AFAM Investigates

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Overview

AP AFAM investigates offers students the opportunity to practice research and analysis skills that they will be evaluated on major assessments including the AP exam. The key to success for this activity is to carefully read the directions. Failure to do so will result in a poor grade. Students are invited to watch the screencastify video showing how to fill out the form.

AFAM Investigates - African Explorers in the Americas

Required Sources

Juan Garrido’s petition, 1538

I, Juan Garrido, black resident of this city [Mexico City], appear before Your Mercy and state that I am in need of making a probanza to the perpetuity of the king, a report on how I served Your Majesty in the conquest and pacification of this New Spain, from the time when the Marqués del Valle [Cortés] entered it; and in his company I was present at all the invasions and conquests and pacifications which were carried out, always with the said Marqués, all of which I did at my own expense without being given either salary or allotment of natives or anything else. As I am married and a resident of this city, where I have always lived; and also as I went with the Marqués del Valle to discover the islands which are in that part of the southern sea [the Pacific] where there was much hunger and privation; and also as I went to discover and pacify the islands of San Juan de Buriquén de Puerto Rico; and also as I went on the pacification and conquest of the island of Cuba with the adelantado Diego Velázquez; in all these ways for thirty years have I served and continue to serve Your Majesty - for these reasons stated above do I petition Your Mercy. And also because I was the first to have the inspiration to sow maize [corn] here in New Spain and to see if it took; I did this and experimented at my own expense.

Topic 2.1

SWBAT: Explain the significance of the roles ladinos played as the first Africans to arrive in the territory that became the United States and Describe the diverse roles Africans played during colonization of Americas in the 16th century using the required sources and secondary to support.

Using the Google form, complete all of the tasks for the assignment.

Task #1: Watch the video overview for topic 2.1 and take notes that would answer the following learning objectives. Next, read Garrido's petition [see the left side of the screen] use it to add to your notes about the diverse roles of Africans during colonization.

Explain the significance of the roles ladinos played as the first Africans to arrive in the territory that became the United States.
Describe the diverse roles Africans played during colonization of the Americas in the sixteenth century.

Task #2: Use the links to complete the task

Click here to learn about Juan Garrido's life. Identify two details about his background that stood out to other than him being African.
Go to Google Classroom and view the PDF chart linked. Next:
- Identify THREE observations from the chart and TWO conclusions you can drawn based on your observations.
- Select ONE piece of evidence from the petition [see the left] to support. Do not copy the text; paraphrase!
- Explain HOW the evidence selected supports your conclusions.

Task #3: Research and Analysis

Conduct research about other African explorers in the Americas (north and south) and select ONE source to complete the task #3 section of the google form.

Task #4: Oral Defense Practice Questions

See the google form for details

For this investigation activity, there is NOT a task #5. You do not have to create a MCQ or SAQ.

Additional Resources:

AFMA Investigates:

Diasporic Connections: Slavery and Freedom in Brazil

Additional Resources: See below

After completing the expectations for tasks 1-4 (see the form for task 4), for Task Five, explain how the Capoeira is an example of the African Diaspora.

Topic 2.16

SWBAT: Describe features of the enslavement of Africans in Brazil as well as Explain shifts in the numbers of enslaved Africans in Brazil and the United States during the nineteenth century.

Using the Google form, complete all of the tasks for the assignment.

Task One: Watch the video overview to your left and take notes either in your notebook or on the google form.

On the google form: Research, cite, and summarize the aspects of African culture that persist in Brazilian society today.

Task Two: Research, cite, and summarize the cultural significance of Egungun. Next, using the image of the Festival of Our Lady of the Rosary, explain how the image is relevant to your findings about the Egungun.

Task Three: Using the image below, engage in online research to learn more about enslaved people who arrived in Brazil as children, likely during the collapse of the Oyo Empire (Nigeria) in the early 1830s. Be sure to summarize your findings and align it to the course themes.

AFAM Investigates - Afro-Caribbean Migration compared to the Great Migration

Topics 3.16 and 3.17

Learning Objective: SWBAT describe the factors that spurred Black Caribbean and American migration to and around the United States during the first half of the 20th century and the impact that migration had on Black communities in the U.S. Please use this google form to complete the task!

AFAM investigates tasks one and two overview.mp4

Task One

Watch the video overview and take notes for on the Google form.
Using this link, and add 2+ details relevant about the Great Migration.

Task Two

Watch the video overview and take notes on the Google form.
Use this link to add 3+ details about the experiences of Afro-Caribbean Migration.

Task Three

Alternative Directions from the Google Form are the following:

Log into AP Classroom and read the required source for topic 3.17
1. Type the title of the source for Task 3A
Summarize the main idea and complete the analysis of the source (HIPP).
1. Type this information for Tasks 3B-3D
Watch the linked video and explain how it is relevant to the source's perspective.
1. Type this information for Task 3E
For Task 3F, type N/A
Follow the directions for Task 3G
For Task 3H, your research question should demonstrate your understanding of why Black Americans migrated to other sections of the United States and why Afro-Caribbeans migrated to the same sections in the United States.