Content Area Part 1: Primary Sources - Understanding Slavery
Objective:
The objective of this lesson is to help students understand on the reality of slavery in America. By the end of the unit students will have a deep understanding of what life was like for slaves in America.
Standards to be Addressed:
113.20. Social Studies
(b) Knowledge and skills.
(7) History. The student understands how political, economic, and social factors led to the growth of sectionalism and the Civil War. The student is expected to:
(B) compare the effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks;
(C) analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the United States;
(29) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired through established research methodologies from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
(A) differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as computer software, databases, media and news services, biographies, interviews, and artifacts to acquire information about the United States;
These standards can be found on the Texas Education Association (TEA). The full list of standards can be found here.
(b) Knowledge and skills.
(7) History. The student understands how political, economic, and social factors led to the growth of sectionalism and the Civil War. The student is expected to:
(B) compare the effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks;
(C) analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the United States;
(29) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired through established research methodologies from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
(A) differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as computer software, databases, media and news services, biographies, interviews, and artifacts to acquire information about the United States;
These standards can be found on the Texas Education Association (TEA). The full list of standards can be found here.
Primary Source Sources to be Used:
Use: Students will review the primary resources that are linked below. Students will observe the impact that slavery had on people. Students will examine documents that pertain to family life, living conditions, the slavery culture, and emancipation. The primary resources are linked from the Slave Experience page on PBS.org
Family Life
Letter - Marla Perkins to Richard Perkins
Letter- Ralph Seete to A.M. Gangener Esq.
Letter - (Transcript Only) Sagry Brown to her husband
Letter - (Transcript Only) Letters from a Freedman's Bureau
Living Conditions
Book Excerpt - Frederick Douglas
Book Excerpt - William Brown
Book Excerpt - Olaudah Equiano
A Culture of Slavery
Advertisement - This ad was placed as a reward for the return of runaway slaves
Slave Desperation - This story was about a woman that chose to harm herself rather than be sold.
Book Excerpt - William Grimes
Emancipation
Letter - A letter from Benjamin Franklin to John Adams
Letter - Jacob Bruner to Martha Bruner
Article - An article written about the new to repay those who lost slaves due to emancipation and the war effort.
Letter - Marla Perkins to Richard Perkins
Letter- Ralph Seete to A.M. Gangener Esq.
Letter - (Transcript Only) Sagry Brown to her husband
Letter - (Transcript Only) Letters from a Freedman's Bureau
Living Conditions
Book Excerpt - Frederick Douglas
Book Excerpt - William Brown
Book Excerpt - Olaudah Equiano
A Culture of Slavery
Advertisement - This ad was placed as a reward for the return of runaway slaves
Slave Desperation - This story was about a woman that chose to harm herself rather than be sold.
Book Excerpt - William Grimes
Emancipation
Letter - A letter from Benjamin Franklin to John Adams
Letter - Jacob Bruner to Martha Bruner
Article - An article written about the new to repay those who lost slaves due to emancipation and the war effort.
Additional Resources
Fight to Freedom Game - Students will play the role of teenage slave named Lucy.
Edmodo - Students will post their analysis and comment on other students' work.
Products & Performances
After reviewing the primary sources and playing the video game, students will make a post in edmodo that discusses the impact that slavery had on people's lives.
Student Description: Create an Edmodo post essay about what you have observed about the impact that slavery had on people's lives. Tell us about how people's lives are different now than they were before slavery was abolished. What did you notice about how African Americans were treated? Choose three things that stood out to you from the readings and 2 things that stood out to you from the game and discuss why you chose these. Include a discussion about your analysis of how life would be different today if slavery had not been abolished. Comment on two other students' posts. Remember that when you comment on a post you must be respectful of each other.
Student Description: Create an Edmodo post essay about what you have observed about the impact that slavery had on people's lives. Tell us about how people's lives are different now than they were before slavery was abolished. What did you notice about how African Americans were treated? Choose three things that stood out to you from the readings and 2 things that stood out to you from the game and discuss why you chose these. Include a discussion about your analysis of how life would be different today if slavery had not been abolished. Comment on two other students' posts. Remember that when you comment on a post you must be respectful of each other.
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Content Area Part 2: Google Earth
The Road to Civil Rights
The following lesson is a virtual tour that uses Google Earth for the purpose of exposing students to Civil Rights movement through a different lens. Students will discuss what they have learned with their classmates in roundtable discussions.
Objective:
Students will gain a better understanding of the civil rights movement. Students will identify key events, people and dates and they will be able to explain the significance these events had on the Civil Rights Movement and by extension, on their lives today.
Standards to be Addressed:
113.19. Social Studies,
(b) Knowledge and skills.
(F) analyze the political, economic, and social impact of major events in the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuries such as major conflicts, the emergence of a two-party system, political and economic controversies, immigration, and migration.
These standards can be found on the Texas Education Association (TEA). The full list of standards can be found here.
(b) Knowledge and skills.
(F) analyze the political, economic, and social impact of major events in the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuries such as major conflicts, the emergence of a two-party system, political and economic controversies, immigration, and migration.
These standards can be found on the Texas Education Association (TEA). The full list of standards can be found here.
Resources:
Use: Students will explore each of the pinpoints that are along the tour. They will read the information at each tour location. Students will have a 5 minute window to talk to their elbow partner about what they have learned before moving on to the larger class discussion.
Google Earth Google Earth is a software program that permits users to create virtual tours or landmarks.
Sketch Up Viewer This software package allows the user to view 3d models created with Sketch up. Sketch up can be used to create models.
Sketch Up Viewer This software package allows the user to view 3d models created with Sketch up. Sketch up can be used to create models.
The Road to Civil Rights Tour - A Google Earth Virtual Tour that highlights the key locations , dates, and people of the Civil Rights Movement.
Products and Presentations:
Class Discussion: Students will discuss each of the events that are presented on the tour. Students will also begin a discussion on Civil Rights in America and whether or not they believe certain populations are still being oppressed. The discussion will be in a Socratic Seminar format.