African-American Studies Unit 1: Slavery in the 19th Century
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES (FOLEY)
Learning goals for this unit:
Students will be able to …
1.
Evaluate the validity of justifications of slavery used by whites.
2.
Describe the ways in which white Southerners were legally required to support
slavery.
3.
Analyze part of an inventory of enslaved Africans to draw conclusions about how
enslaved Africans were treated as both people and property.
4.
Compare and contrast various forms of enslaved labor in the South during the 19th
century.
5.
Assess African-American culture as reflected in stories, crafts, and music.
6.
Explain the ways in which African-American culture helped give enslaved Africans
the skills and strength to endure slavery.
7.
Explain why open slave rebellion was rarely undertaken during this era.
8.
Describe some of the ways enslaved Africans resisted their condition.
9.
Keep an organized notebook, including notes, journals, and returned assignments.
Schedule:
Monday, August 20
Freshmen students only – discuss expectations
Tuesday, August 21
Discuss: Syllabus
Introduction to Unit 1 – Slavery in the 19th Century
Read and discuss: Ain’t I a Woman? (1851) by Sojourner Truth
Wednesday, August 22
Guided Lecture: Introduction to Slavery in the 19th Century
TOTD: Lecture Notes
Thursday, August 23
Journal: Private reasons for doing things that are different from the ones we admit to others?
Group Work: A Justification of Slavery (1845) by James Henry Hammond (LG 1)
TOTD: Group responses to Justification of Slavery
Friday, August 24
Individual Document Analysis: The Alabama Slave Code of 1852 w/questions (LG 1 & 2)
TOTD: Slave Code questions
Monday, August 27
*POP* Quiz: Learning Goals 1 and 2
Group Work: List of Slaves, St. James Parish, Louisiana (1849) by James Cole Bruce (LG 3)
TOTD: Group responses to List of Slaves
Tuesday, August 28
Individual Document Analysis: Plantation Slave Roles w/questions (LG 4)
Large-group discussion, turn in assignment
Wednesday, August 29
Read and discuss: Tar Baby, an African-American Folktale (LG 5)
Thursday, August 30
Large-Group Analysis: 19th century African-American artifacts (LG 5 & 6)
Friday, August 31
Student Presentation: Important African-American
Large-Group Analysis: 19th century African-American music (LG 5 & 6)
TOTD: Response to learning goals 5 and 6
Monday, September 3
NO SCHOOL – LABOR DAY
Tuesday, September 4
Journal: Rules students can break without getting caught?
Group Work: James Henry Hammond’s Instructions to His Overseer (1840-1850)
Alabama Slave Code of 1852 w/questions (LG 7 & 8)
TOTD: Group responses to documents
Wednesday, September 5 Student Presentation: Important African-American
Discuss: Review for first exam
Film Analysis: Unchained Memories, Part One
Thursday, September 6
Film Analysis: Unchained Memories, Part Two
Friday, September 7
Unit Exam: Slavery in the 19th Century (Learning Goals 1-8)