"There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live..."

--John Adams

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Week 2: Aug. 23-27, 2k21

Day 1
In Class:  European colonization discussion based on the T-Chart of the three colonial regions 
  • Comparing the three colonial regions -- climate/environment - how the regions made money
  • Which region do you think would be the hardest to live in and why?
  • Do you think more people lived in cities or on farms?
  • How do you think knowledge spread amongst the colonies?
  • Do you think the colonists were formally educated?
  • As the colonies grow in population, how do you think this impacted the people and the land itself?
Day 2
In Class:  Introduce Colonial Slavery  -- Reading about colonial slavery, highlighting, and annotating the packet answering the 13 Q's in the packet.
  1. What is slavery? (Define it and explain what it means)
  2. What European nation introduced “race-based” slavery in the 1400s? Why/how did they do this?
  3. What is mercantilism?
  4. What was the name of the route slaves endured from Africa to the West Indies/North America?*
  5. Why were Africans specifically chosen to be slaves? What did some Africans do to help Europeans with the slave trade?
  6. Approximately how long did it take for ships to sail from Africa to North America?
  7. Approximately how many Africans were torn from their homelands and sold into slavery? Why don’t we know the exact number?
  8. The first Africans were brought to which colony?
  9. Why do you think slaves revolted? How do you think they revolted? Why do you think revolts would/would not be successful?
  10. What were some of the jobs of slaves (what did they do) in the American colonies?
  11. Opinion: What do you think was the hardest thing Africans struggled with?
  12. Who was Nat Turner, and how did he change the history of American slavery?
  13. Opinion: What impact/effects do you think slavery had on America until it was outlawed in 1865? 

    Colonization and colonial slavery quiz! -- National Parks project due Friday. Aug. 27

    Day 3
    In Class:  Colonial Slavery  -- Finish our discussion about colonial slavery...
    HW: Colonization and colonial slavery quiz on Friday! -- National Parks project due Friday. Aug. 27




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