To find the answers, go here:
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/index.html
QUESTIONS:
A - A World of Slavery
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/world.html
1- How could you become a slave?
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2- Has slavery disappeared today?
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3- Who were the first slave owners and first slaves? (fill in the chart)
Slave owners
In North America
In Brazil
In China
In Greece
In Britain
In West Africa
Slaves
B - A Slave on Three Continents: Olaudah Equiano
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/equiano.html
1- Who was he? _____________________________________________________________
2- What were his origins?______________________________________________________
3- How many brothers and sisters did he have? ____________________________________
4- In your own words, say how he was made a slave.
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5- Who is the narrator who speaks in the texts in italics? _____________________________
6- He once had a female owner. Why was she different from the others?
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7- Pick up all the words expressing Equiano's feelings when he was
aboard the slave ship.
Give synonyms:
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8- Where was the boat sailing to? ______________________________________________
Passage to America
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/equiano_passage.html
1- Explain what the triangle trade is._________________________________________________________
2- Give definitions of the following words:
-slavery: ________________________________________________________________________________
-slaver: _________________________________________________________________________________
-slave: __________________________________________________________________________________
-slave-owner: _____________________________________________________________________________
3- Describe the travelling conditions as far as slaves were concerned. Pick all the words referring to:
VERB
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
air
lodging
food
4 - What were the consequences on the slaves? ___________________________________________________
5 - Out of 100 slaves, how many survived? _____________________________________________________
A Slave in America
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/equiano_america.html
1- Where did they land? ____________________________________________________________________
2- Who bought Equiano? Why?______________________________________________________________
Free Again
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/equiano_free.html
1- How did he gain his freedom? _____________________________________________________________
2- Describe in your own words his life as a free man._____________________________________________
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3- How old was he when he died? ________________________
MAP: Complete the map with Equiano's journeys.
C - Witness a Slave auction
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness.html
Explain who the characters are/ what they do (what they’re at the auction for):
Mariah
Samuel
Seller
Bidder
Banker
Justice
Auctioneer
Newspaperman
Give the reasons why the following persons want/ don’t want to stop the sale:
Mariah
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness9.html
Samuel
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness10.html
Seller
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness5.html
Bidder
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness4.html
Banker
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness3.html
Justice
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness6.html
Auctioneer
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness2.html
Newspaperman
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness8.html
6- Why should the Clergyman stop the auction?
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/witness7.html
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THE END