Description
Short Essays:
Answer the questions below in 1-2 typed pages (double spaced) and support your answers with specific and relevant details from your assigned readings, videos, and class discussion. Each essay is worth 30 points.
1. Choose one chapter assigned to you from the textbook (400 Souls) and write a reflection of what you connected with, identified with, or learned from the chapter that expanded your perception of African American History.
2. Discuss the contributions of Africa to the development of world history and American culture.
Long Essay:
This essay should be approximately 2-3 typed pages (double spaced) and be supported by specific and relevant details from your assigned readings and videos. This essay is worth 40 points.
Write an essay that discusses the ways in which African Americans were oppressed in colonial America, as well as the ways that they resisted (both violently and non-violently).