For an excellent visualization of the sheer size and scope of the trade of slaves in colonial and post-colonial times, take a look at this article from Slate, and the simulation that is embedded in it. When you run the simulation, you can see the dramatic increase of exports and imports of human lives as the colonies expand, and as laws are passed to ban slave transport or import as the 1800s progress.

The data original come from SlaveVoyages.org, which is a tremendous resource for research. Consider using it if you are going to consult statistics for any of your research work in my class (or any other class where this might come up). 

In AP World, we had some trouble this week understanding the geographic organization of the African kingdoms and the influence of Islam. Take a look at the Time Maps: Map of Africa at 1215 for some context. You can back it up to 900 as well for comparison, and if you go forward on that timeline to the 1450s, you can see how the Islamic entities broke down in Northwest Africa and expanded in the East.

These maps are a great resource for a number of our units and chapters; if you're having trouble contextualizing and remembering locations for things, take a look there.

Many of you have an assignment that's due for me tonight on Google Classroom. In case you're having trouble, these are the instructions (found in Google's help page on how to submit an assignment) for turning in your work:

If there’s a document with your name attached to the assignment

If your teacher attached a document with your name in the title, it’s your personal copy to review and edit. As you work on it, your teacher can review your progress before you click Turn in.

1. Click the thumbnail to open and review the document.
2. (Optional) Enter your information.
3. Click Turn In.

When you turn in the assignment, your teacher will see the document labeled with your name.

Ensure that you do this before 11:59pm tonight if you don't want it marked late!

To help you understand what we are discussing in our 10th World History classes this week, and to help you organize and write your paper, I've compiled a list of resources here that you can use. Please look through them if you are having trouble understanding what is going on, as you really do need to "get it" to write about it.

Don't worry, you're perfectly capable of understanding! Just stick to it, use more resources, talk with others, and ask me if you have clarification questions that I can help with.

If you find more things that help you understand, share them with me and I will post them here!

Plato: Allegory of the Cave

• Video - YouTube: School of Life, PLATO ON: The Allegory of the Cave
• Professor's Explanation: Allegory of the Cave, Washington.edu

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Book I

• Article - SparkNotes: Nicomachean Ethics
• Video - YouTube: School of Life, Aristotle (for background and explanation of his philosophy and history in general)
• Video - YouTube: Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 Summary
• Notes - Notes on Book One from Mason.edu
• Summary - Aristotle's Ethics, NovelGuide.com
• Summary - The-Philosophy.com
• Notes - 10 Things You Need to Know About Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
• Summary - Nicomachean Ethics Summary
• Mr. E - Aristotle's Ethics Audio Walkthrough

Footnotes

Here are the footnotes that I gave to you in class (replace the # sign with the page number that your first citation is referring to.

Plato, “Book VII,” The Republic, trans. Benjamin Jowett (London: Oxford University Press, 1888), in-class reading packet, #.

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, trans. W.D. Ross, Book I, 6-8, in-class reading packet, #.

After you introduce each text, your footnotes should use the short form:

Plato, #.

Aristotle, #.

While doing some additional research for this week's APUSH lesson, I came across this interesting article about how people tried to defend against witches in Europe. Have a read.

The 17th Edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.