Indiana Social Studies 7.H.6
The Standard
Compare and contrast the institution of slavery in its various forms in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific, and analyze the impact slavery had on different civilizations.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare how people were enslaved, what work they did, and whether they could gain freedom in selected African, Asian, and Southwest Pacific societies. They explain effects on wealth, power, and families using evidence from each case.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name two differences and one similarity between specific cases without treating whole regions as alike. They use details about labor or legal status to explain an effect on an economy or community.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume all enslavement looked like plantation slavery in the Americas, or that everyone in one region lived under the same rules. They may mistake a labor contract for proof that a recruited worker was free to refuse or leave.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Using three case cards from class, name one difference among the systems and explain one effect in each region. Include one detail from each card.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs case cards on West African war captives, Southeast Asian household slavery, and Pacific Islander labor trafficking; sort evidence by control, work, and impact.
Ask, “How did forced labor change who held power in two of these societies?” Have students cite one detail from each case card.
Play a card match: students pair each case detail with its region and explain whether it shows capture, labor, legal status, or social impact.
Show a map of Queensland sugar plantations and Pacific Islander home islands; trace labor routes and discuss plantation profits and family separation.
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