Analyze the ORIGINS OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE 1441-1750 from MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES with AFRICAN VOICE CENTERED — Portuguese 1441 Lagos + Elmina Castle 1482 + Kongo conversion paradox + Asante/Dahomey/Oyo polities + Middle Passage demographics 12.5M embarked / 10.7M arrived — anchored in Teaching Hard History K-12 framework + 1619 Project pedagogical materials + Equiano 1789
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~15 min hist.g7.s.ex_43

Source Analysis

MG-7 Diagram
EIGHT-Question Source Card — laminated 8.5x11 double-sided REPLACING G7-Fall 7-Question Source Card with NEW 8th questio

EIGHT-Question Source Card — laminated 8.5x11 double-sided REPLACING G7-Fall 7-Question Source Card with NEW 8th question for G7-Spring multi-perspective encounter analysis. All 7 G7-Fall questions retained + Q8 ENCOUNTER MULTI-PERSPECTIVE: From whose perspective is this encounter told? Whose perspective is missing? How would the same event read from the missing perspective? Includes sentence frames in English + Spanish + Nahuatl/Quechua/Persian/Arabic transliteration glossaries; available in 14pt dyslexic font + audio version.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 Q1 SOURCING + Q5 NMAI + Q8 ENCOUNTER MULTI-PERSPECTIVE to Olaudah Equiano's 1789 Interesting Narrative Chapter 2 (Middle Passage). What does Equiano's voice transform?

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type rubric essay
rubric
points
3
criterion
Q1 — Equiano's context (Igbo + age 11 + abolitionist + 1789)
points
3
criterion
Q5 — whose voice is silent (other enslaved people; those who died)
points
3
criterion
Q8 — names Equiano's enslaved-African perspective + transforms 'statistics-only' understanding
points
3
criterion
Teaching Hard History style applied
Hints
  1. Equiano was 11 when kidnapped + survived + bought freedom + became leading abolitionist.
  2. His sensory-experiential account complements statistical truths.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating Equiano as 'representative slave'
  • Ignoring his abolitionist purpose
Used in lessons