Slavery in AmericaUS History

December 2 and 3, 2015

Slavery in America• Objective:

– Explore the history of slavery in America and the beginning of the Abolitionist Movement leading up to the Civil War.

– Students will analyze the significance of slavery in America by examining the situation Africans faced in the south and north and determine its long-term effects.

• Essential Question:

–What were the main causes and effects of the Civil War?

• Standard(s):– 1.9– 1.10– 2.1

WARM-UP:

CNN STUDENT NEWS

Write a ONE SENTENCE summary on TWO news stories from CNN Student News.

After the video you will have 5 minutes to write your 2 summaries.

Summary: “A brief statement or account of the main points of something.

Discussion to follow: What do you think?

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. How to pass Semester 1 Earn at least a C- this Quarter. Do the Extra-Credit essays on the Final Exam. Minimum Effort = D-. Get more than a C- and do well on the Final Exam can = a C or B.

2. Cellphone & Gum policy Cellphones & gum are a serious disruption. We will be lining up outside of the classroom this week (and next) to

dispose of gum and to put away our electronic devices. That will be your warning. If I see it again I take it away for the class

period. If you refuse, I take it away for the class day and it is put in the Dean’s office for your parent to pick up.

WARM-UP: TIMELINEPAGES: 344-345

1. What important event in Mexican and American history took place in 1848, and what was its significance?

2. In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?

3. What important industrial process was discovered in 1856?

• Write in your notebooks.– 1. What is happening in

the cartoon?– 2. What is the difference

between the two images?

– 3. What do you think the intended message of the cartoon is?

– 4. Based on the image, has slavery gone away? Why?

– 5. Classroom Discussion:Is it any better nowadays?

Warm-up: Cartoon Analysis• Write in your notebooks.– 1. What is happening in the

cartoon?– 2. What is the difference

between the two images?– 3. What do you think the

intended message of the cartoon is?

– 4. Based on the image, has slavery gone away? Why?

– 5. Classroom Discussion:Is it any better nowadays?

• Free States: Mostly Urban. Cities / Factories. Supported Federal Rights.

• Slave States: Mostly Rural. Agriculture / Plantations. Supported State Rights.

1850’s: Shade, List, and Describe

• Unorganized Territory.

• Minnesota Territory.

• Iowa.• Wisconsin.• Illinois.• Indiana.• Ohio.

• Pennsylvania.• New York.• New Jersey.• Rhode Island.• Connecticut.• Massachusetts• Vermont.• New

Hampshire.• Maine.

• Texas• Missouri• Arkansas• Louisiana• Mississippi• Alabama• Tennessee

• Georgia.• Kentucky.• Florida.• South

Carolina.• North

Carolina.• Virginia.• Maryland.• Delaware.

• Freedom's Journal:– An African American

owned and operated newspaper

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• Underground Railroad:• An illegal network of escape

routes that provided protection & transportation for slaves fleeing north to freedom.

• The Liberator (abolitionist newspaper):• Known for support of anti-

slavery and an avowed woman’s rights newspaper.

• Harpers Ferry:• A raid led by white abolitionist

John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harper’s Ferry.

• Dred Scott Decision, 1857:• African Americans, whether

enslaved or free, could NOT be citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court; no power to regulate slavery in federal territories.

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin:• Anti-slavery novel. Believed

by some to have “helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War”.

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Video: Slavery in America

• Watch the video and take 20 facts.

• Write facts in your notebook.• Be prepared to discuss the

material.

Closure: Exit Slip

• Draw a picture of one thing you learned on the cellphone cover screen.

Lesson Assessment: A Civil War Map

• Color the map to find out how the United States was divided during the Civil War.

• 1. Follow the directions as shown on the worksheet.

• 2. Color in the states.– Use only 3 different colors and diagonal

pencil/pen lines.Slaveholding States = Diagonal Lines.

• 3. Cut out and glue into notebooks.

– 4. 5 Points Extra Credit:In 1861 West Virginia separated from

Virginia. It became a state in 1863. Study the map. Write why you think West Virginia became its own state.

Closure: Write on Map Page

– In 1861 West Virginia separated from Virginia. It became a state in 1863. Study the map. Write why you think West Virginia became its own state.

• Hint:– Look at South Carolina and North Carolina.

– Now, look at Virginia and West Virginia.

– Write a 2-3 sentence response.

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