Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Project   

Print Resources:                                Teacher Resources

• Search Falk School Library Catalog
  • Subject Search "Slavery"
  • Subject Search "Underground Railroad"
  • Keyword Search "Middle Passage"
  • See "WebPath Express" for web sites
     
• Reference Books
  • African-American Culture and History-- R 973 AFR (4 volumes)
  • American Civil Rights: Almanac -- R 305.8 AME (2 volumes)
  • The New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia -- R 031  NEW
  • The World Book Encyclopedia -- R 031 WOR

Online Resources:

• Grolier Online
  • Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Slavery
  • Slave Trade
  • United States Civil War Slavery
  • Underground Railroad
  • Last name, First name
     
• The Britannica Online School Edition
  • Middle Passage
  • Slave Trade
  • Underground Railroad
  • Black Americans
  • Last name, First name
     
• Gale Student Resource Center
  • Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Slave Life
  • Underground Railroad
     
• POWER Library Databases  from SCHOOL computers -- POWER Library from HOME (Carnegie Library Databases)
  • Use History Reference Center (General Reference)
    • Check "Full Text"
    • Search "Slavery and Civil War"
      • Limit Search - Check "full text" and Timeline "U.S. History - Civil War & Reconstruction (1861-1877)"
    • Search "Underground Railroad"
      • Limit Search - Check "full text" and Timeline "U.S. History - Civil War & Reconstruction (1861-1877)"
    • Search "Slave Trade"
      • Limit Search - Check "full text" and Timeline "U.S. History..." Select all from 1492 through 1877
         
  • Use Biography Reference Bank
    • Basic Search "Last name, First name"

Book Lists:

• Historical Fiction:  Civil War, Slavery
• Non-Fiction:  Slavery

Primary Documents:

• American Memory Project, Library of Congress: African American History, Slavery

Other Resources:

• YouTube: Aboubacar Oscar Camera Montage

Additional Teacher Resources:

• National Endowment for the Humanities: EDSitement:  Fragment on the Constitution and Union (1861)—The Purpose of the American Union: Lesson One of the Curriculum Unit: "A Word Fitly Spoken": Abraham Lincoln's Reflections on the American Union (grades 9-12)
• National Geographic: Human Geography of Africa: Content Guide for Educators - pdf file
• ProTeacher:  Make a Musical Instrument : Western Africa Musical Instruments
• Utah Museum of Fine Arts: African Art Lesson Plans
• Cool Planet: Global Music Lesson Plans
• The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum: The Middle Passage (Note: The main source for this article is the Wikipedia)
• Slavery in America: Sugar and Slavery: Molasses to Run to Slaves by Jean M. West
• National Geographic: Xpeditions: Lesson Plans: Pirate Map (grades 3-5)

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