The goal of this lesson is to motivate students to learn both more about the slave trade and to think about other under-explored aspects of history through a video about Black scuba divers exploring wreckage of slave ships.
While many students and teachers are aware of the slave trade broadly, most do not know the details about who were involved and what took place. This lesson is designed to give students new perspectives on history, how history is told and who tells it and the lasting impact history has on our lives today.