Columbian Exchange Slides
Document Packet
Impacts
Roots Discussion Questions
Slave Trade Assignment
Spanish Colonial Society
Transatlantic Slave Trade Slides
Columbian Exchange Course Unit
Overview
This course unit contains, a presentation on the Transatlantic Slave Trade; a presentation on the Columbian Exchange; a primary source worksheet about the impact of the Columbian Exchange; an introductory lesson on power in the Spanish Empire & the development of racial caste systems in the Americas; primary source documents and analysis questions related to the Middle Passage; and finally, discussion questions about the 2016 miniseries Roots.
Attachments
The attachments for this resource consist of two slideshows in PDF form and six student resources including primary source packets and assignments.
About This Resource
The sample course unit included here was submitted by a participant in a one-day virtual workshop entitled, "Teaching the Global African Diaspora" for world history teachers hosted by the Alliance for Learning in World History. This was a draft document that may subsequently have been revised in light of feedback and discussion during the event.
This resource was contributed by Rodney Schulyer, a social studies instructor in New York.