The Middle Passage: A Journey of Suffering
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Objective
I can analyze the social and economic impacts of the Middle Passage.
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Warm-up video
TED-Ed · 5:39Vetted channel
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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The Atlantic slave trade, which occurred from the late 15th to the mid 19th century, forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas.
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The crops grown in the new colonies that increased the demand for slaves were sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton.
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When the slave trade was outlawed, the African kingdoms whose economies it had come to dominate collapsed, leaving them open to conquest and colonization.
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Practice
12 questions
Define the Atlantic slave trade in your own words. (Basic)
Identify three goods that Europeans traded to African kingdoms in exchange for slaves. (Basic)
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Exit ticket
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“Describe two social or economic impacts of the Middle Passage on African societies, based on the video.”
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