Read the textbook -  The struggle for freedom.  Vol 1 . Read Chapter 4, 5, & 6 and answer the last two Questions for each,  in 1-3 sentence each.

Chapter 4
At what point would you say Africans became African Americans in North America? If Africans were “Europeanized,” to what extent were European colonists “Africanized”?
The sources of abolitionism were many. Can you identify them and judge the relative importance of each?

Chapter 5

Despite many calls for the abolition of slavery, the founding fathers shrank from leading the antislavery cause? What were some of the political, social, and economic impediments to ending slavery in the new nation, either in writing the Constitution or by other means?
In what sense might Thomas Peters be considered a “founding father"? If so, in what ways? What might have been the value and/or disadvantages of his decision to encourage former enslaved Africans to return to their African homelands?

Chapter 6

Was the spread of slavery in the South inevitable after the invention of the cotton gin and the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory? What arguments can you summon to support or oppose this proposition?
Given the rise of racial hostility to free African Americans and the exhaustion of the antislavery movement in the early nineteenth century, was the “back-to-Africa” movement the best option for free blacks?

Then for the movie - The Africans American many river to cross. Episode 2. and  use the worksheet k to anwser the film.
WORKSHEET K
                          Analyzing Historical Films
When watching a film or video interpretation of any event, consider using the following
(PIPER)
model of
analysis,
        P  Point of View?
        I    Inferences?
        P  Persuasive Techniques?
        E  Evidence?   
        R  Relevant Information?   
Use this work sheet to help you analyze historical films you watch?
1.
Name of film: 
2.
Main point of the film:
3.
P
What is the point of view of the film?  Was it overly favorable or critical of a particular group or
individual
? 
4.
I 
What inferences were made in the film?  Were there parts of the film that filmmakers must have
made up because they couldn't have known this from the available evidence?
5.
P
What Techniques are used in the film to persuade the audience to the filmmakers point of view?  Note
music, camera angle, character portrayal, etc.
6.
E
  What evidence is included to support the point of view put forth in the film? What is the source of
that evidence? How strong is it?
7.
R 
What relevant information do I know?  Does it contradict or support the story presented in the film?
8.
Overall, how strong are the historical arguments in this film?  Is it historically accurate?