Warm Up (Activity #1) (about 5 minutes)
Slave Labor picture gallery: View all photos and read all captions in the two links below. Then, discuss these photos and your first thoughts. How does modern slavery happen? How does modern slavery compare and contrast to slave systems of the past? Why might it be more challenging to end one type of slavery?
http://www.endslaverynow.org/blog/articles/slave-labor
http://www.endslaverynow.org/blog/articles/bitter-chocolate
Slave Narratives (Activity #2) (about 25 to 30 minutes)
**Read all five narratives and write down a summary of what you learned about each topic. If everyone is finished in your group, discuss these narratives. If you are waiting on your group for discussion, go ahead and complete the final activity (#3).
Read the narrative and write down what you learned about the conditions of the slave’s lives.
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/10.htm
Read the narratives and write down what you learned about the childhood of a slave.
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/18.htm
Read the narrative and write down what you learned about slave families.
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/21.htm
Read the two narratives and write down what you learned about slave punishment
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/27.htm
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/28.htm
Modern day slave narrative (Activity #3) (about 10 minutes)
Website: http://www.endslaverynow.org/blog/articles/ishmael-beah
How does this modern account of slavery compare to those of pre-Civil War slavery in the United States that you just read in activity 2.
Be prepared for final discussion within small and whole group.
Slave Labor picture gallery: View all photos and read all captions in the two links below. Then, discuss these photos and your first thoughts. How does modern slavery happen? How does modern slavery compare and contrast to slave systems of the past? Why might it be more challenging to end one type of slavery?
http://www.endslaverynow.org/blog/articles/slave-labor
http://www.endslaverynow.org/blog/articles/bitter-chocolate
Slave Narratives (Activity #2) (about 25 to 30 minutes)
**Read all five narratives and write down a summary of what you learned about each topic. If everyone is finished in your group, discuss these narratives. If you are waiting on your group for discussion, go ahead and complete the final activity (#3).
Read the narrative and write down what you learned about the conditions of the slave’s lives.
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/10.htm
Read the narratives and write down what you learned about the childhood of a slave.
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/18.htm
Read the narrative and write down what you learned about slave families.
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/21.htm
Read the two narratives and write down what you learned about slave punishment
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/27.htm
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/28.htm
Modern day slave narrative (Activity #3) (about 10 minutes)
Website: http://www.endslaverynow.org/blog/articles/ishmael-beah
How does this modern account of slavery compare to those of pre-Civil War slavery in the United States that you just read in activity 2.
Be prepared for final discussion within small and whole group.