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Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Myers, Walter Dean | Illustrator: |
| Title: Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom | Date: 1998 |
| Publisher: Dutton | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-525-45970-7 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: Yes |
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General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): nonfiction | |
GED Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| When slaves on the ship Amistad rebelled and tried to return home to Africa, they were captured and embroiled in legal battles of slavery and abolition in the U.S. The book includes sections on Further Reading, Bibliography, Epilogue, and endpaper courtroom sketches of the Amistad slave group. | |
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| Students might explore the leadership characteristics and personal qualities of Sengbe that raise him from an ordinary man to a hero. The book could be paired with Anthony Burns, another abolition courtroom story. Creating a timeline might help students follow the events more easily. If students have seen the movie, they could discuss the similarities and differences using a Venn diagram. Students could follow the journey of the Amistad group on a map. | |
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 Venn Diagramshttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf |
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