U.S. History Bell Ringer

Almost everyone in today’s world will agree that slavery is horrible, immoral, and should not exist. Yet slavery was very common throughout much of human history. Why do you think slavery was a common practice in human societies?

True or False

Slavery was common in England at the time

of colonization

The very first colonies had slaves

Slaves were the primary labor source for the

first English colonies in America

The conditions of the first slaves were very

similar to those of the last slaves in the U.S

Today’s Themes and Central

Questions

How do we live?

◦Why did slavery exist?

Why do we Change?

◦How and why did the

condition of Africans in

America change over time?

Title: Starving Time

Caption:

A settler doles out part of his meager supply of corn in the colony of Jamestown in Virginia, 1609. When settlers failed to plant crops immediately following settlement, starvation resulted. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

Date created: 02 Jan 1754

Indenture Contract from 1683

Landing of Negroes at Jamestown from a Dutch Man-of-War, 1619

U.S. HISTORY JOURNAL

Please respond in your journal to

the following question:

Look at the statistics on slave

numbers in the U.S. and Virginia.

List the observations you make.

Destinations and Annual Totals of Servants Emigrating fromBristol to America, 1654-1680.

Closing Question

Please respond in your journal to

the following closing question:

◦How and why did the condition

of Africans in America change

over time?

◦ Why did slavery exist?

Read 3 slave narratives from the following site. (http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/slavnorth.htm#Excerpts). Site link will be emailed to you.

Day 2

U.S. History Bell Ringer

Can you think of a traumatic situation, that either you or someone you knew experienced, that latter had a long term effect on the person’s life?

Today’s Themes and Central

Questions

What does it mean to be an

American?

1.What was life like for African

American Slaves?

2.How did this experience

affect them after slavery

ended?

Closing QuestionPlease respond in

your journal :

How do you think the experience of being a slave would affect someone after they are freed?

Bibliography

Slide 4 -Pamplet http://www.vahistorical.org/research/tacl_vacompany_detail.htm

Slide 5- Jamestown http://web.scott.k12.va.us/martha2/jamestown.htm

Slide 6- Starving Time http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51245982/Hulton-Archive

Slide 7 – Tobacco http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/jamestownwomen/11.htm

Slide 8 – Indentured Servant Contract http://www.nwhm.org/media/category/exhibits/jamestownwomen/indentured%20contract_large.gif

Slide 9- First Slaves http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h289b.html

Slide 11 – Servant Emmigration http://www.virtualjamestown.org/essays/horn_essay.html

Slide 18 – Whipped Slaves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_colonial_United_States