Topic First Global Age Pacing The transoceanic linking of all the major regions of the world led to economic, political, cultural, and religious transformations. Content Statement Content Elaborations 9. The advent of the slave trade had profound effects on both Slavery existed in Africa long before the arrival of Europeans. Africans became West and Central Africa and the receiving societies. slaves through debt or from being captured in warfare. For centuries, Africans were sold by their rulers to Arab traders who moved them across the Sahara to Learning Targets: North Africa to sell in Mediterranean countries. Many Africans died during the I can describe the trans-Saharan slave trade route and explain the transport across the desert. profound effects on both West and Central Africa and the receiving societies. Unlike the Atlantic slave trade that began in the 16th century, this form of . slavery was not race-based. Slaves were more like indentured servants and there was more assimilation of slaves into the culture of North Africa due to the large number of integrated marriages. Slaves generally served as servants or soldiers in contrast to the harsh conditions for slaves in the Americas. The trans-Saharan slave trade contributed to the development of powerful African states on the southern fringes of the Sahara and in the East African interior. Rulers who sold slaves grew wealthy. This content serves as a foundational understanding of the slave trade as students will study the trans-Atlantic slave trade in grade eight. The slave trade in Africa contributed to the European rationale for the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Content Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary trans-Saharan describe profound explain receiving societies discuss slave trade cite cause and effect West and Central Africa effects societies analysis compare and contrast Formative Assessments Summative Assessments Resources Enrichment Strategies Integrations Intervention Strategies
Topic First Global Age The transoceanic linking of all the major regions of the world led to economic, political, cultural, and religious transformations. Pacing Content Statement 9. The advent of the slave trade had profound effects on both West and Central Africa and the receiving societies. Learning Targets: I can describe the trans-Saharan slave trade route and explain the profound effects on both West and Central Africa and the receiving societies. . Content Elaborations Slavery existed in Africa long before the arrival of Europeans. Africans became slaves through debt or from being captured in warfare. For centuries, Africans were sold by their rulers to Arab traders who moved them across the Sahara to North Africa to sell in Mediterranean countries. Many Africans died during the transport across the desert. Unlike the Atlantic slave trade that began in the 16th century, this form of slavery was not race-based. Slaves were more like indentured servants and there was more assimilation of slaves into the culture of North Africa due to the large number of integrated marriages. Slaves generally served as servants or soldiers in contrast to the harsh conditions for slaves in the Americas. The trans-Saharan slave trade contributed to the development of powerful African states on the southern fringes of the Sahara and in the East African interior. Rulers who sold slaves grew wealthy. This content serves as a foundational understanding of the slave trade as students will study the trans-Atlantic slave trade in grade eight. The slave trade in Africa contributed to the European rationale for the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Content Vocabulary trans-Saharan profound receiving societies slave trade West and Central Africa societies Academic Vocabulary describe explain discuss cite cause and effect effects analysis compare and contrast Formative Assessments Summative Assessments Resources Enrichment Strategies Integrations Intervention Strategies