Content Objective: I will be able to examine the different facets of the Underground Railroad and what and who made it successful.
Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
Link to slides from class is here
Content Objective: I will be able to examine the different facets of the Underground Railroad and what and who made it successful.
Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
Link to slides from class is here
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: Have you ever followed a rule that you don't believe in? Explain why or why not.
Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is...
Building Knowledge Together: First, let's make sure we're all on the same page regarding vocabulary. Here is a combination of old terms and new terms:
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
The Union | arrow_right_alt | The idea that the United States is destined by God to expand and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent |
Manifest Destiny | arrow_right_alt | The time period before the Civil War |
The Confederacy | arrow_right_alt | The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent |
Secession | arrow_right_alt | The North |
Antebellum | arrow_right_alt | The South |


What do you notice about the symbols used on the Underground Railroad? If you saw one of these symbols, would you be able to infer its true meaning?

Can you decode the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" spiritual? Try it out!
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
But still my soul feels heavenly bound | arrow_right_alt | Come into slaveholding states |
Swing low | arrow_right_alt | The Underground Railroad |
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see? | arrow_right_alt | Take me to freedom in the Northern States or Canada |
A band of angels coming after me | arrow_right_alt | I looked over the Mississippi or Ohio River, and what did I see? |
Sweet chariot, | arrow_right_alt | Workers on the Underground Railroad coming to help me |
I’m sometimes up, I’m sometimes down | arrow_right_alt | If I have escaped friends or family, please tell them my escape plan |
Comin' for to carry me home... | arrow_right_alt | I have good days and bad days |
If you get there before I do, tell all my friends I’m coming too | arrow_right_alt | But I know I will soon escape North on the Underground Railroad |
Exit Ticket: How did the enslaved and abolitionists work together to stand up for what they believed in despite the laws in the United States that upheld slavery? Support your answer with at least one specific historical example or fact.
Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) was an African-American women’s rights activist and abolitionist. Truth was born into slavery, but escaped to freedom in 1826. “Ain’t I a Woman?” is her most famous speech. She delivered it without preparation at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851. As you read, pay attention to the methods Truth uses to build her argument.
If you would like to list to Truth's speech, check out this video!

As used in line 2, "kilter" most nearly means,

Why do you think Truth repeats the phrase "Ain't I a woman?" in this paragraph?

How does Sojourner Truth primarily use religious teachings to make her argument?
Overall, Truth's speech emphasizes what qualities of Black women?
