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U.S. History Bell Ringer
Almost everyone in today’s world will agree that slavery is horrible, immoral, and should not exist. Yet slavery was very common throughout much of human history. Why do you think slavery was a common practice in human societies?
True or False
Slavery was common in England at the time
of colonization
The very first colonies had slaves
Slaves were the primary labor source for the
first English colonies in America
The conditions of the first slaves were very
similar to those of the last slaves in the U.S
Today’s Themes and Central
Questions
Why do we Change?
◦How and why did the
condition of Africans in
America change over time?
How do we live?
◦Why did slavery exist?
Title: Starving Time
Caption:
A settler doles out part of his meager supply of corn in the colony of Jamestown in Virginia, 1609. When settlers failed to plant crops immediately following settlement, starvation resulted. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
Date created: 02 Jan 1754
Indenture Contract from 1683
Landing of Negroes at Jamestown from a Dutch Man-of-War, 1619
U.S. HISTORY JOURNAL
Please respond in your journal to
the following question:
Look at the statistics on slave
numbers in the U.S. and Virginia.
List the observations you make.
Destinations and Annual Totals of Servants Emigrating fromBristol to America, 1654-1680.
Closing Question
Please respond in your journal to
the following closing question:
◦How and why did the condition
of Africans in America change
over time?
◦ Why did slavery exist?
Read 3 slave narratives from the following site. (http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/slavnorth.htm#Excerpts). Site link will be emailed to you.
Day 2
U.S. History Bell Ringer
Can you think of a traumatic situation, that either you or someone you knew experienced, that latter had a long term effect on the person’s life?
Today’s Themes and Central
Questions
What does it mean to be an
American?
1.What was life like for African
American Slaves
2.How did this experience
affect them after slavery?
Closing QuestionPlease respond in
your journal :
How do you think the experience of being a slave would affect someone after they are freed?
Bibliography
Slide 4 -Pamplet http://www.vahistorical.org/research/tacl_vacompany_detail.htm
Slide 5- Jamestown http://web.scott.k12.va.us/martha2/jamestown.htm
Slide 6- Starving Time http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51245982/Hulton-Archive
Slide 7 – Tobacco http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/jamestownwomen/11.htm
Slide 8 – Indentured Servant Contract http://www.nwhm.org/media/category/exhibits/jamestownwomen/indentured%20contract_large.gif
Slide 9- First Slaves http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h289b.html
Slide 11 – Servant Emmigration http://www.virtualjamestown.org/essays/horn_essay.html
Slide 18 – Whipped Slaves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_colonial_United_States