Apply NCGE Five Themes of Geography (LOCATION / PLACE / HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION / MOVEMENT / REGIONS) at Atlantic World scale, including the Triangular Trade routes
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~6 min hist.g5.f.ex_12

Brookes Ship Decimal

MG-9 Illustration
Humanity-First Promise — paired with MG-8 for trauma-informed lessons on slavery (Lessons 9, 10, 13, 16, 19). Five-line

Humanity-First Promise — paired with MG-8 for trauma-informed lessons on slavery (Lessons 9, 10, 13, 16, 19). Five-line text: 'When we learn about chattel slavery, we begin with the HUMANITY of the enslaved person — their name (if known), their family, their place of origin, their resistance, their dignity. We never reduce a human being to a number, a price, or a victim alone.' Style: dignified scroll layout matching MG-8.

Prompt

The Brookes slave ship was 100 ft long and 25 ft wide and held 482 captives. Compute (a) total deck area in square feet; (b) area per captive in square feet to nearest hundredth. Apply MG-9 Humanity-FIRST anchor in your written response (1 sentence).

How it's presented
mode math and writing prompt audio ID audio.g5f.ex 12.stem
Answer criteria
type structured
rubric
Math correct AND Humanity-FIRST sentence frame = mastery
required answers
part a
2500 sq ft
part b
5.19 sq ft per captive (2500/482 = 5.187...)
Hints
  1. Math G5-Fall decimal arithmetic to thousandths
  2. Apply MG-9 Humanity-FIRST: the Math witnesses dehumanization AND humanity
Misconceptions to watch
  • Math errors
  • Missing Humanity-FIRST sentence
  • Reducing humans to numbers without dignity
Used in lessons