Curated OER
Chasing El Nino
For this El Nino worksheet, students review this specific change in the climate cycle by completing 20 short answer questions.
BBC
Bbc News: Africa's Economy: Poverty
Provides an overview of the issue of poverty in Africa. Four maps show the levels of poverty, debt, aid, and trade for each country in Africa.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Global Trade
A learning module on global trade. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students investigate what countries export and import, the factors...
OpenStax
Open Stax: West Africa and the Role of Slavery
This section of a chapter on "The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492" takes a look at the major West African empires and discusses the roles of Islam and Europe in the slave trade.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
A collection uses primary sources to explore the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: African Societies and Atlantic Slave Trade
The beginning of the Atlantic slave trade uprooted previously established societal norms in West Africa.
World Atlas
World Atlas: Africa
Learn about the history of Africa including Ancient Africa, African colonization, slave trade, and Post-Colonial Africa. Also covers maps, geography, countries, and interesting facts.
Other
Alnpete Limited: Lepcis Magna Roman Empire in Africa
Lepcis Magna is an ancient Roman site in Libya, Africa that is being excavated. Site gives an excellent lesson in archaeological research with lots of pictures and narrative. Be sure to click on the 1996 Dig Season for a slide show of...
Understanding Slavery Initiative
Understanding Slavery Initiative: Africa Before Transatlantic Enslavement
The history of West Africa provides a context for learning about the transatlantic slave trade. Discover the rich cultural traditions and economic networks that existed in the West African empires such as Ghana, Mali, and Songhay long...
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Africa Enslaved [Pdf]
A comprehensive study of the slave trade in Africa, South America, and the Caribbean.
Understanding Slavery Initiative
Understanding Slavery Initiative: Trade and Commerce
The transatlantic slave trade lay at the heart of a complex global commerce system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Learn about the clash over possessions, and the disputes over each others' presence in the seas.
BBC
Bbc News: Focus on the Slave Trade
BBC News offers a short summary of the slave trade from Africa to the Americas. Gives statistics on the number of slaves (estimated at 10 to 28 million), where they went, and the cruel conditions of their enslavement.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Transatlantic Trade
An overview of the Transatlantic Trade whereby Europe, Africa, and the America's engaged in a network of people, raw materials, finished goods, merchants, and sailors bringing wealth to colonial empires. The consequences of the...
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: European Conquest & Commerce in Africa
Essay outlines European conquest beginning with the Portuguese settlement at Cape Verde and traces the development of commerce leading to the slave trade in regions of Africa and the New World.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Africa the Search for Gold and Slaves
Historical background of the reasons for European exploration of Africa. Tutorial Links to further European trade and exploration.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Global Studies: African Slave Trade Quiz
Choose the correct answer for each of the nine multiple choice questions to evaluate your comprehension of African slave trade.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Africa: Sahel and Savanna
A description of the Sahel region of Africa, encompassing the countries of Mali, Niger, and Chad. Includes information on the Sahel's cultural history, the spread of Islam into the area, and examples of artwork.
Digital History
Digital History: The Slave Trade [Pdf]
Read Olaudah Equiano's account of being captured in his village in Africa, and placed on a slave ship to be taken to America. He describes the middle passage of the triangular trade route, as well as the leg from Europe to Africa. [pdf]
Other
Read Works: West Africa: West African Slave Trade [Pdf]
An informational text about the West African slave trade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
BBC
Bbc: The Triangular Slave Trade
The slave trade made many people very rich but also ruined the lives of those captured into slavery. As resistance grew and profit declined, the trade was finally abolished. Included is a map showing where the slaves were traded and...
Flow of History
Flow of History: Colonial and Post Colonial South Africa
The political history of South Africa is profiled - from early times through the caste system to slavery and then apartheid, and finally democracy. Text plus a graphic chronological flow chart make the topic visually appealing and of...
BBC
Bbc: The Story of Africa: The Missionaries
This article talks about the presence of European missionaries in 19th century Africa. It mentions the efforts of David Livingstone to try to suppress the slave trade. It offers examples of the humanitarian work done by other...
PBS
Pbs: Elmina Castle, Trading Outpost and "Slave Factory"
Find out about "slave factories," built along Africa's western coast.
Curated OER
Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: The World, Vol. 1: Trade & Tradition: Lesson 6 Quiz
Choose the correct answer for each of the five multiple choice questions to evaluate your comprehension of trade and traditions in Great Zimbabwe.
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