A slideshow about the economic forces behind slavery

1. COLONIAL SLAVERY
ECONOMICS

2. Grade 8 US History Standard - Disputes over the nature of
federalism, complicated by economic developments in the
United States, resulted in sectional issues, including slavery,
which led to the American Civil War.
LESSON OBJECTIVE

3. To understand economic forces of supply & demand we will use in this
lesson, imagine you’re a maker of unisex shirts for MS & HS kids.
ShirtCotton
Cotton
Price
Shirt
Price
Shirt
Demand
Cotton
Price
Shirt
Price
Shirt
Demand

4. Item Month 1 Month 2 Month 3
Cotton Cost per
Shirt
$5 $8 $3
Price per Shirt $15 $18 $ 13
Profit per Shirt $10 $10 $10
Units Sold 100 75 125
Total Profit $1000 $750 $1250
(GUIDED DIALOGUE SCRIPT)
1- As a business owner, how do you feel about
your first month of sales?
2- As a business owner, what do you notice from
the sales data above?
3- Explain how this sales info would influence
you, as a business owner.
Students Responses Noted Here
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2-
3-
This is an answer

5. Keeping supply and demand in mind,
let’s watch this next video

6. Understanding
Checkpoint
How did supply and demand
relate to slavery?

7. End of 1700’s

8. SLAVE AUCTION

9. Why did the price to buy of a slave
increase during this period?
How much money was the slave
trade business worth to the
southern economy? Explain why
this mattered to slave owners.
Understanding
Checkpoint

10. SLAVERY & WESTWARD EXPANSION

11. How do you think Southern
states would view westward
expansion? Explain.
Slavery &
Westward
Expansion

12. • What did you
learn about how
Southern States
viewed westward
expansion?
*** Image on the
left will help with
your explanation.
Understanding
Checkpoint