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Carolina K-12

Colonialism and American Foundations Sample Test Questions

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
What was the main cause of European colonization in America? How did Thomas Paine's Common Sense play a role in the establishment of the United States? What was the trans-Atlantic slave trade? These are just a few of the many questions...
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A Nation of Nations Lesson Plan: Charting African Ethnicities in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a portion of the narrative, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, to explain the ethnic origins of enslaved Africans brought to the US. They create charts and bar graphs comparing ethnicities in the lowlands and tidewater regions.
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RELIGION AND THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the political and religious factors that influenced English, Spanish, French, and Dutch colonization of the Americas, and the economic characteristics of the early Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Americas.
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MAPPING THE BLACK ATLANTIC

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the geographic characteristics of Western and Central Africa, the impact of geography on settlement patterns, cultural traits, and trade. They compare political, social, economic, and religious systems of...
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study former slave ports in the South.
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils explain the continuum of history by studying the former slave ports including but not limited to, New Orleans, Charleston, and Richmond. They study each port's history, and investigate its culture today.