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4/7/14 – AFAM History: ( 55 mins . )

4/7/14 – AFAM History: ( 55 mins . ). TODAY’S AGENDA: Review Instructions For Project Work on Middle Passage Q’s Documents On The Middle Passage (Step 1) Begin Work on Memorial design and plaque (Steps 2 & 3). African-American History Project #1 Middle Passage Monument.

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4/7/14 – AFAM History: ( 55 mins . )

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  1. 4/7/14 – AFAM History:(55 mins.) • TODAY’S AGENDA: • Review Instructions For Project • Work on Middle Passage Q’s • Documents On The Middle Passage (Step 1) • Begin Work on Memorial design and plaque • (Steps 2 & 3)

  2. African-American HistoryProject #1Middle Passage Monument How would you memorialize the Middle Passage?

  3. Underwater sculpture, in Grenada, in honor of our African Ancestors who were thrown overboard the slave ships during the Middle Passage of the African Holocaust. --Artist, Jason DeCaires Taylor

  4. A replica of the slaves awaiting sale at the Slave Market. Below the Anglican Church in Zanzibar near the Slave Market.

  5. The Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery features an exquisite black granite sculpture commemorating those killed during the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement.

  6. The Virginia Civil Rights Memorial

  7. STEP ONE: • Examine the “Middle Passage” of slaves from the differing viewpoints found in the included primary sources. Answer the questions included at the end of each source.

  8. STEP TWO: • Imagine that you have been commissioned by the government to create a memorial for the Middle Passage. Design and draw a monument that would be appropriate for remembering the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Should be neat and in color. MONUMENT DESIGN CHECKLIST: ____ - Well thought/planned design ____ - Neat & Presentable ____ - Must be in color (or neatly illustrated in ink) ____ - Must be on large 11x15 paper

  9. STEP THREE: • Then write a one-page inscription that would be included on a plaque. Use complete sentences. It should include information taken from at least two (2) of the primary sources provided.

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