Name ____________________________________________________________ Date_____________________________ Biographic Sketches: Octavius V. Catto and Caroline LeCount Mr. Catto’s challenges and accomplishments
Who?
Octavius V. Catto
When?
1839 – 1872
Where?
Charleston, SC; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC
What?
Student (Lombard Grammar School, Institute for Colored Youth); teacher
(Institute for Colored Youth); baseball player (Pythians), civil rights
activists (soldiers for the Civil War, National Convention of Colored Men,
National Equal Rights League, 15th Amendment and voting)
How? / Why?
Excellent student (valedictorian)
Teacher and leader
Helped others (baseball to voting)
Wanted equal rights and civil rights for all
Challenges:
Accomplishments:
Caroline LeCount
Who?
When?
Where?
What?
How? / Why?
1 Name ____________________________________________________________ Date_____________________________ Challenges:
Accomplishments:
Photo / Image analysis
“What does the photo tell us about ______________________________________________?”
Photos
Page 7: Institute for Colored Youth School, school classroom / students
Page 8: baseball team, murder of Catto, tombstone
Page 9: South Philadelphia in the 1840s
Page 10: Arial view of South Philadelphia in 1870.
Page 10: Streetcar in the 1870s
Observe:
Reflect:
Question:
(a) People (what he or she is (a) What is the story (or (a) What am I wondering
wearing / clothes, facial message) of the photo?
about?
expressions / face, etc.)
(b) Objects:
(b) What inferences* can you (b) What does the photo tell
draw based on the photo or me that is the same or
image? (*conclusions based different from the text?
on evidence)
(c) Action / Activity (what is
happening or not happening)
2 Name ____________________________________________________________ Date_____________________________ Comparison / contrast
Write a comparison / contrast paragraph about the lives of Mr. Catto and Ms. LeCount. Make
sure you capitalize all proper nouns.
Mr. Catto and Ms. LeCount were _________________________________________________,
____________________________________ and _____________________________________.
Both lived in ________________________ and went to the _____________________________
school. Mr. Catto’s was important because he ________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Ms. LeCount was important because she _____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
.
They are alike because___________________________________________________________.
They are the same because _______________________________________________________.
They are similar because _________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________. They are unalike because
_____________________________________________________________________________.
They are also different because ___________________________________________________ .
We should learn about _______________________ and ________________________________
because ______________________________________________________________________.
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With a partner, give information based on biographies of O. Catto and C. LeCount.
Step 1: Partners interview each other about one of the biographies.
o Who was _________________________________________________________?
o When was he or she born? (He) (She) was born in ________________________.
o When did he or she die? (He) (She) died in ______________________________.
o Where was he or she born? (He) (She) was born in _____________________________.
o Where did he or she work? (He) (She) worked in _______________________________.
o Why did she or he become a teacher? (He) (She) became a teacher because
_______________________________________________________________________.
o Why did she or he become a leader? (He) (She) became a leader because
_______________________________________________________________________.
o What was his or her contribution to Philadelphia? (His) (Her) contribution to Philadelphia
was ___________________________________________________________________.
o How did she or he contribute to Philadelphia? (She) (He) contributed to Philadelphia by
_______________________________________________________________________.
Step 2: Partners share information:
My partner told me that _________________________________________________________.
He / She said that ______________________________________________________________.
I learned _____________________________________________________________________.
Step 3: Present your information to the class.
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4 Name ____________________________________________________________ Date_____________________________ Numbered Heads
Topic: What accomplishment by Octavius V. Catto was the most important?
accomplishment (noun)– doing something important, doing a good job
antonym (opposite) - failure
accomplish (verb) – to do or carry out; to complete
antonym (opposite) - fail
Complete the chart:
Source
Accomplishment
Page 7
Student
Evidence of importance
Graduated Valedictorian
Page 7
Teacher
Institute for Colored Youth
Page 8
Baseball
Page 8
Created a baseball team
Played a white baseball team
Civil right activists National Convention of Colored Men
and leader
National Equal Rights League
Stop segregation
Right to vote
Prompt: What contribution by Octavius V. Catto was the most important?
(a) First, look at information on the chart.
(b) Second, look at the images. How do you decide what is important?
(c) Talk time: Form small groups and discuss the prompt. Find evidence in the text and from
your experiences / beliefs.
Mr. Catto’s most important accomplishment was ______________________________________
because _______________________________________________________________________
His second most important accomplishment was ______________________________________
because ______________________________________________________________________
(d) Share time: Select a spokesperson for the group. Share the group’s discussion. What
evidence if you’re the text? What evidence is from your experiences?
We found evidence in the text. We believe an important ______________________________
accomplishment is _____________________________________________________. This is an
important accomplishment because ________________________________________________.
5 Name ____________________________________________________________ Date_____________________________ Topic: What accomplishment by Caroline LeCount was the most important?
Complete the chart:
Source
Accomplishment
Evidence of importance
Page ________
Page ________
Page ________
Page ________
Prompt: What contribution by Caroline LeCount was the most important?
(a) First, look at information on the chart.
(b) Second, look at the images. How do you decide what is important?
(c) Talk time: Form small groups and discuss the prompt. Find evidence in the text and from
your experiences / beliefs.
Ms. LeCount’s most important accomplishment was ___________________________________
because _______________________________________________________________________
Her second most important accomplishment was ______________________________________
because ______________________________________________________________________
(d) Share time: Select a spokesperson for the group. Share the group’s discussion. What
evidence if you’re the text? What evidence is from your experiences?
We found evidence in the text. We believe an important ______________________________
accomplishment is _____________________________________________________. This is an
important accomplishment because ________________________________________________.
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