Assignment: Race and Coerced Labor Reading and Graphic Organizer

WORLD HISTORY-A
2023-08-28T02:26:46Z

Due: Sep 27, 2023 by 11:59pm

Overview:

Today, we are learning about the how race and coerced labor (enslavement) were connected. The author's argument in the reading is this:

The author’s argument: The systems of enslavement in the Americas shared three defining characteristics:

Enslaved people of African descent were legally defined as property

Enslavement was organized according to a racial hierarchy

Enslavement was motivated by economics, and justified using religion and pseudoscience (fake science)

Directions

First, download the reading and the graphic organizer. When you are finished, make sure that your assignment is fully complete. Once you do this, turn in ONLY your completed graphic organizer.

Reading | Graphic Organizer

Click HERE for the reading (Word Doc)

While you read, you are guided in the graphic organizer to find evidence that supports the author’s argument. Download the graphic organizer and complete it.

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Overview:

Today, we are learning about the how race and coerced labor (enslavement) were connected. The author's argument in the reading is this:

The author’s argument: The systems of enslavement in the Americas shared three defining characteristics:

Enslaved people of African descent were legally defined as property

Enslavement was organized according to a racial hierarchy

Enslavement was motivated by economics, and justified using religion and pseudoscience (fake science)

Directions

First, download the reading and the graphic organizer. When you are finished, make sure that your assignment is fully complete. Once you do this, turn in ONLY your completed graphic organizer.

Reading | Graphic Organizer

Click HERE for the reading (Word Doc)

While you read, you are guided in the graphic organizer to find evidence that supports the author’s argument. Download the graphic organizer and complete it.

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