Facing SlaveryFacing Slavery

Chapter 8Chapter 8

History Alive!History Alive!

Activate Prior KnowledgeActivate Prior Knowledge

A dilemma is a situation A dilemma is a situation that requires you to that requires you to make a decision, but you make a decision, but you do not like any of the do not like any of the choices.choices.

Example: You must eat a Example: You must eat a vegetable with dinner, and vegetable with dinner, and you choices are Brussels you choices are Brussels Sprouts or Cauliflower. You Sprouts or Cauliflower. You hate both.hate both.

Example: You must do house Example: You must do house chores, and your choices are chores, and your choices are raking the leaves or picking raking the leaves or picking up after the dog.up after the dog.

Your Turn!Your Turn!

In your journal, copy and complete In your journal, copy and complete the following sentence starters:the following sentence starters:

1. One dilemma I have faced was 1. One dilemma I have faced was when….when….

2. I chose…2. I chose…

3. …because…3. …because…

Chapter VocabularyChapter Vocabulary

Enslaved Africans:Enslaved Africans: People from Africa People from Africa that were forced to work for a “master”that were forced to work for a “master”

Middle Passage:Middle Passage: The voyage of slave The voyage of slave traders from Africa to Americatraders from Africa to America

Plantations:Plantations: Large farm with slaves who Large farm with slaves who live on that landlive on that land

Slave Auction:Slave Auction: Sale of a slave to the Sale of a slave to the highest bidderhighest bidder

Overseer:Overseer: Person who was in charge of Person who was in charge of the slave work.the slave work.

Three Dilemmas Faced by Three Dilemmas Faced by Enslaved AfricansEnslaved Africans

Read section 8.1Read section 8.1 What do you see?What do you see? Locate each of the places on your world Locate each of the places on your world

map.map. What does the drawing represent?What does the drawing represent?

Dilemma 1: European Slave Dilemma 1: European Slave Trade in West AfricaTrade in West Africa

Read 8.2:“West Africa in the 1500s” Read 8.2:“West Africa in the 1500s” and discuss the following questions:and discuss the following questions:How were the Africans similar?How were the Africans similar?

How were they different?How were they different?

Do you think their culture more alike or Do you think their culture more alike or different than that of the Europeans?different than that of the Europeans?

A Slaver’s CanoeA Slaver’s Canoe

What do you see?What do you see? How would you How would you

describe the describe the people sitting in people sitting in the canoe?the canoe?

What do you think What do you think is happening?is happening?

Why might the Why might the people sitting in people sitting in the canoe be sad?the canoe be sad?

Dilemma 1: The European Slave Dilemma 1: The European Slave Trade in West AfricaTrade in West Africa

Now we will learn about the Africans Now we will learn about the Africans and how they faced a series of and how they faced a series of dilemmas after they encountered dilemmas after they encountered slave traders.slave traders.

Dilemma 1: The European Slave Dilemma 1: The European Slave Trade in West AfricaTrade in West Africa

Read section 8.3 and record notes to Read section 8.3 and record notes to question 1 in bulleted format.question 1 in bulleted format.

What Would You Do?What Would You Do?

Discuss Critical Discuss Critical Thinking Question Thinking Question A, and record A, and record group’s choice and group’s choice and reasoning after reasoning after number 3 on your number 3 on your reading notes.reading notes.

Be ready to present Be ready to present your choice and your choice and reasoning to the reasoning to the class.class.

How many kids How many kids chose…chose… 1: Refuse to sell 1: Refuse to sell

slavesslaves 2: Raid other 2: Raid other

villages and kidnap villages and kidnap others to tradeothers to trade

3: Trade your own 3: Trade your own servants, prisoners, servants, prisoners, and criminalsand criminals

What did they do?What did they do?

Read section 8.4 and record notes to see Read section 8.4 and record notes to see how the Africans actually responded to the how the Africans actually responded to the European Slave Traders. European Slave Traders.

Dilemma 2: The Middle Dilemma 2: The Middle PassagePassage What do you What do you

see?see?

What do you see What do you see drawn on each drawn on each image?image?

Who may have Who may have drawn this drawn this image?image?

How would you How would you feel in these feel in these conditions?conditions?How do you think How do you think the Africans the Africans responded?responded?

Dilemma 2: The Middle Dilemma 2: The Middle PassagePassage

Read section 8.5 and record notes Read section 8.5 and record notes

What Would You Do?What Would You Do?

Group Discussion: Group Discussion: Critical Thinking BCritical Thinking B Be ready to present Be ready to present

your choice and your choice and reasoning to the reasoning to the class.class.

How many kids How many kids would…would… Refuse to eat?Refuse to eat? Try to organize a Try to organize a

revolt?revolt? Try to keep your Try to keep your

strength for strength for survival?survival?

What Did They Do?What Did They Do?

Read section 8.6 and record notes to see Read section 8.6 and record notes to see how the Africans actually responded during how the Africans actually responded during the Middle Passage. the Middle Passage.

Dilemma 3: Arrival in AmericaDilemma 3: Arrival in America

What do you see?What do you see? What are the What are the

people doing? people doing? Why?Why?

Who might the Who might the man on the horse man on the horse be?be?

How do you think How do you think the enslaved the enslaved Africans Africans responded to this responded to this situation?situation?

Dilemma 3: Arrival in AmericaDilemma 3: Arrival in America

Read 8.7 and record your thoughts onto Read 8.7 and record your thoughts onto your reading notesyour reading notes

What Would You Do?What Would You Do?

Your group will Your group will discuss Critical discuss Critical Thinking C and Thinking C and record answers record answers onto reading notesonto reading notes

Be ready to Be ready to present your present your choice and choice and reasoning to the reasoning to the class.class.

How many kids How many kids would…would… Run away and risk Run away and risk

being caught?being caught? Secretly resist Secretly resist

slavery by breaking slavery by breaking tools and working tools and working slowly?slowly?

Work hard and Work hard and hope to be treated hope to be treated well?well?

What Did They Do?What Did They Do?

Read section 8.8 and record notes to see Read section 8.8 and record notes to see how the Africans actually responded to life in how the Africans actually responded to life in America. America.

Chapter AssessmentChapter Assessment

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