RI6 & RI1: Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

During what timespan did the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade occur?

• 1530 - 1800

• 1525 - 1866

• 1400 - 1568

• 1488 - 1832

How many enslaved Blacks were transported during this time?

• 1 million

• 3 million

• 2.1 million

• 2.5 million

How many enslaved died during the transportation phase?

• 1 in 6

• 1 in 2

• 1 in 5

• 1 in 7

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

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Using prior knowledge and personal experience, what do you think enslaved men and women experienced during the Trans Atlantic Trade? What were the conditions and how were they treated?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What were the large slave ships referred as?

• Juggarknots

• Guineamen

• Pistalwhips

• Bulldaggers

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where did most of the traveling and entrapment take place?

• West Africa

• On the guinea coast of North Africa

• On the guinea coast of West Africa

• North Africa

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Why do you think slave capturers would "strip" them of their clothing and "shave" their heads before setting sail?

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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If this were your "nightmare" what would you have done as a slave? As a slave capturer? As a bystander (someone who watches things happen but does nothing)?

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CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

There were _____ of men to women and children captured and placed on the ship.

• 1/3rd

• 2/3rds

• 1.5/3rds

• 2.2/3rds

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

What do you think the psychological effects are for the Black enslaved women who endured such harsh treatment aboard the ship?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1