To wrap up our initial work with Thoreau and Emerson, you will write a personal response.
After submitting your paragraphs, you can begin work on the following:
In the chapter on slavery in his book, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn writes, "How can slavery be described? Perhaps not at all by those who have not experienced it." Today, we'll start to do our best to describe the system of slavery that existed in the United States from its founding (and prior).
- First, explore this timeline (you can stop when you get to the Missouri Compromise in 1820).
- History of Slavery in the United States
- As you scroll through the different events, make some notes in your journal about the following:
- What you notice about enslaved people's experiences.
- What you notice about how governments (state or national) institutionalize slavery. In other words, what are the mechanisms that allow slavery to expand or grow.
- What you notice about actions taken in response to or against slavery.
- Next, as a class, we'll take notes as we watch an excerpt from Ken Burns' documentary, The Civil War called "All Night Forever" (the link is a partial excerpt).
- HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW:
- First, print out these guided reading questions.
- Then, read the introduction to Frederick Douglass and then Chapters I, II, VI and VII (although linked here, please read and annotate the hard copy version in your binder).
- As you read, write out your answers to the guided reading questions on the worksheet you printed out (electronically typed responses will NOT receive credit).
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