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The experiences of slaves, convicts and free settlers upon departure, their journey abroad, and their reactions on arrival, including the Australian experience:
investigate the main features of slavery, including transportation, the countries involved and the extent of slavery.
select an individual slave sent to the Americas, or a convict or a free settler who came to Australia and use sources to construct the story of their experiences
describe both the immediate and longer-term consequences of transporting African slaves to the Americas
Task 1: Copy Notes (Historical Context)
The Industrial Revolution resulted in the movement of peoples from the ‘Old World’ of Europe to the New World of American continent. Slaves were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on the plantations that supplied the factories in the industrialised countries. Between 1500s and late 1800s, more than 11-12 million were forcibly taken to the New World to work on European plantations.
Task 2: The Slave Experience: Reading and Comprehension
Read the text then complete questions 6.4 at the end of the worksheet.
Slavery in the America's.pdfTask 3: The Middle Passage
a) View the Video
b) Copy notes into your workbooks.
b) Copy notes into your workbooks.
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage
The ‘Middle Passage’ was the harrowing voyage experienced by the millions of African captives transported across the Atlantic in European ships, to work as slaves in the Americas. Conditions on board slave ships were appalling: huge numbers of people were crammed into very small spaces. Men, women and children were separated, families being torn apart.
Overcrowding, poor diet, dehydration and disease led to high death rates. 450,000 of the 3.4 million Africans transported in British ships died on the Atlantic crossing. Those who resisted by refusing food and water were beaten and force-fed. Attempts at more violent, organised rebellion were even more savagely punished. Some people preferred death to slavery and committed suicide during the voyage or later.
c) Use the captions from the video to answer the following questions.
The Atlantic Slave Trade Video.docxTask 4: Drawing Conclusions Using Maps and data
Click the link for the map and table of figures
-Use the map to draw conclusions about the following:
a) Why is called the 'Atlantic Sea Trade?' b) How does the map visually show the global nature of slavery.
According to the table, what countries were involved in the slave trade?
a)Which two countries had the longest history of trading slaves?
b) What can we conclude about scale of the slave trade based on the figures recorded?
Refer to the table of figures for these questions:
What years were the height of the Slave Trade for Britain?
Which country had the least involvement?
Which country do you think has been most culpable in the slave trade?
What other conclusions can you make about the slave trade based on this data.
Slaves Sources sheet 1.docx
Task 5: Developing an understanding of an Individual though sources.
Task 5: Developing an understanding of an Individual though sources.
Refer to following sources relating to the famous slave, Olaudah Equiano. Your task is to analyse each sources, then write a biographical recount about Equiano from these sources.
Refer to the sources, and identify at least 5-10 things you learn about Olaudah from the sources.
Olaudah Equiano source study.pdfLiSA Suggestion for teachers...
LiSA Suggestion for teachers...
Print the textbook page in the centre of an A3 piece of paper
Split the bottom section into - 'Identification of Person', 'Events' and 'Significance'
Use the example attached above to define each section with students
Watch the clip and get students to add bullet points to each section
Then read the textbook together and annotate together, and then independently for the last few paragraphs - students should have content for each section.
Give the students a copy of the example recount to use, to assist writing their recount.
Give students 15 mins to write their recount
Task 6: Understanding the immediate and long-term impacts of slavery
The Atlantic Slave Trade impacted many millions of people and countries (origin and destination) of slavery.
a) Choose ONE African country and ONE American country
-Africa: Ghana, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan
-Americas: Caribbean, South Americas, British North Africa.
b) You are to research the short and long-term impacts for the following:
-social/cultural
-economics
Task 7: Cloze Passage
Complete the missing words.
Cross out each world as you go.
Industrialised Million Transported Poverty Labour Spain Foul Discrimination Colonies Britain Killed Slaves America Sold Slaves Captured Farms Chained Profitable
As the European countries _____________, there was a growing need for _________ in their colonies, to help produce the raw materials they required.
From the 1500’s to the 1900’s B_______, France, S_______ and Portugal transported slaves to C__________ in North America, The West Indies, Europe and South A__________.
The Slaves were t____________ in terrible conditions. Slaves would be marched to transport ships, in chains; and any that could not keep up would be k_______.
Slaves were packed onto the ships very tightly; c___________ to the floor with little room to turn. They would be stuck there, naked in the f_____ air, covered in human waste, dirt and vermin.
African s________ were used by Europeans in both North and South America, to work on f______ and provide the labour required to make these farms p___________.
Slaves were often c__________ by other African Tribes i.e. prisoners of war, and then s_____ to Europeans.
The Human Toll of the Slave Trade was devastating, with about 11 m________ transported. In addition, it is estimated that another 10 million died on the journey, during the capture process and through disease and overwork.
Finally, the slave trade has seen many of the descendants of slaves, condemned to a life of p_________ and disadvantage.
In the U.S. African Americans make up about 10% of the total population. Many of these still live in poverty and suffer di_____________.
Task 7: The Abolition Movement
Watch the clip and summarise the 5 main reasons for the abolition of slavery.
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