American History Teachers' Collaborative
Focus Workshop
The Middle Passage
Agenda
8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and breakfast
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8:30 – 10:30 | Jessica Millward, Many Thousands Gone: The Atlantic Slave Trade, the Middle Passage, and Slavery in the Americas |
10:30 - 10:40 | Break |
10:40 – 11:10 | Video clip from Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery |
11:10 - 11:20 | Break |
11:20 – 11:50 | Computer lab or small group discussion with Dr. Millward |
11:50 - 12:50 | Lunch and video: Prince Among Slaves |
12:50 - 1:20 | Switch rooms |
1:20 - 1:30 | Break |
1:30 - 2:20 | Announcements and an activity with primary sources |
2:30 - 4:00 | Sarah Clarke Kaplan, From Out of Africa: Remembering the Middle Passage |
4:00 - 4:30 | Closing remarks and evaluations |