I would appreciate any ideas on how to improve activities and my essential questions. I also wanted to include a lesson on Slave Culture and how parts of African cultures survived slavery and played a role in the resilience of enslaved people--so ideas are welcome! Thanks!
Slavery%20vs%20Factory%20Workers%20Venn%20Diagram.pdf
Northern%20Factory%20Worker.pdf
I have a PowerPoint that is too large to upload, but it has a lot of great images, maps, and charts-- let me know if you want it!
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Slavery internet worksheet
A LOT of details in here--perhaps it IS all necessary--but I'd suggest that you sit for a minute and ponder--what do I REALLY want student to "get" from this activity? Ten LOOK carefully at EACH question --does it move them toward what you felt was important? Is it essential or does it overlap or duplicate other questions? The questions at the end raise the activity from simply collecting factual info to students' emotional reaction to that info. Might it be useful to add a question around # 8 --summarize all of this "stuff?" What do all of these factoids mean when put together? Just a thought??
Hi Jami:
This is PRECISELY the type of unit I was hop[ping would come out of the class-- an in-depth look at a significant topic, but at the same time one that raises enduring issues and questions that cut across time and place. Your essential questions do that!! GOIOD JOB!
I DO have a concern. The objectives make NO mention of anything beyond content although you have used GOOD verbs to describe them--not just having students "know" something. But from these objectives I can assume that you will spend no energy or time teaching any skills and, despite an overall hope that students will develop empathy, since neither it nor any other affects are listed as objectives, I can only assume that you will not spend anytime teaching/cultivating empathy, commitment to ethical behavior, having the courage to act on one's convictions, or any other dispositions required in a democracy