Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Project   

Print Resources:                                Teacher Resources

• Search Falk School Library Catalog
  • Subject Search "Slavery"
  • Keyword Search "Middle Passage"
  • Search "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
     
• The Britannica Online School Edition
  • Middle Passage
  • Slave Trade
     
• Gale Student Resource Center
  • Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Slave Life
     
• POWER Library Databases - from school computers
• POWER Library (Carnegie Library Databases) - from home computer
   
  • Use SIRS Discoverer (Children's Resources)
    • Click "Subject Headings"
    • Search "Slave Trade"
• Websites:
  • West Virginia State Division of Culture and History: A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie - Moderate
  • University of Virginia Library, Digital Media Lab: The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas - a collection of images
    • Click "Category" to see images
  • Digital History: African American Voices - Challenging
  • International Slavery Museum: The History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Challenging
  • Long Island University: The African American: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom - Challenging
  • NPS: Nile of the New World: African Americans in Slavery - Moderate

Other Resources:

• Aboubacar Oscar Camera Montage
   

Additional Teacher Resources:

• POWER Library Databases - from school computers
• POWER Library (Carnegie Library Databases) - from home computer
   
  • Use History Reference Center (General Reference) - Teacher Resource
    • 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 - Teacher Resource
    • Basic Search "Last name, First name"
       
• Primary Documents:
  • American Memory Project, Library of Congress: African American History, Slavery
     
• Websites:
  • 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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