Part 1: Transatlantic slave trade project – Choose one of the following topics and present to the class a full discussion detailing historical and social facts about the topic and time period. You are required to have a set of annotated notes to present class and must be submitted to turnitin.com. The notes must include a MLA heading, detail one to two pages of cited notes, be double-spaced, and have a separate works cited page citing your research. You must use a minimum of two sources.
- Tribal origins – Shaka Zulu, Shangaan _______________________________
- Slave ships – Middle passage _______________________________
- Oluadah Equiano _______________________________
- Thomas Thistlewood _______________________________
- Life in plantations – “seasoning” _______________________________
- Freedom and resistance – Amistad _______________________________
- Emancipation Proclamation _______________________________
- Pro-slavery Abolitionists _______________________________
- Anti-slave trade law of 1804 _______________________________
- Peculiar institution _______________________________
- Sojourner Truth’s diary _______________________________
- Harriet Tubman – underground Railroad _______________________________
- Nat Turner’s rebellion _______________________________
Annotated Notes and presentation must include the following:
- Definition of concept
- Detail historical significance and impact on culture
- Resolution (if any) of problem/incident
- Modern affects, modern outcomes
- Does it fit the UN genocide pact – explain
- Video clip, images and map
- Works cited and all notes parenthetically cited
Be sure to properly cite all work according to MLA. Hard copy of notes must be turned in as well as submitted to turnitin.com.
Part 1 due: ________________
Part 2: Civil Rights Movement – Choose one of the following topics and present to the class a full discussion detailing historical and social facts about the topic and time period. You are required to have a set of annotated notes to present class and must be submitted to turnitin.com. The notes must include a MLA heading, detail one to two pages of cited notes, be double-spaced, and have a separate works cited page citing your research. You must use a minimum of two sources.
- Million Man march/Martin Luther King _______________________________
- Birmingham bombing _______________________________
- Mississippi Burning – Andrew Goodman _______________________________
- Brown vs Board of Education _______________________________
- Alabama bus boycott – Rosa Parks _______________________________
- Emmitt Till massacre _______________________________
- Black Panthers/Malcom X _______________________________
- Civil Rights Act of 1968 _______________________________
- George Wallace _______________________________
- Kent State Shootings _______________________________
- NAACP _______________________________
- Ku Klux Klan _______________________________
- Jim Crow Laws _______________________________
Annotated Notes and presentation must include the following:
- Definition of concept
- Detail historical significance and impact on culture
- Resolution (if any) of problem/incident
- Modern affects, modern outcomes
- Does it fit the UN genocide pact – explain
- Video clip, images and map
- Works cited and all notes parenthetically cited
Be sure to properly cite all work according to MLA. Hard copy of notes must be turned in as well as submitted to turnitin.com.
Part 2 due: ________________
Part 3: Reflection – Create a one page double-spaced reflection on the information presented in part 1 and 2. What did you learn? How have your opinions changed about African American treatment in the United States? Do you understand how slave trade and slavery can lend to possible further hate crimes and the Holocaust? Does the prejudice differ when you apply the terms of time and circumstance? Number of individuals murdered? Give a full explanation on your thoughts of hate crimes and racial prejudice in the United States.
Reflection due:__________________