Your name Date 5 th Grade History Project Slavery: An American
Tragedy
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My Slavery Project Will Answer: What was slavery in America?
Where was slavery in America? How was slavery justified? Who were
slaves in America? What was the Economic Impact of Slavery? Who
Profited from slavery? Who were the Abolitionists? What impact did
they have on slavery. Describe plantation life Reflection
Bibliography
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What Was Slavery in America?
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?title ID=25
Read from the following link. Summarize the most important ideas.
Put into your own words.
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Where Was Slavery in America? http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/
Use this link to get a map of states with slavery.
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How Was Slavery Justified?
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=6
3 Read information. Think about the Main Ideas. State three reasons
for slavery. Example: -Religious doctrines such as the The Curse of
Ham which depicted blacks as preordained to be slaves. -There were
already slaves in Africa, and it could be potentially better for
them to be slaves in America. -Aristotle rationalized that certain
people lacked the higher qualities of soul to be anything other
than a slave.
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Who were slaves in America?
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/082_slave.html Use this link to
get images of slaves.
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What was the Economic Impact of Slavery?
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.
cfm?HHID=80 Read information. Think about the Main Ideas. Summarize
the economic impact of Slavery in America?
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Who were the Abolitionists?
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.
cfm?HHID=81 Describe the roles and major impact of abolitionists?
Identify one abolitionist and write a one paragraph summarizing
their contribution to slaves.
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Narrative of Former Slave EXAMPLE James Cape, Age over 100
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ "I's bo'n in yonder southeast
Texas and I don' know what month or de year for sho', but 'twas
more dan 100 years ago. My mammy and pappy was bo'n in Africa, dats
what dey's tol' me. Dey was owned by Marster Bob Houston and him
had de ranch down dere, whar dey have cattle and hosses. "When I's
old 'nough to set on de hoss, dey learned me to ride, tendin'
hosses. 'Cause I's good hoss rider, dey uses me all de time gwine
after hosses. I goes with dem to Mexico. We crosses de river lots
of times. I 'members once when we was a drivin' 'bout 200 hosses
north'ards. Dey was a bad hail storm comes into de face of de herd
and dat herd turns and starts de other way. Dere was five of us
riders and we had to keep dem hosses from scatterment. I was de
leader and do you know what happens to dis nigger if my hoss
stumbles? Right dere's whar I'd still be! Marster give me a new
saddle for savin' de hosses.
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Plantation Life of Slaves Describe a day in the life of a slave
in America. Compare and contrast a day in your life with child in
slavery
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Reflection What did you learn about the plight of
African-Americans during slavery?
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Bibliography http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of
Congress Memory Home http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ Recorded interviews
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ manuscripts
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/082_slave.html images
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/082_slave.html
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?ti tleID=25
Historical Data
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?ti
tleID=25
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James Cape, Age over 100
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Narrative of a Former Slave EXAMPLE
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ Fountain Hughes,
Age 101 "You wasn't no more than a dog to some of them in them
days. You wasn't treated as good as they treat dogs now. But still
I didn't like to talk about it. Because it makes, makes people feel
bad you know. Uh, I, I could say a whole lot I don't like to say.
And I won't say a whole lot more."
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Subject Matter and Technology Standards Subject Area:
History/Social Studies
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/enggrade5.asphttp://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/enggrade5.asp
CA content stds Technology Standards 3. Research and Information
Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use
information. Students: b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate,
synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources
and media. c. evaluate and select information sources and digital
tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
