Unit 3 - Breaking the chains

"Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." M.L.King

BREAKING

THE

CHAINS

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SESSION 1

1. Pair work activity

2. unit presentation

3. group work : discover and share

4. restitution activity

5. homework

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describe and draw

Students A look at the board and describes the image to students B who have to draw it, while turning their backs to the board.

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Student A

Describe the image to your neighbour, be as precise as possible !

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Student B

Describe the image to your neighbour, be as precise as possible !

now comment and contrast

timeline : slavery in the us

The Virginia Slave Code : further limited slaves' freedom, allowed slave owners to punish slaves without fear of legal repercussions and specified the rewards for the recapture of runaway slaves.

Congress passed the first fugitive slave act, making it a crime to harbor an escaped slave or to interfere with the arrest of a slave.

Massachusetts becomes the first colony to recognize slavery as a legal institution.

1793

1776

1705

1662

1641

1619

The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

"Twenty and odd" Africans, probably seized from a Portuguese slave ship were carried to Jamestown Virginia and traded for provisions.

A Virginia law passed, stating that the status of the mother determined if a black child would be enslaved (Chattel slavery).

timeline : slavery in the us

Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, southern states seceded, and the United States Civil War began. The census showed the black population of the United States to be 4,441,830, of which 3,953,760 were enslaved and 488,070 free.

The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, outlawing slavery.

Nat Turner led the most brutal slave rebellion in United States history, attracting up to 75 slaves and killing 60 whites.

1865

1863

1861

1852

1831

1808

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry led a heroic attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina. The 54th was the first all-black regiment recruited in the North for the Union army. As many as 185,000 black soldiers fought on the side of the Union.

Laws banning the African slave trade went into effect in the United States and in all British colonies.

The anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published and, by year's end, 300,000 copies were sold in the United States.

Homework

• Apprendre le cours (quiz)
• Answer the question : "Why read Huckleberry Finn today ?"

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SESSION 2

1. homework Correction

2. Synthesis

3. oral comprehension

4. homework

Why read huckleberry finn today ?

oral comprehension

Listen and take notes

Homework

• Apprendre le cours
• Se renseigner sur les fêtes qui célébrent "Black History"

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SESSION 3

1. Synthesis on H.Tubman

2. Pair work activity

3. group work : react and share

4. restitution

the importance of remembering

What can you see ? Can you guess what it represents ?

the importance of remembering

In pairs, read the article and complete the worksheet.

the importance of remembering

In pairs, react to Shonda Rhimes' tweet.