Lesson 2.2–2.3 Complete Lesson Bundle (Notes and Packet) — ORIGINS & IMPACT OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

BUNDLE INCLUDES:

🖥️ Lesson 2.2 Guided Notes Slide Deck (PDF)
🖥️ Lesson 2.3 Guided Notes Slide Deck (PDF)
📄 Lesson 2.2–2.3 Worksheet Packet (PDF)

Take students deep into the origins, mechanics, and human toll of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade with this complete lesson bundle for Unit 2 of the AP African American Studies course. Two guided notes slide decks build the scale, routes, and three-part journey of the trade. A 16-page worksheet packet adds map and data analysis, three video sources, an interactive Slave Voyages activity, and primary source readings from Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley.

⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE/DISCLAIMER: This lesson includes sensitive and graphic historical content (i.e. abduction, extreme violence, nudity, suicide/murder, slave auction — tied to specific Amistad scenes). Content warnings are built into the guided notes to prepare students and center compassion and empathy.

📝 What's Included:

✅ 150 total slides across two Guided Notes Slide Decks (Lessons 2.2 and 2.3) + 16-page Student Worksheet Packet (PDF + printable)
🖥️ Link to Editable version (Google Slides & Google Docs)
🗺️ Primary source maps on slave trade routes (1400s–1800s), departure zones, destinations, and the regional origins of enslaved people brought to North America
📊 Scale and scope data on the trade, including total numbers enslaved and the top five slave-trading nations
📖 Guided reading on the triangular trade, Elmina Castle, capture, barracoons, and life aboard slave ships
🎬 Film analysis using three scenes from Amistad, each with content warnings and processing questions
🎥 Three video question sets: Crash Course Black American History, World History Project (Ghanaian perspective), and "The Slave Ship L'Aurore"
🌐 Slave Voyages interactive timelapse map data chart and reflection questions
🔍 Primary source analysis of Olaudah Equiano's narrative (1789) and Phillis Wheatley's poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America" (1773)
🧠 Guided note-taking, comprehension questions, and short-response prompts

📚 Students Will Learn About:

🏰 The European trading fort system, including Elmina Castle, and the rise of the triangular trade
🌍 The scale of the trade, its 350-year span, and the West, Central, and East African regions of origin
⛓️ The three-part journey: captivity and the march to the coast, the Middle Passage, and the "final" passage
🚢 Conditions aboard slave ships, including disease, resistance, and survival
⚔️ How the trade destabilized West and Central African societies through warfare, slave raids, and the loss of a generation of leaders
🗣️ Olaudah Equiano's firsthand account of kidnapping and the Middle Passage
✍️ How slave narratives and poetry were used to advocate for abolition and Black humanity
🧬 How diverse African origins shaped Black American communities through cultural, linguistic, and religious syncretism

🎯 Perfect For:

✔ AP African American Studies (Topics 2.2–2.3)
✔ 9th–12th Ethnic Studies, African American History, or U.S. History enrichment
✔ Black History Month or African American history lessons
✔ Map, film, data, and primary source analysis
✔ Lessons exploring the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and its lasting impact on the African Diaspora

📎 Formats:

✅ Ready-to-print PDFs
✅ Includes links to Editable Google Slide Decks and Editable Google Doc
✅ Class-ready in 15 minutes or less
✅ Download once. Use every year.

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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