African+Slave+Trade

We have talked about the development and dramatic increase in the slave trade between Africa, Europe and the Americas. Select three images from one of the links below – you can mix and match. You are to create the front page of a newspaper dedicated to covering the events of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Copy and paste the image into a document. Write a short news article detailing how each of the photographs relates to or illustrates a piece of information that you have in your notes. Give the picture an original caption and cite the source where you got the picture.

[|Capture of Slaves & Coffles in Africa] [|European Forts & Trading Posts in Africa] [|Slave Ships & the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)] [|Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas] **
 * [|Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture]

When you have completed the assignment email it to Mrs. Blalock by Wednesday, October 7.

Other helpful resources http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/landing.cfm?migration=1 http://www.blackhistory4schools.com/slavetrade/Africa20cards.pdf http://www.nmm.ac.uk/freedom/viewTheme.cfm/theme/triangular

Each article will be scored based on the following criteria:

5 points - You have identified which century your photograph represents 5 points - You have stated how your photograph represents one aspect of the slave trade 15 points - You have included at least 3 facts in each paragraph

You must include the following information somewhere in your three articles 3 points - How many people were traded total 3 points - You have titled your photographs 3 points - You have citations for each of your photographs 6 points - You have included a description of the "triangle"