CPC Africana Studies Conference
Saturday, April 4, 2009; 10 am - 4 pm
Dickinson College - Carlisle, PA

"Teaching the Atlantic Slave Trade"
Keynote lecture: Professor Marcus Rediker, University of Pittsburgh, and author of "The Slave Ship: A Human History"

Break-out sessions led by CPC faculty to share pedagogical methods for teaching the Atlantic slave trade. Specific topics include: "African origins-American destinations," "Artistic depictions of the Middle Passage," "Mapping the AST," and "The Atlantic Slave Trade in Film."

For registration and other information, please contact: Kathy Missildine, Executive Assistant to the CPC

To order "The Atlantic Slave Trade" a teaching unit from the National Center for History in the Schools, go to: http://nchs.ucla.edu/World-Era6.html