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Procedure:
1. Complete the slave ship activity with your students.
2. Divide the class into groups.
3. Give each group copies of both articles. Members of
the group should split the reading of each article so
as not to have too much reading. Group members should
make a list of the terrible conditions noted in their
articles.
4. Students in the group will discuss what they read and
share their findings with each other. The group will then
draw from both articles to develop a list of terrible
conditions on the ships.
Summary:
The teacher will then lead the class in a discussion of
conditions on board a slave ship. Students will be asked
to enumerate what they consider the three worst conditions.
Follow up Activity:
Students will write a letter to the president of the United
States and/or members of Congress as if they were citizens
at that time and ask these officials to abolish the Atlantic
slave trade, citing specific reasons and describing the
horrors of such a voyage. Or instead of writing a letter,
students could use the same specifics and details to make
a broadside or poster calling for the abolition of the
slave trade.
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