Yulia Bezriadina

Lesson Plan #2

Name: The Significance of the Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage

Class/Subject: 7th Grade US History

Date: November 1st, 2010

Student Objectives/Outcomes:
1. Students will be able to understand the concept of the Triangular Trade and list
the people, locations, and goods involved in the trade through the use of a
worksheet and a map on the subject.
2. Students will participate in an activity that will help them to understand the
experiences of enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage.
3. Students will enhance their understanding of the locations and distances involved
in the Triangular Trade using an interactive Google Earth map on a Smart Board.

Content Standards:
• ILS 16.D.3 (W) Identify the origins and analyze consequences of events that
have shaped world social history including famines, migrations, plagues, slave
trading.
• ILS 17.C.3c Analyze how human processes influence settlement patterns
including migration and population growth.

Materials/Resources/Technology:
• Projector Smart Board
• Computer and Access to Google Earth
• Worksheet on the Triangular Trade (adapted from www.historyonthenet.co.uk)
• Map Handout on Triangular Trade (source:
http://www.mackinac.org/images.aspx?ID=7114)
• Printer

Teacher's Goals:
• To fully explain and facilitate students in understanding the subjects of the
Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage.
• To guide students in an engaging class activity that will help students better
understand the experiences of African slaves on the Middle Passage.

Time:
10:30 AM Start of Class:
Teacher will project a map of the world on the projector show a map of the
world using Google Earth on the Smart Board and ask students what they
know about the Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage. Teacher will
then draw the trade routes of the Triangular Trade on the map on the
 board, showing the triangular pattern of the routes. Teacher will briefly
introduce the concepts of the Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage.

10:36 AM Lesson Introduction:

10:33 AM Teacher will define the terms 'Triangular Trade' and 'Middle Passage', and
explain the two main objectives of today's lesson to students: to be able to
identify the people, places, and goods involved in the triangular trade, to
enhance this understanding using a map on Google Earth, and to
understand the experiences of enslaved Africans on the Middle
Passage.

10: 38 AM Lesson Instruction:

10:35 AM Teacher will pass out a worksheet on the Triangular Trade. Students will
read an explanation of the trade out loud from the worksheet, and then
work individually to answer questions covering what they have read. The
questions will include information about the people, goods, and countries
involved in this trade. A handout showing a map similar to the one drawn
on the board, with trade routes included on the map, will be given to
students for reinforcement of the content.

Students will then use the Google Earth map on the Smart Board to trace
the routes of Triangular Trade. They will be asked to find and mark these
locations on the map: 1. Bristol, England, 2. Charleston, South Carolina 3.
Ivory Coast, Africa. After finding and marking these locations, students will
be asked to use the Smart Board drawing tools to trace the routes of the
slave trade on the map. Students will also be encouraged to interact with
the map to explore distances and locations as they relate to the Triangular
Trade. Copies of the map created by students will be printed for students
to keep for further reference.

Next, students will participate in a class activity to better understand the

experiences of enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage. Teacher will
mark out a square in the middle of the room with tape, and tell students to
stand in the marked out area. Students will then be told to imagine that
they have been captured as slaves and taken on a ship to the
Americas. Teacher will turn off the lights to simulate the dark slaves'
quarters on these ships. Students will be asked how long they could
endure such a journey without an opportunity to walk around, stretch, or
even go to the bathroom.. Students will then be informed of the actual time
of the voyage (usually about four to six weeks). At the end of the activity,
students will return to their seats.

10:53 AM Assessments-Checks for Understanding:

11:00 AM Students will be asked to answer the following questions using the
information they have learned about:
 1. What countries were involved in the Triangular trade?
2. What did each country want?
3. What was the Middle Passage?
4. What was it like on a slave ship?
5. How do the Triangular trade and the Middle Passage affect our lives
today? How has it affected history?

10:59 AM Closure/Wrap-Up/Review:
11:05 AM The Triangular Trade was an important set of trade relations between
Europe, Africa, and the Americas. This trade contained the Middle
Passage, in which enslaved Africans were first brought to the Americas. As
a result, the population and culture of the Americas were forever impacted.
A system of inequalities was established that lasted for
centuries onward. It is this fact that makes the Triangular Trade so
significant and relevant to our lives today.

N/A Self-Assessment:
Teacher will use students' comments on what during the assessment as
well as their answers on the worksheet to observe what students gained,
what was understandable and memorable to them, and what teaching
techniques were effective in the classroom.