African slavery in the new colonies

Today we did some more practice with linking verbs. Students have to practice writing 10 sentences with identified linking verbs for homework.

We shared out diaries from yesterday. We took notes from the timeline posters that we created about the fall of the early Latin American civilizations. Then, we summarized what made each of these civilizations fall and discussed the strategies used by the conquistadors to conquer these people. Later, we read about how the European colonists began a slave trade between Europe, Africa and the new colonies and how this impacted the development of Latin America. Students took summary notes on their reading and highlighted their findings on posters throughout the classroom. We will talk more about African slavery in the colonies tomorrow.

Students then started tonight's diary entry:
Think- what would it be like to be an indigenous person and watch the European conquistadors bring slaves to work on your land? Imagine you're living during this time. What do you feel, observe, witness? Write a one page (minimum) diary entry.

Homework: Linking verb sentences (10). Diary entry.