Lesson 2.2–2.3 Worksheet Packet (PDF) — ORIGINS & IMPACT OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

**NOTE: This worksheet covers content from BOTH Lesson 2.2 (Overview of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade) and Lesson 2.3 (Impact of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade)

Take students deep into the origins, mechanics, and human toll of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade with this comprehensive 16-page worksheet packet for Unit 2 of the AP African American Studies course. Topics 2.2–2.3 guide students through the rise of the triangular trade and Middle Passage, multiple map and data analyses, three multimedia video sources, an interactive Slave Voyages database activity, and required primary source readings from Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley — building both historical knowledge and primary source analysis skills.

📝 What's Included:

• ✅ 16-page student worksheet packet (PDF + printable)
• 📖 Guided reading on the rise of the triangular trade, Elmina Castle, and the Middle Passage
• 🗺️ Two required source map analyses on the departure zones, destinations, and regional origins of enslaved Africans
• 🎥 Three Video Question sets
• 🌐 Interactive Slave Voyages Time-lapse Map data-collection chart and reflection questions
• 📜 Guided reading on capture, barracoons, and life aboard slave ships, including content-warning sections on sexual violence and suicide
• 🔍 Two required primary source analyses: Olaudah Equiano's narrative (1789) and Phillis Wheatley's poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America" (1773)
• 🧠 Comprehension questions, fill-in-the-blank video guides, and short-response prompts throughout

📚 Students Will Learn About:

• 🏰 The European trading fort system, including Elmina Castle, and its role in the rise of the slave trade
• 🔺 The triangular trade and Middle Passage, and the goods and enslaved labor exchanged at each leg
• 🌍 The scale and regional origins of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade using primary source maps and data
• ⚓ The experience of capture, the overland trek, and confinement in barracoons and slave castles
• 🚢 Conditions aboard slave ships, including disease, resistance, mutiny, and survival
• 🗣️ Olaudah Equiano's firsthand account of his kidnapping and the Middle Passage
• ✍️ Phillis Wheatley's poetic reflection on faith, race, and identity as a formerly enslaved woman
• 📊 The long-term demographic and cultural impact of the slave trade on Africa and the Americas

🎯 Perfect For:

• ✔ AP African American Studies (Topics 2.2–2.3)
• ✔ 9th–12th Ethnic Studies, 10th Grade World History, African American History, or U.S. History enrichment
• ✔ Black History Month or African American history lessons
• ✔ Primary source analysis and historical thinking skills practice
• ✔ Lessons exploring the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and its lasting impact on the African Diaspora

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**Author's Note: this Lesson does INDEED includes extremely sensitive and highly graphic content with built-in content warnings in the material that should not be taken lightly