4.7: Slave Trade Historiography

Objective: Students will be able to summarize arguments made by 5 historians and reflect on those arguments based on a video presentation

Vocabulary: historiography

Directions:

  1. Get a copy of this worksheet
  2. Watch the video presentation (below) on Slave Trade Historiography. Complete numbers 1-5 on the worksheet based on this presentation (summarize the points made, don't just copy down the bullet points)
  3. Reflect on the slave trade by completing the bottom portion of the handout.

Presentation on Slave Trade Historiography

Watch this video to learn about arguments made by historians on the Atlantic Slave Trade