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Comparing Slave Trades: A Study of the Transatlantic and Trans-Saharan Slave Trades

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While most people are familiar with the transatlantic slave trade, there is less knowledge of another major external African slave trade in world history: the trans-Saharan slave trade. Pupils work in groups to read informational texts about these two slave trades as part of a jigsaw reading and then compare and contrast their research.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Have the focus questions displayed for students to reference as they read their informational texts
  • Give class members guidelines and expectations for the quality and time they should put into their choice of presentation
Classroom Considerations
  • Learners should have some understanding of European and Muslim exploration and expansion in world history before beginning this lesson
Pros
  • All handouts and worksheets included
  • provides very clear instructional guidelines
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