1. Warm Up: What is slavery? Write down as many words as you can!

2. Today’s Question: What was life like for an enslaved African traveling on the Middle Passage?

3. Agenda: 1.Read Aloud: La Amistad 2.Pictures 3.Finish Read Aloud 4.Rat Observation

4. Three Kingdoms in West Africa

5. The Triangular Trade

6. The Atlantic Slave Trade

7. The Middle Passage: The stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to America to be sold as slaves

8. La Amistad-1839 A slave ship carrying 53 enslaved Africans.

10. Middle Passage Pictures: Your group will have 3 minutes per picture. Look at each picture carefully and write down 3 descriptive words!

18. United States vs. The Amistad When they arrived in the United States, the Africans were put on trial to decide whether they should remain the property of the Spanish slave traders or be freed. John Quincy Adams defended the captives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhGPJYA3CXY

19. United States vs. The Amistad What was the verdict? What happened to the captives aboard The Amistad? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzCgOrQn0GM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzCgOrQn0GM Why would this be important for the movement for abolition?

20. Rat Observation: You are a rat aboard the slave ship La Amistad. You have seen Africans being sold as slaves and forced aboard the ship. While on board, something strange happens. An African finds a sharp nail. Events spin out of control. Write an entry from the perspective of a rat detailing what you see. Be sure to: 1.Describe what it is like to be on a slave ship: what do you see, hear, feel, smell? 2.Describe the events that took place on the Amistad