Warm Up:
1. What do
you see?
2. What is the
message?
3. Who might
have used
this to prove
their point?
Today’s Question:
Who was Frederick
Douglass?
Today’s Activities:
1. Read and discuss Frederick Douglass’ life
2. Read a poem from Frederick Douglass’
funeral service
3. Write poems
Frederick Douglass: 1818-1895
“I was just a boy. Hushed,
terrified, stunned. That is
slavery.”
--Frederick Douglass
“I was a changed being after that
fight. I was nothing before. I
was a man now.”
--Frederick Douglass
Early Life
Frederick Douglass was born a _______
in Maryland
As a young boy, he was sent to ________
to take care of children.
There, he learned to ______ and ______.
Gaining Freedom
When he was 20 years old, Douglass
boarded a______ for New York.
He would never call another man
______again.
Video clip: 1:34-3:35
What did Frederick Douglass do after he escaped?
Abolitionists believed in the immediate
freeing of slaves. They saw slavery as
cruel, inhumane, and morally wrong.
Life as a Free Man
Frederick Douglass became an ________, who worked to end
_______.
In 1845, he published the story of his life: Narrative in the
life of Frederick __________.
When his book was published, Douglass quickly escaped to
England before _________ _________ could get him.
He returned from England a free man and published the
North __________, a newspaper that spread the abolitionist
message.
The North Star: Douglass’
Abolitionist Newspaper
In Pairs:
Read a poem that was read at Frederick
Douglass’ funeral.
What does it say? What can it tell us about
Frederick Douglass?
Vocab word:
Serfdom: a person of low status; a slave or servant
Poem from Douglass’ funeral
Douglass.
I saw a slave of Maryland
Upon the soil of freedom stand.
The waves that once the Mayflower bore
Were dashing on New England’s shore.
The Stars and Stripes showed Northern will
On breezes from old Bunker Hill;
And as he drank in liberty
I saw the man from serfdom free.
Vocab word: Serfdom: a person of low status; a slave or servant
Write your own poem:
Who was Frederick Douglass?
What did he do?
Make sure your poem is 10 lines (or more!) and rhymes!
What important facts should we include?
What rhyming words could we use?
Where was Frederick Douglass born?
How old was he when he was taken
from his mother?
What is the name of the newspaper
Frederick Douglass wrote?
What did Frederick Douglass do after
he escaped from slavery?
What is the stage of the triangular trade
in which Africans are taken from
African to America as slaves?
What is the name of the trade between
Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
What is the name of the first document
that established the laws for the United
States?
Name 2 weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation.
What document declared independence
from Great Britain during the
Revolutionary War?
Who explored the Louisiana Territory?
What is the name of Lewis and Clark’s
Native American guide?
The United States acquired what
territory after it became an
independent country?
Who is the head of the executive
branch of government?
Which territory was gained through a
treaty with Spain?
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ANSWER
Newspaper
anti-slavery
Abolitionist
Frederick Douglass
North Star
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ANSWER
Anti-slavery
African American and white
North Star, Liberator
Called for immediate end to slavery
Abolitionists
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ANSWER
Born a slave
Often wore a scarf
Escaped to Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
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ANSWER
City
New England
Massacre
Tea Party
Boston