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The Middle Passage

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Eighth graders locate the Middle passage and describe the experiences of slaves in the Middle Passage.  In this Middle Passage instructional activity, 8th graders describe life as a slave during the Middle Passage.  Students write as if they were a slave on a journey through the middle passage. 

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8th
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English Language Arts
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