U.S. History
Mr. Boothby
9/28/2017
The Learning Target: TODAY’S SELLING HUMAN BEINGS!
Mercantilism/ Cash Crops / Imports/ Exports/ Triangle Trade/ Middle Passage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W9N44PixDk
Module 2/ Lesson 4 Pages 79-85
Reaction: DISCUSSION ONLY TODAY! J
Unless…OFF-TASK= 1 FULL PAGE WRITTEN!! L
With one partner discuss the following…L!!!
Silently Read Pages 79-85
Colonial Economies
1. Should Artifacts like the one passed around in class be destroyed? Is it appropriate to teach this information? EXPLAIN WHY
(1/2 Page minimum: After the discussion!)
2. What type of labor force was used in the South before “African” workers were used? Why did this change???
3. What were a few of the major cash crops?
4. (SKIP IF WORKING HARD But know) How did the economies in the North/ Middle/ and Southern Colonies differ?
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5. (CREATIVE STORY???) 3/4 Page min ON PG. 83
You are at the slave going across the middle passage to a slave auction...
Write your thoughts and what you might do***?
How might you feel??
***Remember tough guy, Cinque was a massive 6’2 ripped to shreds probably 220 pound dude…
Why would he go through all of this and not fight back?
mer·can·til·ism
mərˈkan(t)əˌlizəm/
noun: mercantilism
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.
England set this in their favor so THEY could make a PROFIT!
Discussion
What are your personal thoughts on those that bought, traded, and owned slaves “back in the day???
(Support your opinion(s)/thought(s)
What were these men like? Scumbags?? Total Losers???
Get with one partner and discuss. Non-written IF “On-Task”
…After they’re in groups for 5 minutes inform them that many of the founding fathers were slave owners; Washington, Adams, Jefferson, etc…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY0iK2fApTo
Middle Passage Slavery Display -Smithsonian-
Watch a quick film (first 1 minute and 15 sec) clip from the movie “AMISTAD”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C19ZtDU8cQ