1. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #53 and #54. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #52 (We corrected this one in class.)

2. History Study

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

Abolition of Slavery

1807-1888

  1. NO Usborne Encyclopedia of World History (UEWH) reading this week.
  2. Spend at least 60 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.)

    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 than one worksheet.

3. Timeline

  1. Add the following key dates or figures to your timeline.
  2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.
  • 1807 – Britain outlaws the Atlantic slave trade- a cause led by William Wilberforce
  • 1848 – France abolishes slavery
  • 1863 – Abraham Lincoln passes Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in US
  • 1888 – Brazil abolishes slavery

4. Reading Assignment

Continue reading King of Mulberry Street (Ch 11 – 15)
Also make sure you have The Arrival to read before April 14.

5. Writing Assignment

Revise your Inventor Essay based on the feedback you received.

Turn in BOTH the original and the revised version next week!

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