Period 5, Day 1: The Institution and Inhumanity of Slavery
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Content Objective: I will be able to compare and contrast the experience of freed and enslaved Blacks in the Antebellum [pre-Civil War] era.
Standard Objective: I will be able to identify explicitly stated relationships or determine implicit relationships between and among individuals, events, or ideas.
Content Objective: I will be able to compare and contrast the experience of freed and enslaved Blacks in the Antebellum [pre-Civil War] era.
Standard Objective: I will be able to identify explicitly stated relationships or determine implicit relationships between and among individuals, events, or ideas.
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Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.
Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.
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Warm Up: In what ways does slavery affect our lives today? Support your answer with at least one real-life example.
Warm Up: In what ways does slavery affect our lives today? Support your answer with at least one real-life example.
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Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…
Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…
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The southern plantation system resembled an _______ (rule of the few) with its monopoly on “King Cotton.” Though blacks accounted for 75% of the population in some parts of the deep South, only about 1 in 4 white southerners actually owned slaves or belonged to a slaveholding family.
The enslaved had no political or civil rights, were forbidden to testify in court. They were not allowed to read and write because masters believed that reading brought new _______ that might lead to discontent.
Most of the enslaved were raised in stable, two-parent households (though the law did not legally recognize these marriages). The enslaved often fought the system of slavery by slowing down the pace of their labor, banding together to rebel, and _______ to escape to the North where slavery was illegal.
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In your own words, why were the stongest supporters of slavery poor white people who didn't actually own slaves?
In your own words, why were the stongest supporters of slavery poor white people who didn't actually own slaves?
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Compare and contrast the historical experience of freed Blacks and enslaved Blacks.- Bullet point responses are sufficient so long as you reference specific facts and details from the reading as examples.
- As preparation for class, you were asked to identify at least one similarity and one difference on #9 of the Chapter 16 reading, which you can pull up now.
Compare and contrast the historical experience of freed Blacks and enslaved Blacks.
- Bullet point responses are sufficient so long as you reference specific facts and details from the reading as examples.
- As preparation for class, you were asked to identify at least one similarity and one difference on #9 of the Chapter 16 reading, which you can pull up now.
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Exit Ticket: To what extent were Blacks able to become free once they escaped slavery in the South? Support your answer with at least one specific historical example or fact.
Exit Ticket: To what extent were Blacks able to become free once they escaped slavery in the South? Support your answer with at least one specific historical example or fact.
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Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:
Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: