The Amistad Story

Grade 5•45 minutes

Learning Objective

I can read an Amistad story and write a short paragraph to explain one important reason why the people fought for their freedom.

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Where were the people who eventually took over the Amistad originally captured?

2. What did Sengbe Pieh do to help the other captives on the Amistad?

3. Why did the captives order the crew to sail the ship back to Africa?

...and 4 more questions

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