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Activity: Spoonways
Grades: 3 - 12
Demonstrate the difference between loose and tight packing (spooning) on board a slave ship.
Have three or more students stand, shoulder to shoulder, as close together as they can get. Advise them that as slaves they would be laying on wooden planks or shelves for the duration of the transatlantic crossing from Africa to America. Next have the students turn and face the same direction. Move them together until they are pressed one into the other. This was tight packing. Slaves transported this way had to lie on their sides on the shelves or planks pressed against the individuals in front and behind them. To allow the students to better understand the importance of space in transporting slaves, mark off on the floor with tape, a rectangle measuring 5ft. by 3ft. Compare how many bodies you can fit into the space using loose packing versus tight packing.
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