American history: growing up in slavery. (Lesson Plans).OBJECTIVES Students should understand: * what it was like to grow up in slavery; * how slaves were denied the rights called for in the Declaration of Independence; * a slave's fear of being sold away from friends and family at any time. SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS Grades 5-8: * American history * human rights * causes and effects of slavery TEACHING STRATEGY Discuss with students all the freedoms and opportunities they enjoy, and probably take for granted. Ask them to picture facing a life of hard work without pay, rights, or hope for the future. KEY TERM Unalienable UNALIENABLE. The state of a thing or right which cannot be sold. 2. Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable. Rights: The term means rights that cannot be taken away, given up, or transferred to others. The word "inalienable Not subject to sale or transfer; inseparable. That which is inalienable cannot be bought, sold, or transferred from one individual to another. The personal rights to life and liberty guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States are inalienable. " is preferred today. THINKING SKILLS MAKING COMPARISONS: Why was slavery at odds with the Declaration of Independence? (The Declaration called for the basic right "to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This was denied to African-American slaves.) MAIN IDEA: What lesson did slaves try to teach their children? (How to survive!) COMPREHENSION: What hardships did slaves endure? (Forced labor, minimal food and shelter, beatings, and the break-up of families through sales.). EXPLORING PERCEPTIONS: In Lunsford Lane's narrative, what behavior values did the master pass to his children? (That they could order the slave children around, and while they would be educated, schooling was forbidden for slaves.) ACTIVITY Research and discuss the Three-Fifths Compromise The three-fifths compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the regarding slaves agreed to by the Constitutional Convention. RESOURCES * Dear Master: Letters of a Slave Family (University of Georgia Press The University of Georgia Press or UGA Press is a publishing house and is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Founded in 1938, the UGA Press is a division of the University of Georgia and is located on the campus in Athens, Georgia, USA. , 1990) Grades 7-12 * Franklin, John Hope Franklin, John Hope, 1915–, the dean of African-American historians, b. Rentiesville, Okla., grad. Fisk Univ. (A.B., 1935), Harvard Univ. (M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1941). Franklin served on the faculties of his alma mater (1936–37), St. , From Slavery to Freedom (Young Oxford History of African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. , 1997) Grades 6-10. * Greene, Meg, Slave Young, Slave Long: The American Slave Experience (Random, 1976) Grade 5-8. Videos * A Slave's Story: Running a Thousand Miles to Freedom Phoenix/Coronet BFA BFA abbr. Bachelor of Fine Arts BFA abbr BFA, B.F.A Bachelor of Fine Arts; first degree in Fine Arts. Video 2349 Chaffee Drive St. Louis, MO 63146 1-800-777-8100 Web Site * American Slave Narratives xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html RELATED ARTICLE Select the letter of the word, name, or phrase that correctly completes each sentence. ___ 21. Before the Civil War, slave children in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. (A) gained freedom at age 18; (B) were protected by the Bill of Rights; (C) could be sold, beaten, or killed by their owners. ___ 22. A slave reading a book, was likely to be (A) punished; (B) rewarded with time off from work; (C) hired as a teacher to help other slaves learn to read. ___ 23. Alice Alexander wrote that a cruel overseer was (A) promoted for beating a slave; (B) fired for being mean to a slave; (C) fired for allowing a slave woman to beat him. ___ 24. Slavery ended Throughout the United States in (A) 1787; (B) 1863; (C)1865. ___ 25. James Green's mother was a black slave, but his father was an American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. who set about making him a "free boy." After that (A) James was kidnapped and auctioned; (B) James went to live on an Indian Reservation; (C) James went to work in town and bought his mother's freedom. ANSWERS 21. C 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. A |
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