December 3, 2008NFL star Plaxico Burgess has

been charged with illegally possessing a gun. If he is

found guilty, he might get a prison term. The Giants

suspended him. Should they have suspended him now or

wait and see if he was convicted?

Warning: if people continue to refuse to

work because I haven’t given them paper the supply of paper and pens will

stop.

HOMEWORK:DESIGN A MEMORIAL TO

THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED ON THE MIDDLE PASSAGE.

Atlantic Slave Trade:The trade in slaves from

Africa to North and South America.

Triangle Trade:The trade of sugar to Europe, guns to Africa, and slaves to

the Americas.

The Middle Passage:The sea route between Africa and the Americas used by the

slave trade.

The Triangle Trade.

A slave fort in Ghana.

Slave shackles.

The Door of No Return.

The Slave Ship.

Classwork:Do the Skillbuilder on

p. 568, and the Document Based Questions p. 569