Submitted
by Tina L. Thomen
SLM:
521: Telecommunications & The Internet
Dropin
#4
~ Introduction
~
Beginning in the 1500’s and continuing until the time of the Civil War,
slave traders brutally transported millions of African men, women, and children
across the
~Information for Today’s Activity ~
Today, we will
analyze one writer’s interpretation of The
Middle Passage. Through his artwork,
map and diagrams, Tom Feelings illustrates the conditions of slaves aboard a
slave ship. We will visit a website that
has been dedicated in memory to Tom Feelings who had spent years honoring the
millions who survived and the millions who perished during The Middle Passage. The background information that we will visually
capture today supports recurring themes expressed in Olaudah Equiano’s
autobiography.
~ Activity ~
1.
Click
on the map below. First, summarize the
triangular route system in one sentence.
Then, write 3 more sentences about your personal reactions to the
arrows: How does this geographical depiction evoke an emotional response?
2.
Click on slide 6 below and study the picture again. Tom Feelings graphically displays several
images. Choose one image from the
slide. Write 3 sentences from the
point-of-view of that person to answer these questions: What was your life like before this journey?
What are you thinking now while on this ship? What do you predict about your
future?
3.
Click
on slide 10 below and study the picture.
Besides the geographical meaning of “middle,” consider multiple meanings
for this word. Write 2 sentences about
additional possible meanings for “middle” as used within the context of The Middle Passage.
4.
Click
on last slide of this website. In the
hard copy of the book, this image begins the story. On the website, this image ends the
story. Analyze one paragraph how the
placement of this graphic either at the beginning or end may change our
interpretation of its meaning.
Source: http://www.juneteenth.com/middlep.htm