Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Description

This learning resource focuses on the social and economic impacts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on West Africa and the Americas. It aims to help students explain these impacts using analysis techniques. The document includes an advance organizer, various activities for observation and reasoning, and a discussion on the demographic changes in West Africa due to the slave trade, including depopulation and the shift in power dynamics. It also covers the plantation economy in the Americas, the significant wealth generated from enslaved labor, and the cultural blending that occurred despite systemic oppression. Activities encourage students to compare regional impacts and synthesize their understanding through claim-evidence-reasoning frameworks.