Process

1. View the video of The AMISTAD and complete a plot analysis of the film.  
2. Divide your tasks among your team members and use the resources below to explore facts about the following aspects of this event:

• The Story
• Themes
• Central Conflict
• People
• Places

Amistad Research Center	Famous American Trials - Amistad Trial
Supreme Court Decision	Amistad - Original Trial
NARA Digital Classroom: Amistad Case	Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport

3. Use this Written Document Analysis Worksheet to establish the authenticity of the following primary source documents.

• Letters and Diary Entries

4. Search the Gallery for images and maps to illustrate your final project (Be sure to site the source from which each resource is drawn.)
5. Based upon your research write and defend your response to the question, "Which is more valuable, human rights or property rights?"  Post your response on your or your teacher's BLOG (if permitted)  and respond to the postings one of your classmates.  Included this at the end of your final project.

CHOOSE A PROJECT:

1. Together with your team, you will create a timeline, complete with illustrations, offering background information leading to the first hearing (August 29, 1839) and tracing the journey of the Amistad case through the American legal system to its final dispensation. 

   Download the Timeline Template.   
   Your timeline will be evaluated using this rubric and displayed for your Learning Walk.
    

2. Together with your team, you will create a board game tracing the journey of the Amistad Africans from the time they were taken captive in African until they returned home to their native land.
   • all the various settings and events that occurred there
   • questions about historical figures mentioned in the film.
   • legal vocabulary
   • rules of the game

   See the Game Template.  Your game will be evaluated using this rubric.