Lesson+6

Lesson //6//: All about Slavery Description of lesson: // In this lesson we will be examining the harsh realities of slavery. We will begin by viewing a brief powerpoint attached below. We will then be discussing the day to day life for an African Slave in the United States during and before the Civil War. We will walk through the day of a typical field hand from sun up to sun down, and doing the same for a house servant. // // Time for this lesson: // // One day //

Assignment: // View the powerpoint and participate in the class discussion of how life for a slave is different from their own. //

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media type="custom" key="8951972" Technology reflection: // Slavery is one of those topics that I think students must be able to see to understand. It is difficult for a young adult to understand the harsh realities that existed for a slave. The pictures and songs that resulted from that area give them the gruesome truth in a way their imaginations, or my words could not. //

Evaluation: // This is a difficult topic. Kids in the 8th grade are more capable of absorbing the atrocities that took place than they were when the subject was introduced in Elementary School. However, they are not quite at the age where the entire truth can be revealed. The sexual abuse of slaves is a very important factor // in seeing the whole picture, but it is my opinion that they are a bit young to hear these stories. To a degree, I think that students have also been desensitized to the images and stories because they have heard it before.