Week 11 Homework 12-5-19

1. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #29 and #30. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #28 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1525 – First slave voyage directly from Africa to the Americas.
• 1637: Dutch traders begin transporting slaves regularly. 
• 1641 – Colonial plantations in the Caribbean begin exporting sugar. British traders begin capturing and shipping slaves regularly. 
• 1685 – France issues the Code Noir (Black Code), a law that decrees how slaves are to be treated in French colonies and restricts the freedoms and privileges of free people of African descent.

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
1525- 1790

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

5. Elegant Essay Assignment

None

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

Alien Letter Home

Pretend you are an alien visiting earth for summer camp or summer vacation. Write a letter home describing your experience (for example, to your friend or your parent). Here are some questions to get you thinking? DO NOT feel like you have to answer all of these questions – these are ONLY brainstorming questions.

• What do you look like? What is different than humans?
• How does your body act differently than human bodies on earth?
• Is there anything on earth that you don’t know the name of or has a different name?
• What do you see that seems strange or different?
• What have you liked about earth?
• What do you wish you could change? What don’t you like?
• How have you felt while you are away from home?
• Have you done anything crazy?
• Has something happened to you that you are dying to tell them about?
• Who have you met? Why are they memorable?

Assignment Guidelines

• 1-2 pages
• Label 3 of each part of speech
• Use letter format

Download the Writing Assignment Checklist HERE

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

None