American History Teachers' Collaborative
Focus Workshop

The Middle Passage

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30	Welcome and breakfast
8:30 – 10:30	Jessica Millward, Many Thousands Gone: The Atlantic Slave Trade, the Middle Passage, and Slavery in the Americas
10:30 - 10:40	Break
10:40 – 11:10	Video clip from Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
11:10 - 11:20	Break
11:20 – 11:50	Computer lab or small group discussion with Dr. Millward
11:50 - 12:50	Lunch and video: Prince Among Slaves
12:50 - 1:20	Switch rooms
1:20 - 1:30	Break
1:30 - 2:20	Announcements and an activity with primary sources
2:30 - 4:00	Sarah Clarke Kaplan, From Out of Africa: Remembering the Middle Passage
4:00 - 4:30	Closing remarks and evaluations

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