Period 2, Day 4 Classwork: The Amistad Rebellion

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Note from the author:
Content Objective: I will be able to explain how the Amistad rebellion is a story of Black resistance and resilience.
Standard Objective: I will be able to write a reasonable summary of a text or of key information and ideas in text.

Warm Up: Please read "The Amistad Rebellion" article quietly and independently.
Content Objective: I will be able to explain how the Amistad rebellion is a story of Black resistance and resilience.
Standard Objective: I will be able to write a reasonable summary of a text or of key information and ideas in text.

Warm Up: Please read "The Amistad Rebellion" article quietly and independently.
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Please rate how well you understood the Warm Up reading on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, ask them in the "Show Your Work" area.

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What year did the first Africans arrive in what will eventually become the United States?

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Why did the English use Africans rather than Native Americans for slave labor?

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What is one passive way in which enslaved Africans resisted bondage?

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Contextualization: Tell the history of "The Mutiny on the Amistad" in your own words. Pretend as if you were telling the story to a younger sibling!

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Contextualization: Tell the history of "The Trial of the Amistad Captives" in your own words. Pretend as if you were telling the story to a younger sibling!

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Contextualization: Tell the history of "The Repatriation of the Freed Captives" in your own words. Pretend as if you were telling the story to a younger sibling!

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Exit Ticket: How are you feeling at this point in our study of the Atlantic slave trade? Why do you think we took the time to highlight the Amistad Rebellion and Hale Woodruff’s murals?

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Exit Ticket: Please rate how well you understood the lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: