In 1836 Angelina wrote a letter against slavery to William ...



Lisa Stirewalt

Project Wow

Head Teacher lesson 3

11/20/08

Title: Has Slavery disappeared?

Broad Goals: The students will understand how slavery still exists in different forms today.

Standards: NCSS: IV:e Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals. ISBE: 18.b.IA: Compare the roles of individuals in group situations (e.g., student committee member, employee/employer).

Lesson Objective: Students will understand how slavery begins and how it still exists today.

List Materials: Unfreedom & hero words, pictures of people who are enslaved, role play cards

List Resources:

McPherson, S.S. (1999). Sisters against slavery: A story about Sarah and Angelina Grimké. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhonda Books, Inc.







Script a Focusing Activity: So, last week we learned that the Civil War began with disagreements about money and taxes, and that it turned into the freedom of slaves. We also learned that the North didn’t need slaves because they had the factories but the South’s way of live wouldn’t have survived if it wasn’t for the slaves. So the Civil War put an end to slavery correct? (yes) Well, the Civil War put an end to slavery of that magnitude. What does magnitude mean? (level, extreme, large). Very good! So, Slavery wasn’t legal, and it wasn’t supposed to happen, but we are going to learn today about how it can still happen. Has anyone ever lied to you? (yes) Tell me what happened when someone lied to you and what it was about. (Have each student give an example). Well that is exactly where slavery of today begins, with a lie.

Purpose and Importance: The purpose of today’s lesson is to show you that even though all these people fought for freedom and fought to end slavery, slavery has not finished. We need to take the examples that Sarah and Angelina Grimké left for us and continue to fight (WORK) for people’s freedoms.

Instruction: For what reasons would people desperately need money and where they would go to get the money? (if they had to buy food, their parents). Well, what if your parents needed money? (From their job). Good! To understand how slavery exists today, we are going to do a role play. So, I am going to give each of you, include Mrs. Kellogg a piece of paper describing your part. Go ahead and read it. (I will ask each student to explain his/her role to make sure they understand). Ravi is very poor, and is desperate to barrow (BORROW) money for medicine for his daughter so that she will live. Ravi’s employer is pleased with Ravi and likes him. He wants to help Ravi but he only has a little bit of money. Ravi’s friend is poor and just has enough money for his family and can’t help Ravi. Ravi’s landlord is wealthy and is able to lend money. He has a big farm and always needs workers. The bank manager asks Ravi difficult questions. So now that we all understand our parts, I am going to read what happens and as I read you need to do what I am saying. So you will have to listen to understand what you need to act out. Keep your thinking caps on throughout the play because I will be asking questions to make sure you understand!

So, Ravi is a poor father whose baby is sick. Ravi needs money for medicine or the baby will die. But Ravi doesn’t have enough money to pay for the medicine…

1. First he goes to his friend. His friend would like to help but is too poor. How do you think Ravi feels? (disappointed, embarrassed)

2. Next, Ravi goes to his boss. His boss tells him that they can only afford to pay the workers wages, they can’t give a lone. Also, the boss knows that Ravi doesn’t get paid enough to pay the loan back. How does Ravi feel now? (Frustrated, feels like giving up)

3. Then Ravi goes to the bank. He is asked to fill in forms, but he cannot read or write. The bank worker asks difficult questions about credit and bank accounts. How does Ravi feel now? (Depressed, worried). What would you do if you were Ravi? (get another job?)

4. Finally Ravi goes to his landlord, a farmer. He knows he always needs lots of workers. The landowner agrees to let Ravi to work for the landowner to pay back a loan.

When Ravi took out the loan, he agreed to work for the landlord until the loan was repaid. Twelve years later, Ravi is still working for the landlord. The landlord has never paid Ravi his wages, instead he gives him a small amount of food each day, just enough to keep him and his family alive.

Ravi became sick from lack of food and exhaustion and stayed at home to rest. Ravi has tried to find out how much he owes the landlord, but the landlord never gives an answer, instead he says he will kill Ravi if the debt is not repaid.

Now the landlord has told Ravi that he is not working hard enough and has demanded that Ravi’s wife and two sons work as well, in order to pay off the loan. He wants to run away, but the land lord has said he will kill him if he ever tries to escape, and anyway where would he run to?

What would you call Ravi? (a slave) Why was the landlord able to keep Ravi as a slave? (He had Ravi’s trust. He was afraid that the landlord would kill him. Ravi had no other way out).

The things that happened to Ravi happen to people all the time with out us knowing it. We need to be careful about who we trust, and if you are luck when you get older you can help somebody like Ravi survive. These people work and have jobs, but their jobs don’t pay them enough money to support their families. This is where people become vulnerable to slavery. What does vulnerable mean? (in danger, likely to, easy to take advantage of). Lets add vulnerable and poor to our Unfreedoms words. What do you think Sarah and Angelina would have done if they would have known about Ravi’s situation (helped them).

Response Activity: I am going to hand out some pictures of some people who are enslaved now and you can put them in your binders. On the hand out we have three pictures. The first one is of a girl who is forced to sell goods on the street, the second is a child domestic (in the home) worker, and the last is a girl crying because she has been mistreated by her boss. A lot of times and in other countries, it is young children who become enslaved. These young children don’t have any money or food so slavery is their only way out. We are going to add some Hero and Unfreedom words to our papers. Some of the words are from previous lessons that we ran out of time to do, or I forgot!! Pass out the sheet with the words. Who knows why I put Action on there. (When you know that someone is being treated badly you should take action). Yes great job! What kind of action did Sarah and Angelina take? (Wrote letters and made speeches). Fighters, why did I put fighters on there? (Because they had to fight for the causes they believed in). Abolitionist- what is that? (Someone who didn’t agree with slavery). Poverty- (not having any money) Oppression- (having people boss you around) And finally, Deceitfulness, what is that? (being lied to) Why did I put that as an Unfreedom? (because people who are enslaved are lied to). Very good!

Conclude the Lesson:

Ok, so we next week we have off, and then we will meet have a review and a quiz, then we will share with the other teams, and then we will have our open house!! YEAH Give the students sometime to wrap up other lesson plans!

Action Fighters

Abolitionists

Poverty

Deceitfulness

Oppression

Restricted

Dehumanized

Owned

Forced to sell goods on the street

Child Domestic

Worker

Mistreated by

her boss

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