Triangle Triad Essay

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Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage Lesson Description: This lesson provides opportunities for students to read about the Triangular Trade Route, share findings about various “legs” of the journey as well as work with maps and primary source materials relative to the costs of the slave trade to enslaved Africans. Finally, students will write and deliver a speech about abolishing the slave trade from the perspective of a U.S. Senator in the early 1800’s. Grade Level: 4-5 Duration: 2-3 class periods Prerequisite Economic Concepts: specialization, interdependence, costs, benefits Maryland State Curriculum Economics Standard: Students will develop economic reasoning to understand the historical development and current status of economic principles, institutions, and processes needed to be effective citizens, consumers, and workers participating in local communities, the nation, and the world. 4.A.4.a Explain how available resources have influenced specialization in Maryland in the past and present (Grade 4) 4.A.4.c Explain specialization and interdependence using triangular trade routes. (Grade 5) History Standard: Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland, the United States and around the world. 5.A.1.c Describe the establishment of slavery and how it shaped life in Maryland. (Grade 4) 5.B. 2.c Describe the different roles and viewpoints of individuals and groups, such as: women, men, free and enslaved Africans, and Native Americans during the Revolutionary Period. (Grade 5) Reading Standard (Comprehension of Informational Text): Students will read, comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate informational text. 1.E.1.a Listen to critically, read, and discuss texts representing diversity in content, culture, authorship, and perspective,
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