DCS Year 8 History

Term One Topics and Assessments

Assessment One: week of 11/1 - Roots Movie Review

Assessment Two: week of 11/28 - Abolition

Topic: Slavery in North America

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Classwork:

Slavery Stories: Tragedy and Triumph

Category 1 Tribal life and rivalry with neighboring tribes

Category 2 Hunted and captured

Category 3 The slave ship

Category 4 Seasoning and assimilation in the Caribbean

Category 5 The sale

Category 6 Life on the plantation

African Tribal Art and Craft

go to http://www.ezakwantu.com/

at the top of the page there is a collection of links and images like this:

Choose a category that interests you and research about the category from the link provided. Draw in your books a rendition of the artifact and write a paragraph about its significance from the information provided plus ONE other source from the internet.