Specific Instructions for Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation
And the Diagnostic AP Exam
Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation:
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Find the link to the film under the “Summer Work” heading on the Moodle page.
- As you watch the film, take ANY notes you want and way you want. Your notes will be collected on the first day of school and they will be useful in making forum posts.
- After watching the film and taking notes, click the “discussion forum”
INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTING TO A FORUM:
1. PICK THREE topics/questions to respond to
2. Build a CONVERSATION and SAY SOMETHING ORIGINAL
a. No one wants to read “yeah, what they said” 80 times
b. DON’T FEEL THE NEED TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED. If you are one of the first to respond don’t go crazy. Just respond to one aspect of the question or express one or two ideas. If you post later, take on a different question or aspect of the question. In this way the “group” answers the question together, rather than 80 people writing the same really long answer. Just have a conversation. Feel free to comment more than once on one topic.
3. EACH POST must include at least one reference of SPECIFIC FACTUAL EVIDENCE in support of your opinion/comment/observation/insight.
POSSIBLE SPECIFIC FACTUAL EVIDENCE:
Indentured Servitude
Freedom Dues
Headright System
Powhatan Confederacy
Anthony Johnson
Royal African Company
Equiano
The Gold Coast
"Factories"
The Triangle Trade
The middle passage
Barbados slave code
The Plantation system
South Carolina
rice cultivation
Anglican Church
"Jemmy"
Stono Rebellion
The Negro Act
New York Rebellion
Diagnostic AP Exam:
This Diagnostic Exam is actually a previous multiple choice section of the AP Exam that was actually given to students years ago. This will serve as a measure of what you know on “day one.” Try your best, but know that your score will not be recorded-just your completion. Also, though this was a real AP Exam, the multiple choice portions of the exam you’ll take in May will have some key differences. However, for now, this will be a good barometer of what you know and don’t know.
Oh, yeah, the exam will be timed too!
I recommend you do this last, but it’s not required.