Lesson Plan # 1The African Slave Trade

Social Studies ContentWorld History

American History9th Grade

BY Ms. Rodriguez

Before you embark…

• Video that YOU (the teacher) create• Digital camera• Computer• Projector• Textbook: “World History: Perspectives on the

Past” by D.C Heath

The mission

identify the sources from which Africans were derived from for use in the new world.

demonstrate their knowledge in the different modes of capturing Africans.

The mission

describe the living conditions of the African’s journey through the Middle Passage.

explain the outcomes and stipulations of auctioning Africans in the New World.

4 Stages of the African Slave Trade

Source CaptureMiddle PassageAuctioning

Where do they come from?

How do they get caught?

What happens on the journey?

What happens when they get to the New World?

Objectives SOE CF INTASC NPBTS NCTS GTPS

1. Students will be able to identify the sources from which Africans were derived from for use in the new world.

1.1, 2.4, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.2, 7.1,

1.3, 2.1, 4.1 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.9, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1

1.1, 2.1, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 4.3

2. Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge in the different modes of capturing Africans.

2.2, 2.6 1.2, 2.2, 2.5, 4.3, 6.1, 6.4, 7.2

2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.3

1.2, 1.5, 1.9 1.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.10,

3. Students will be able to describe the living conditions of the African’s journey through the Middle Passage.

1.2, 2.1, 2.6 1.6, 2.3, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 8.3

3.3, 4.1 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5

1.3, 2.2, 2.4, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1

4. Students will be able to explain the different stipulations and conditions of Africans being auctioned in the New World.

1.2, 1.5, 3.2,3.6

1.4, 1.5, 2.4, 3.4, 3.5, 5.4, 8.1, 8.4, 8.5

2.2, 3.4 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.4, 2.5,

1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, 3.4, 5.6

This is my HOOK.

4 Stages of the African Slave Trade

Source CaptureMiddle PassageAuctioning

Where do they come from?

How do they get caught?

What happens on the journey?

What happens when they get to the New World?

freeze frame picture of peoplein a scene

Tableau

Using the 4 stages…

Create a story tableau featuring your version of

“The Life of a Slave in the African Slave Trade”

“The Life of a Slave in the African Slave Trade”

AssessmentUse presentation itself as an assessment.

HomeworkResearch forms of slavery in your culture.

Mission Accomplished

Thanks for listening!