Vocabulary words for the Week.
Unit 12
Comprise
deft
destitute
inopportune
ironic
musty
premeditated
rampant
venal
Overview of the Week
This week we will discuss and explore the various roads to freedom for slaves in America. Students will also participate in various discussions pertaining to what took place during this critical time. Students will be required to complete some research on their own time. Internet access will be needed.
Assignments
Unit 12 Vocabulary Sheet- Friday 2/26
Unit 12 Vocabulary Test- Friday 2/26
Narrative Journal Project Assessment: Must be completed through your blogger account for this class. Due Monday March 1, 2010
Students MUST go to the following website: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASrunaways.htm
Choose ONE of the following people to write about:
Walter Hawkins
Henry Bill
Moses Grandy
Francis Fredric
Moses Rope
After you have chosen whom to write about, write three journal entries in first person perspectives--as if you are the journal writer--as follows:
Date the first entry before the Emancipation Proclamation and briefly include the person's history and some insight into their experiences at that time.
Have the second entry be during the time of the Emancipation Proclamation. The writer could be hearing of it from another slave, from a newspaper account, or from Lincoln himself.
Date the third entry after the Emancipation Proclamation and be sure to include some of the effects of the new policy, as well as how the writer's life has changed because of it.
You will have to build on the person they have read about and add other historical facts they have learned, as it would have happened. Some of it will have to be fictional, but the historical information should be based on documented facts.
Emancipation Proclamation: http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html
Willie Lynch Letter: http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/Perspectives_1/Willie_Lynch_letter_The_Making_of_a_Slave.shtml
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