ppgl2eq
ppgl2eq
ppgl2eq
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Activities/Extensions<br />
Reflection: Understanding Media<br />
The Book of Negroes series was filmed in several locations. Read the CBC News article from<br />
January 7, 2015, “The Book of Negroes shot in Nova Scotia, airs tonight,” for information on the<br />
set locations:<br />
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/the-book-of-negroes-shot-in-nova-scotiaairs-tonight-1.2891712<br />
ELEMENTARY<br />
Why were several locations used? Guess which scenes were shot in which locations. How can<br />
you tell? What do you think are some of the effects of location filming? If you can recognize the<br />
locations where scenes were shot, does it distract you from the story or add something to it?<br />
Activity: Exploring the Book of Negroes<br />
“I began to feel the happiness, liberty, of which I knew nothing before.”<br />
– Boston King, Black Loyalist<br />
1. Research and identify the causes of the American Revolution. How did this conflict impact<br />
the provinces of Canada?<br />
2. In conversation with Aminata, Sam explains the movement of ships and the flow of goods<br />
and enslaved Africans, a pattern of commercial activity known as the transatlantic slave<br />
trade. Draw and label a diagram that illustrates the triangular movement of goods.<br />
3. Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation, which Aminata reads out to the men and women of Canvas<br />
Town, was issued in November of 1775. It offered freedom to Black people in exchange for<br />
their service to the British army. Read the transcription of the proclamation:<br />
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-revolution/4238<br />
a) The proclamation states that the enslaved Black traitors (people not loyal to the king or<br />
the Patriot rebels) can come to fight for the British and they will be free. Enslaved Black<br />
people held by Loyalists were not included. Why do you think Lord Dunmore made such<br />
a proclamation? Share your ideas about Lord Dunmore's motives and strategic reason for<br />
the issuing of this proclamation.<br />
b) Working with a partner, analyze the image and the transcription of Lord Dunmore’s<br />
Proclamation by answering these document analysis questions:<br />
What type of document is this?<br />
<br />
Look at the picture of the original document. Do you notice anything about its<br />
physical appearance?<br />
38
Change language