Task

'All We Want is Make Us Free!'

You and your team will explore the events of the AMISTAD revolt.  You will analyze the central conflict as this drama unfolds, themes that underlie the events as well as people and places involved in the case. 

You will use a BLOG to express your views on the question, "Which is more valuable, human rights or property rights?" 

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. 

    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. Include the following:
    • all the various settings and events that occurred there
    • questions about historical figures mentioned in the film.
    • legal vocabulary
    • rules of the game

    Your game will be evaluated using this rubric.