TASK: In pairs or threes, read each other's memoir (like a diary written when you are older looking back at your life) entry on the middle passage.
Sum up what you have learnt from this, and identify anything else you think should be covered in the memoir.
Comment on how convincing you think the memoir entry is: does it read like it is written by a desparate, terrified, confused young boy/girl who has been grabbed from their village, marched in chains to the dock and thrown on a boat, crammed in amongst 100s of others, with little food or water, no toilet, and people dying around them ... all while not really knowing where they are going?
Take notes on the feedback you receive; you will be re-drafting your memoir entry.
Use the remaining time to take notes from the resources below, some of which we will use in the next lesson. Note points which you can use to make your memoir more convincing and detailed.
THE MEMOIR
This topic is assessed through a memoir you write as we go along. Your entries need to reflect what you've learned, and can include quotes from specific sources that you (as the slave) may have encountered. As it is a memoir, you could also reflect on events or opinions that occur a little later than each stage, as you are looking back on your life in 1865...
POWERPOINTS
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