Welcome back! We hope that your break was a time of rest that has prepared you to jump back into Trimester 2. This week our history track finds us tackling a tricky subject that has impacted our world for centuries and still does today: slavery. For our Monday Mix-ins, you’ll find a few intense videos on this topic. Please be sure to view these first before showing them to your students. We have done our best to select videos that are not visually graphic, but they are honest about slavery. To lighten up our mix-ins you will find information about the history of sugar, the commodity that played a huge role in the slave trade. We’ve also included some fun facts on Mark Twain, the author of our current literature book The Prince and the Pauper and a unique video about “musical” train horns. Here’s to a smooth transition back into this week of school!
For Fun:
Pachabel’s Train Horns | Can train horns play Pachabel’s Canon?
Resource Links:
The History of Sugar | Discover the history of this sweet culinary ingredient.
Sugar Through the Years | Explore the timeline chronicling the domestication of sugar.
11 Fascinating Facts about Mark Twain | Fun and interesting facts.
8 Things You May Not Know About Mark Twain | More tidbits about Twain.
Slavery and the Americas | Learn more about the progression of slavery in the Americas.
Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade | The impact of slavery on Africa.
Video Links:
*Parents, please preview for your students first.
The Triangle Trade and the Colonial Table | A very tame video about the “dark history” of sugar.
The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you | This video is well done with simplistic graphics. Suitable for most grade levels. (Use discretion)
The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History | A longer video on this tricky topic. Suitable for Intermediate and up. (Use discretion)
Mark Twain: Father of American Literature | Fast facts on the author of The Prince and the Pauper.
