, (what year).

Author: Olaudah Equiano
Title: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Year: ?
STEP 2: Quote/Observation:


“two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together preferring death to such a life of misery”
STEP 3: Explain the evidence in your own words: (“this shows” “this means”)

This means that the Middle Passage caused Africans to commit suicide.
STEP 4: (When your write this in your essay/paragraph, it becomes à)

Olaudah Equiano in his book The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano states “two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together preferring death to such a life of misery”, meaning that African slaves were committing suicide during the Middle Passage.

For a copy of the sources click HERE
For a copy of the 4-step Evidence click HERE

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tuesday Night Homework

You have just survived the middle passage from Africa to America. Write a journal entry depicting your voyage. Discuss events that happened a long the way, conditions on the boat and details we discussed in class.

Use these vocabulary words:
Atlantic Slave trade
Triangular trade routes
Middle passage
Guns, gold, tobacco, cotton, and slaves.

You may post online by clicking comment below.

Monday, December 5, 2011

This Week - Monday Homework- Post Here

Hello everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend. This week we will be discussing the Atlantic Slave Trade and some of the horrors of this terrible time in history. As usual homework can be posted on the blog by clicking comment below. This week we will also be watching a clip from the movie, "Amistad." There is a scene in particular that depicts the middle passage very well.
*** QUIZ ON FRIDAY***


MONDAY HOMEWORK:
Write an accordion essay on the causes and the effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Your essay should have

PROMPT: What were the causes and effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade?

  • Introduction 
  • Body Paragraph #1 - Causes of the Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Body Paragraph #2 - Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Conclusion
Follow this link to see the accordion essay sheet HERE
Follow this link to see the reading from class today HERE


AMISTAD
Awesome Movie! We'll watch the middle passage section on Tuesday


Watch a Preview of Amistad Here