Slavery in the Colonies
Day 1
Lesson Title: What is Slavery? Objective:
I will know (knowledge): How slavery came to the American colonies and what it looked like for all the people involved
I will be able to (skill): 1.) Examine an eighteenth – century image and list inferences about the physical and emotional impact of being enslaved. 2.) Describe one aspect of the trans – Atlantic slave trade and the impact it had on people who were part of it.
Day 2
Lesson Title: Journey to America Objective:
I will know (knowledge): How slavery came to the American colonies and what it looked like for all the people involved
I will be able to (skill): Describe three aspects of the trans – Atlantic slave trade and the impact it had on people who were part of it.
Day 3
Lesson Title: Life of a Slave Objective:
I will know (knowledge): What life was like for the slaves in the thirteen colonies.
I will be able to (skill): 1.) describe the differences between slavery in the Northern Colonies and the Southern Colonies. 2.) Describe life on the plantations of the south.
Day 4
Lesson Title: Music and Stories of the Slaves
Objective: I will know (knowledge): why slave work songs were
an important daily part of the slaves lives. I will be able to (skill): interpret the meanings of the
songs. Meanings could be: to entertain while working or to talk about their masters.
Picture is linked to website needed for anticipatory set
Day 5 & 6
Lesson Title: Culminating Activity for Slavery in the Colonies
Objectives: I will know (knowledge): How slavery came to the American colonies
and what it looked like for all the people involved I will be able to (skill): describe aspects of slavery through writing
and pictures that impacted me the most.