8.SS.12.B

Explain reasons for the development of the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of slavery.

Grade 8 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010

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Vocabulary
plantation systemtransatlantic slave tradespread of slaverydevelopmentreasons
Skills
  • explain (reasons for the development of the plantation system) #dok2
  • explain (reasons for the transatlantic slave trade) #dok2
  • explain (reasons for the spread of slavery) #dok2
  • identify (factors that contributed to the establishment of the plantation system and slave trade) #dok1
  • analyze (the relationship between economic, geographic, and social factors and the growth of slavery) #dok3
Learning Targets
  • I can identify factors that contributed to the establishment of the plantation system in the United States. #dok1
  • I can identify reasons for the transatlantic slave trade and the spread of slavery. #dok1
  • I can explain reasons for the development of the plantation system in the United States. #dok2
  • I can explain motives behind the transatlantic slave trade. #dok2
  • I can explain why and how slavery spread in the United States. #dok2
  • I can analyze how economic and geographic factors led to the development of the plantation system and the slave trade. #dok3
  • I can analyze connections between the growth of the plantation system and the spread of slavery. #dok3
Big Ideas
  • Economic, geographic, and social factors contributed to the development of the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of slavery in the United States.
  • The growth of the plantation system and the transatlantic slave trade had profound and lasting impacts on the development of American society.
Essential Questions
  • What factors led to the development of the plantation system in the United States?
  • Why did the transatlantic slave trade develop, and how did it affect the growth of slavery in America?
  • How did economic and geographic conditions influence the spread of slavery?
  • What connections existed between the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of slavery?
  • In what ways did the development of the plantation system and slavery shape American society?