Finish reading the "11 Nations" article and adding questions to your CQ page. We explored the topic of slavery in the Colonial Era by adding notes to our EQ page from the handout "A Simplified Timeline of U.S. Slavery and Racial Issues" and from the Middle Passage clip from the film "Amistad." I also used a few, quick slides via SMARTboard to clarify to (or remind) students that their human empathy is enough -- there need not be guilt over past atrocities that occurred before their own time, and that our present tense responsibility is the willingness to be aware, as we've already discussed in our Intro unit.
