1. Warm-Up: The Origins of Slavery in America (pg 36)
2. Talkers, Writers, and Do-ers of Abolitionism (pg 34-35)
3. The Abolitionist Scrapbook Page (pg 37)
Today in history we continued our study of slavery. We began by reading an excerpt from Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States. This sparked a discussion about how slavery began in the United States, why Native Americans were not used as slaves, and why the colonists felt as though they "needed" slavery in order to survive in the New World.
We then fast-forwarded to the 1800s, and the people in the United States working to end slavery in America. These reformers were called "abolitionists," since they fought to abolish slavery. There were "talkers," those who gave stirring speeches against slavery; there were "writers," those who used the printed word; and finally there were "do-ers," those who felt the best way to end slavery was through action.
Who was most effective at working to end slavery? The talkers? The writers? The do-ers? That is the topic of your homework tonight. Create an Abolitionist Scrapbook Page to demonstrate whom you believe to be the most influential in the fight against slavery.
RVI
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