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Course: World History Project AP® > Unit 4
Lesson 3: 4.2—Transoceanic Empires: Empires and Resistance- READ: Survey of Transoceanic Empires, 1450 to 1750
- READ: Yasuke – Graphic Biography
- READ: Overview of New Economic Systems
- READ: European Colonies in the Americas
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Colonization and Resistance - Through a Pueblo Lens
- WATCH: Colonization and Resistance: Through a Pueblo Lens | World History Project
- READ: Amonute – Graphic Biography
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway Inflation - Crash Course World History #25
- WATCH: The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation
- READ: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz – Graphic Biography
- READ: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
- READ: The Disastrous Effects of Increased Global Interactions c. 1500 to c. 1600
- ACTIVITY: Claim Testing - Transoceanic Empires
- ACTIVITY: Quick Sourcing - First Person Accounts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Impact of the Slave Trade - Through a Ghanaian Lens
- WATCH: Impact of the Slave Trade - Through a Ghanaian Lens
- READ: Domingos Álvares – Graphic Biography
- READ: State Centralization and Resistance
- ACTIVITY: Quick Sourcing - Imperial Expansion, Competition, and Resistance
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Impact of the Slave Trade - Through a Ghanaian Lens
Use the "Three Close Reads" approach as you watch the video below.
Before you watch
Before you watch the video, it’s a good idea to open and skim the video transcript. And always read the questions below so you know what to look and listen for as you watch.
While you watch
- How do Ato Ashun and Trevor Getz describe society around Cape Coast prior to the Atlantic slave trade?
- What does the physical structure of Cape Coast Castle under the British, including its dungeons, tell us about the Atlantic slave trade?
- What, according to Ato Ashun, were some of the economic impacts of the Atlantic slaving system on the coastal region?
- According to Akosua Perbi, how did the Atlantic slaving system affect how people lived?
- What impacts of the Atlantic slaving system does Wilhelmina Donkoh focus on in her interview?
- How does Ato Ashun say that the evidence of the Atlantic slave trade, in the dungeons of Cape Coast Castle, affected him personally?
After you watch
- What evidence does this video provide to explain changes and continuities in systems of slavery in the period from 1450 to 1750?
- How did the Atlantic slave trade affect Ghana, in terms of social interactions and organization as well as economic systems? Do you think these effects were the same in other regions of Africa? Why or why not?
- If you were a guide for tourists visiting Cape Coast Castle, what would you want them to know?
Now that you know what to look for, it’s time to watch. Remember to return to these questions once you’ve finished watching.