Webquest Olaudah Equiano Due 10/29/21

Last updated over 4 years ago

26 questions

Webquest Olaudah Equiano Due 10/29/21

Last updated over 4 years ago

26 questions

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Slavery: Olaudah Equiano Webquest and   Primary Source Questions
Directions: Use complete sentences
Go to https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Olaudah-Equiano/339385 and use the sources there to answer the questions 
Other sources you may use:
https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/routafricanhistory/equiano_olaudah_1745_1797/0

https://go.gale.com/ps/personQuickSearch?inputFieldNames%5B0%5D=OQE&inputFieldValues%5B0%5D=Olaudah+Equiano&nwf=y&searchType=BasicSearchForm&userGroupName=scschools&prodId=BIC&spellCheck=true&method=doSearch&dblist=&stw.option=&ebook=&_singleLimiterFieldValues%5BAC%5D=on

https://clever.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/ca62c219-838c-49ba-8091-a5b058af26f5

https://clever.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/6e944f1a-d67f-46b1-a945-538d2030d90

these websites work better-
https://online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/5?articleId=26809&q=%22Equiano%20Olaudah%22%20OR%20%22Olaudah%20Equiano%22

https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Olaudah-Equiano/339385

https://online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/5?articleId=26809&q=%22Equiano%20Olaudah%22%20OR%20%22Olaudah%20Equiano%22

What did Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography or personal story explain?

In what modern country was Olaudah Equiano born in?

In what two places in the Americas or “New World” did Olaudah Equiano work as a slave?

What name was Olaudah Equiano given at age twelve by his new master?

How did life in England with the Guerin family change Olaudah Equiano life?

Where did Olaudah Equiano serve Captain Pascal?

How was Olaudah Equiano able to get his freedom from slavery?

What jobs did Olaudah Equiano have and where did Equiano travel once he had his freedom?

What horrible experience did Olaudah Equiano have in 1775?

What was the goal of the Sierra Leone resettlement project?

How did Olaudah Equiano start supporting the abolitionist movement in England during the 1780s?

In what year was The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano published?

Why was The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano such an important part of the abolitionist movement in the late 1700s?

What did Olaudah Equiano do throughout much of the 1790s?

What did Olaudah Equiano inspire and help end through his book, speeches, and tours?

In what year did Olaudah Equiano die?

Olaudah Equiano Primary Source Questions

How was Olaudah Equiano captured?

How long did it take before Olaudah Equiano was placed on a slave ship?

Where were slaves placed aboard the ship according to Olaudah Equiano? Why?

List some of words (5) that Olaudah Equiano used to describe the air quality within the slave ship:

What was the most shocking or interesting part of this personal narrative from Olaudah Equiano to you?

What was the buying process like for slaves, or how were slaves treated once they reached Barbados according to Olaudah Equiano?

Looking at life on the plantation- What was the most shocking or interesting part of this personal narrative from Olaudah Equiano to you?

Dehumanization is the process of taking away or depriving a person of human qualities. Using Olaudah Equiano’s personal descriptions, how did people involved in slave trade dehumanize the enslaved?

Is dehumanization still around today? Explain how dehumanization is or is not around in the modern world.

What does the survival of the cruelty of slavery and desire to educate people about the evils of slavery tells us about Olaudah Equiano the human being?