Broadwater KS3 History The Atlantic Slave Trade

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Broadwater KS3 HistoryThe Atlantic Slave Trade

• In this investigation you will complete a
  PowerPoint
• presentation made up of eight slides.
• By the end of the investigation you will have
  developed an understanding of the causes, nature
  and legacy of this foul trade in human beings.
• Each slide contains a title and instructions.
• Each slide contains hyperlinks to websites that
  will provide information to help you.
• When you have read this screen, save the
  presentation into your user area and then delete
  these instructions.
• Save your work frequently! You have two hours to
  finish.

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Broadwater KS3 History The Atlantic Slave Trade

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Broadwater KS3 History What was the Atlantic
Slave Trade?

• In this section write an answer to the question
  at the top of the page.
• You will need to explain what it was and who was
  involved.
• These links will help you.
• Merseyside Maritime Museum
• Port Cities Liverpool
• The BBC's H2G2 site
• Answers.com
• Antislavery.org

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Broadwater KS3 History How did the Atlantic
Slave Trade develop?

• In this section write a brief history of the
  Atlantic Slave Trade, explaining which
• European countries were involved in it.
• These links may help you.
• Merseyside Maritime Museum
• Answers.com

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Broadwater KS3 History What was the Trade
Triangle?

• The Atlantic Slave Trade was one side of a
  triangular trade that linked Europe, the
• west coast of Africa and the Americas.
• In this section write an answer to the question
  at the top of the page.
• These links will help you.
• Mersyside Maritime Museum
• Port Cities Liverpool
• The BBC's H2G2 site
• Google Images (choose one for this page)
• Answers.com

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Broadwater KS3 History Why was there an Atlantic
slave trade?

• In this section write about the reasons for
  Atlantic trade in slaves.
• What was exported to Africa, why were the slaves
  taken to the Americas and
• what was taken back to Europe from America and
  the Caribbean?
• These links will help you.
• Merseyside Maritime Museum - European Profits
• Merseyside Maritime Museum - Merchants letter
  to Captain Earle
• The Bottom of the Triangle The economic role of
  the Middle Passage

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Broadwater KS3 History What was the Middle
Passage?

• The Middle Passage was the name given to the
  second stage of the triangular
• north Atlantic trade. Explain about where it ran
  between and what it carried.
• These links will help you.
• History on the Net
• Africans in America - The Middle Passage

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Broadwater KS3 History What was it like on the
Middle Passage?

• Answer the question at the top of the screen by
  describing conditions on the
• Middle Passage.
• These links will help you.
• Africans in America - The Middle Passage
• Eyewitness History Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829
• Eyewitness Olaudah Equiano describes the Middle
  Passage

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The legacy of the Middle Passage

• In this section write about the way in which the
  Middle Passage affected people
• the time and people today. Include
• estimates of how many Africans were enslaved
• the effect on the peoples of west Africa
• the effect that slavery had on the experience of
  African Americans
• These links will help you.
• MSN Encarta Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade
  on Africa
• Liverpool Museums Legacy of the Middle Passage