Multimedia

Multimedia Resources Together we have accumulated great multimedia resources related to our Turning Point. These resources can be used while building units, lessons, and instructional modules. [|National Education Clearinghouse] - (DR) Finding Historical Sources

 [|Atlantic Slave Trade Map]  (bg) Interactive map -- Africa and the Mediteranian in the 15th Century"

[|Atlantic Slave Trade Mural](bg) "Twentieth-century artist Romare Bearden presents a stylized depiction of the odyssey of captives from Africa to the United States. The ship shows the low decks that were constructed on slaving vessels so that the maximum number of African captives could be transported. A black man's silhouette frames a view of the African continent, a U.S. flag, and seabirds thought to symbolize the souls of Africans returning to their homeland. "

Africans in America (400 years of slavery: timelines, maps, bios, historical documents) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html "Slave Ship" from United Streaming: Show only Part 1 because Part 2 is only about the Amistad: [|www.unitedstreaming.com]

 This Far By Faith (Journey from Africa to America: timelines, maps, historical documents) http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/

Library of Congress (Search archives and historical documents) loc.gov

Handler Images (Slave Trade and slavery images) http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php http://www.projo.com/extra/2006/slavery/text/ History of the Brown Brothers of Rhode Island and Slave Trade (KI)