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Featured Lesson Plan: A Slave Ship Speaks: The Henrietta Marie Featured With Kind Permission of the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum

Lesson Plans for The Henrietta Marie: Suggestions for Sparking Young Imaginations, Featured With the Generous Permission of the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society. The Henrietta Marie, an English merchant slave ship The triangular route of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Henrietta Marie Slave Quarters The Plaque Reads: "In memory and recognition of the courage, pain and suffering of enslaved African people. Speak her name and gently touch the souls of our ancestors." The Mel Fisher Martime Heritage Society has prepared a series of innovative lesson plans that will spark your students' interest in the important lessons that the Henrietta Marie can teach us about ourselves, our human experience, the slave trade, and its enduring cultural consequences in our society. These lesson plans are featured with the kind permission of the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society. Please enjoy reading these lesson plans, and be sure to email us with feedback on your implementation, and your students' responses! Teacher's Guide The Teacher's Guide, as well as the lesson plans, are in .pdf format. You will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the guide and lesson plans. To download Acrobat Reader, click here. Teachers Guide Introduction Table of Contents for Student Activities The African Diaspora Table of Contents The Exploration One Human Family The Ship: Henrietta Marie The Voyage The Search Continues The Henrietta Marie Lesson Plans Overview and Objectives: The purpose of this teacher’s guide is to aid and guide the teacher and students through a very sensitive, yet very important subject by way of the Henrietta Marie, the only shipwrecked merchant slave ship that has been discovered, identified and excavated in North America. Activities are included that encompass various disciplines including reading, science, mathematics and history. Grade Level: This manual with its activities are designed for upper elementary and middle schools, however the activities can be upgraded for a higher level. National Standards: Each activity is consistent with the National Standards. Details of the Standards addressed are given. Teacher Preparation for Activities: The preparation required for each individual activity precedes the instructions. Pre-activity set-up: The pre-activity set-up is listed before each individual activity. Materials: The materials are listed before each individual activity. Author contact: Robin Kaplan, Teacher, Founding Director of the Bahama Village Music Program, Music, Art, Dance, Theater. Rita Kingsbury, Lead Teacher for Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society, EQUALS, Mathematics. Clarice Yentsch, Curator of Education, Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society, Science and Technology, Reading-in-context. Copyright: 2002, Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society 200 Greene Street, Key West, FL 33040 (305) 294-2633 x 20 www.melfisher.org Many thanks to the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum for their kind permission to feature these lesson plans! Copyright 2004 The University of South Florida and The Africana Heritage Project. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. For more information, contact the Africana Heritage Project via e-mail.