Slavery

[|Understanding Slavery] - Great intro to slavery throughout History Homework due Thurs 4 November: [|Underground Railroad - Online Lesson - Schoolhistory] [|The Journey of a Slave - National Geographic Activity]
 * finish table of Active and Passive resistance
 * answer questions 2, 3, 4 in complete sentences in your notebook
 * read pages 22, 23 in your textbook

[|The Abolitionist] - A directory of sites that provide information and background to the American abolition of slavery. Useful material for research, including links to individuals involved.

Abolition of the Slave Trade
- A change in the way of thinking - 'Enlightenment' - ideas of Reason and Liberty! - draw Venn diagram in your notebook and fill in reasons for abolition of the Slave trade in the right area - due Thurs 11 November

Useful weblinks [|The Slave Trade - Spartacus] - A clearly organised and comprehensive collection of information about the Slave Trade from Spartacus Internet. An excellent starting point with a great deal of material to examine. [|The Abolitionist] - A directory of sites that provide information and background to the American abolition of slavery. Useful material for research, including links to individuals involved.

=__Abolition Campaign Assessment__=

Step one - Role-play of Campaign (5-7 minutes) – 5 points
There must be clear participation of each member of the group! You will present your role play on Thurs December 2nd =Step Two - Create an informative poster about your campaign - 10 points= Your poster is due on Thurs December 9th o The poster should have a 200 word paragraph on each of the following points: · Background about your group, who you are · the part you played in the anti-slavery campaign · campaign tactics you used and why · examples of these techniques used in campaigns today § It must be logically laid out – clearly presented § You must use images, photos, maps, charts…. to enhance the message Useful weblinks [|The Slave Trade - Spartacus] - A clearly organised and comprehensive collection of information about the Slave Trade from Spartacus Internet. An excellent starting point with a great deal of material to examine. [|BBC website] - an excellent resource! [|National Archives] - great information on Women and African abolitionists and Political Strategy [|Yahoo Images]
 * In groups you will role- play your anti-slavery campaign. You need to answer the following questions through your role-play:
 * Who was this group of people? What was their background?
 * What campaign tactics did they use and what group of people did each campaign tactic target?
 * How would these tactics help to stop the slave trade? ie, change the way people think about the slaves being inferior, change the laws, make people aware of the terrible conditions.....
 * Why was this group so against the use of slaves? ie religious reasons, personal experience.....