Thursday, September 27, 2012

Blog #4: African Americans in the American Revolution Period

Students,
First, view the videos related to African Americans in the American Revolution. Use the information from the video and textbook to create a (2) two paragraph essay on the contributions African Americans made toward the Revolutionary War period. Examine the contributions blacks made in actually fighting in the American Revolution. Examine the role of Crispus Attucks, Phyllis Wheatley, and Benjamin Banneker during the Revolutionary period. Analyze the importance of their contributions to the early foundations of the United States of America.

This blog will count as an essay test and will be due Thursday, October 4, 2012. 12:00a.m. The essay test will count as 100 points and will be graded according to content information and analyzation skills informational readings. I look forward to reading your blog post.


Friday, September 7, 2012

Blog #3: Atlantic Slave Trade and Middle Passage

Students,
First, view the videos related to the Atlantic Slave Trade and the Middle Passage. Use the information from the video and textbook to create a (2) two paragraph essay on the experience Africans underwent on their journey to North and South America. Analyze the following questions in your essay. Examine some of the resources and items exchanged during the Atlantic Slave Trade. Which items traveled from which continent? Explain the conditions amongst the slaves aboard the slave ships and how it affected the total number of slaves that actually arrived on the North and South American continents. .

This blog will count as an essay test and will be due Thursday, September 20, 2012 by 12:00a.m. The essay test will count as 100 points and will be graded according to content information and analyzation skills informational readings. I look forward to reading your blog post.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Blog Post #2: West African Empires: Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Students,
First, view the videos related to the West African Empires of the early 13th-15th centuries. Use the information in the video and textbook to create a (2) two paragraph essay on the differences and destruction of the West African Empires.
Analyze the following questions in your essay. How important was the Niger River to the Ancient West African Empires?Explain the geographic regions of the Niger River?
Compare and contrast the three major empires of West Africa (Ghana, Mali, Songhai).
This blog will count as your first essay test and will be due Thursday, September 13, 2012 by 12:00a.m. The essay test will count as 100 points and will be graded according to content information and analyzation skills informational readings. I look forward to reading your blog post. should be