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The Atlantic Slave Trade/Crash Course World History

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Title:

The Atlantic Slave Trade/Crash Course World History

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/251edd6e-e5c9-402d-8995-626805a17dd1/the-atlantic-slave-trade-crash-course-world-history-24/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that people could own other people based on skin color.

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Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 9
World History: 1500 to the Present

10 ) Describe the influence of urbanization on the Western World during the nineteenth century.

Examples: interaction with the environment, provisions for public health, increased opportunities for upward mobility, changes in social stratification, development of Romanticism and Realism, development of Impressionism and Cubism

• Describing the search for political democracy and social justice in the Western World

Examples: European Revolution of 1848, slavery and emancipation in the United States, emancipation of serfs in Russia, universal manhood suffrage, women's suffrage

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: World History: 1500 to the Present

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Describe the influences of urbanization on the Western World during the nineteenth century.
Describe how the search for political democracy and social justice impacted the nineteenth century Western World.

Teacher Vocabulary:

urbanization
mobility
social stratification
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism
Cubism
European Revolution of 1848
emancipation
universal manhood suffrage
women's suffrage

Knowledge:

Students know:

The influence of urbanization on the Western World during the nineteenth century.
The role of political democracy and social justice in the nineteenth century Western World.

Skills:

Student is able to:

Evaluate historical influences using primary resources such as literature, visual arts, and maps.
Analyze and explain impacts of historical movements.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Urbanization influenced the Western World during the nineteenth century.
Political democracy and social justice played important roles in the nineteenth century Western World.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.9.10- Define urbanization; recognize changes in society as a result of the Industrial Revolution;
SS.AAS.9.10a- Identify leaders of the women's rights movement including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Susan B. Anthony.
SS.AAS.9.10b- Identify leaders of the abolitionist movement including Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Harriet Tubman.
SS.AAS.9.10c- Identify the Emancipation Proclamation, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.

Tags:

Atlantic Slave Trade, colonists, slavery

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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The Atlantic Slave Trade/Crash Course World History