Quick Sourcing – First Person Accounts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

HI Tyrone Shaw I did not use these resources but it looks like a good place to begin the conversation about resistance. Maybe: To what extent did the condition of Middle Passage contribute to resistance by the enslaved persons?

Hi Tyrone Shaw  - 

I noticed that the version of these documents posted in the 1200 course does include a guiding question, which is: How did individuals experience and react to their situation in the transatlantic slave trade?

I wonder if the difference is intention or if the question ought to be added to the AP document set? Maybe Bridgette OConnor can offer some guidance?

Anne Koschmider Thanks so much for letting me know. Tyrone Shaw The AP primary source collection is an old one that should have been updated. The 1200 version that Anne posted is actually the one that should also be used in AP. I really like the question that you proposed for the collection. Feel free to use that one or the one that's in the 1200 version (How did individuals experience and react to their situation in the transatlantic slave trade?). I've alerted our web team to make the change and upload the correct primary source collection to the AP site. Thanks again!

This is why I love this community so much. Thank you Anne Koschmider Bridgette OConnor Janet Mann 

Hi Tyrone Shaw ! Just wanted to let you know that the web team has replaced the old AP primary source collection with the new one that has updated sources and the guiding question. The Quick Sourcing activity with the correct collection is here: https://www.oerproject.com/AP-World-History/Unit-4/Transoceanic-Empires-Expansion-and-Resistance#guid18ca1b84-cb7a-47b0-bf5c-be4fd5e3c3eb Thanks!

My students just did this lesson today, so I thought I would circle back to the thread and share my modification. I made some slight edits to the quick sourcing tool and came up with this handout. Each group got one handout and five index cards (one for each document in the collection). Overall, I was impressed with the quality of their discussion and the resulting claims. Most importantly, the activity gave students an opportunity to explore authentic voices surrounding this important topic. 

Tyrone Shaw 

I really like your edits to the quick sourcing tool, Anne Koschmider ! Think we just might have to steal your more succinct organization! Rachel Phillips 

Love this handout Anne Koschmider I really like how it facilitates group work. Definitely adding it to my toolbox.

Questions: What do you/they do with the index cards after? Do you display them? Do students have a place to keep them? Do you have students revisit them later? Asking because I have students do the summary and HAPPY in an MS word document, because I want them to revisit them later for review. But I feel something missing when I don't do the index cards. 

Thank you so much for looping back. 

Great question, Tyrone Shaw ! I was a little uncertain about the index cards at first. I was concerned that they wouldn't be enough for students to really understand the content of the documents that other group members read. I decided that I need to adjust my expectations. I decided that the purpose of the notecards would be for sorting/grouping in a tangible way. I was really pleased that my students were great about explaining the sources and content of each document in their discussion (to give others context for the index cards). 

I collected the index cards along with the handout. I'll do some formative assessment - especially on HAPPY analysis - and use that to provide feedback. I'll hand the materials back to students so they can access that feedback. 

The quick sourcing protocol still feels a bit new to me, though, so I would be glad to hear how others are using the index cards!

I dont have an answer for what to do with the index cards, but thought I would share the document that I use with my students for prepare for a DBQ.  We practiced  the RxR DBQ with posters and then we are using the worksheet to support the poster activity.