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Perspectives During the Anti Slavery Movement8th grade Social Studies ClassMary Daly and Maggie Dalton-

Hoffman

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Topic

A unit focusing on the abolitionist movement from multiple perspectives in history.

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Context

• 8th grade social studies class• Hartford Magnet Trinity College

Academy• 50 minutes/day for one week

o Except for an all-day field trip on Tuesday

• Includes all levels of student learning

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Connecticut Framework for 8th Grade Social Studies• "The study of the principles of the U.S.

Constitution, with emphasis on events, arguments and movements of the 19th century and their impact today, connections to local history, and extensive use of primary source materials."• We focus on the abolitionist movement in

the 19th century and connect it to a local abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and use primary source material from both Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass

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Standards for 8th Grade Social Studies• Standard 1: Content Knowledge

o Knowledge of concepts, themes, and information from history and social studies

• Standard 2: History/Social Studies Literacyo Competence in literacy, inquiry and

research skills• Standard 3: Civic Engagement

o Civic competence in analyzing historical issues and current problems

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Objectives• Students will gain an understanding of the

catalysts that lead up to the Civil War from the perspectives of both white and black abolitionists

• Students will learn about the historical content of Hartford through a field trip to the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

• Students will be challenged to analyze key issues from multiple perspectives through discussion

• Students will be able to take what they learned in the lesson and apply it to how they have experienced inequality in their lives

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Monday• Class discussion to refresh the topic

of slavery in the United Stateso Students will be asked to recall what

they have learnedo The answers will be written on the

board to prompt other students memories.

• Present background information on Abolition and Harriet Beecher Stowe• Preparation for field trip

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Tuesday• Field trip to the Harriet Beecher

Stowe Centero "Liberty and Justice For All" Program o Students will explore connections

between Harriet Beecher Stowe, her antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the Civil War

• Activity: Group writing assignment o Students will write a letter to the

publisher of Uncle Tom's Cabin, arguing either for or against the publication of this controversial novel

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Wednesday

• Warm up activityo Reflect on field tripo Discuss as a class what students wrote• Read excerpt from another

abolitionist: Frederick Douglasso Emphasizes the importance of literacy

for slaves• Homework: list 5 reasons why

literacy was important in the quest for freedom

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Thursday• Discuss homework from the night before• Watch PBS clip about Frederick

Douglasso Reiterate throughout video how Frederick

Douglass used his education to break out of slavery and become an influential abolitionist

• Connect to Harriet Beecher Stowe and her attempt to humanize slaves in her novel• Connect to modern day

o How are we still taking a stand against racism

• Homework: Prepare for letter to Abolitionists

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Friday

• Students randomly assigned to write a letter to either Frederick Douglass or Harriet Beecher Stoweo Answer: How did they make a

difference in the anti slavery movement and how is society different today because of them?

• After, students will split into groups, discuss what they wrote and add to their letters in a different color pen

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Evaluation Criteria

• Field trip writing assignment• Warm-up writing reflection on field

trip• List of five reasons why literacy was

important for slaves in their quest for freedom• In class letters to Frederick

Douglass or Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Resources Needed• Busing to Harriet Beecher Stowe

Center• Harriet Beecher Stowe Center• Reading from Frederick Douglass'

autobiography• PBS video on Frederick Douglass• Loose leaf paper for in class writing

activities• Different color pens for students

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Sources"SDE: Social Studies." Connecticut State

Department of Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 April 2013. <http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=320898>.

“Watch Now: The Abolitionists, Part 2, Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS Video.” PBS.org. Accessed May 2, 2013. http://video.pbs.org/video/2322681925/.

Douglass, Frederick, and Deborah E. McDowell. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

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