How did the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Impact African Civilizations?
Overview
This resource is a document based activity that consists of eight primary sources related to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The assignment asks students to consider how the trans-Atlantic slave trade impacted African civilizations using primary sources.
Attachments
The attachment for this resource is contains instructions for a document based activity about the transatlantic slave trade and a packet of primary source documents, art, and artifacts for students to use in the activity.
About This Resource
The sample assignment 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 is a draft document that may subsequently have been revised in light of feedback and discussion during the event.
This resource was contributed by Elizabeth Mulcahy, a social studies educator in Virginia.