Slavery
Ted ed and crash course- The atlantic slave trade
Kahoot on slavery.
Show two paintings: One that idealises slavery and one that criticizes it.
Think of a modern phenomenon that is or resembles slavery. Present it in class.
If we are good on time write an extract from Benito Sereno By Herman Melville.
How do we justify the pain that we cx
How does society justify the pain that it inflicts to others, especially marginalized
people? Write a paragraph trying to explain this.
Part 2
Fugitive/Hero/ Criminal? Depends on your point of you view!
Watch a video about Titus, read primary sources about him, discuss slavery and write
his story from many different perspectives.
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/lesson1c.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozFFFNraQ18&ab_channel=JMB
Primary source about Titus:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2h1.html
What does the document appear to be?
When do they think this document was written?
What town did Titus live in?
Can you give me a physical description of Titus?
Writing task: After reading and watching his story, what do you think of Titus? If you
were a white male who owned a plantation in the 18 th century would you have the same
opinion.
Use this as an entry to the final and most important speaking activity.
How can we become aware of the cruelty of our own time? Things that we are
doing that might be considered horrible by future generations?
Role/playing writing task.
Use all those prompts. Have them pick one at random and role-play it/write about it
YOU are a 21 year-old slave in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1776. You have heard that
Colonel
Tye's
band
of
renegades
is
in
the
neighborhood.
YOU are a slave-owner in Monmouth County, New Jersey during the American Revolution. You
have
heard
that
Colonel
Tye's
band
of
renegades
is
in
the
neighborhood.
YOU are one of Colonel Tye's guerilla soldiers in Monmouth County, New Jersey during the
American
Revolution.
YOU are a British general during the American Revolution. You have recently met with a slave
named
YOU
Titus,
are
Titus,
who
and
you
are
wants
preparing
to
to
run
help
away
from
you.
your
master.
YOU are a slave in New Jersey in 1774. Because you tried to run away, your owner has put an
iron
collar
with
four-foot
long
poles
attached
to
it
around
your
neck.
YOU are a slave on John Corlies' farm in Monmouth County, New Jersey. One of your close friends,
Titus,
has
recently
run
away.
YOU are John Corlies, a slave-owner in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Your slave Titus has
recently
run
away.
YOU are the editor of a Monmouth County, New Jersey newspaper. John Corlies came to you today
and
put
an
ad
for
his
runaway
slave
Titus
in
your
newspaper.
YOU are a Quaker slave-owner in New Jersey in 1774. Many of your neighbors have been setting
their
slaves
free.
YOU are a slave in Mississippi in 1854. You have recently run away, and you are spending the
night
alone
in
a
swamp.
YOU are a slave in 1859. You ran away from your owner, and you have made it to Rochester, New
York. You are waiting for a boat to take your across Lake Ontario to Canada.
YOU are a Quaker who runs an Underground Railroad safe house. You have three runaway slaves
hiding in your cellar, and you know that a group of slave catchers is searching houses in your
neighborhood.
YOU are a runaway slave, hiding in the home of a Quaker on the Underground Railroad. You know
that
a
group
of
slave
catchers
is
searching
houses
in
the
area.
YOU are a slave catcher. You have heard that a nearby house is a "safe house" on the Underground
Railroad,
and
three
escaped
slaves
may
be
hiding
in
it.
YOU own a boat on Lake Ontario. You transport runaway slaves from Rochester, New York to
Canada.
YOU
are
a
slave
in
1850.
Your
son
or
daughter
has
recently
run
away.
YOU are a runaway slave in 1850. You recently ran away, and left your family and friends behind.
YOU are a twelve year old slave in Tennessee in 1850. Your mother has told you that the two of
you
will
be
running
away
in
a
day
or
two.
YOU are a slave owner in Tennessee in 1850. Recently, a number of your slaves have run away.