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Think about it…. Inventions Review: Take 5 minutes to match each invention with the correct description!. Today’s Questions:. Who is Frederick Douglass? What did he do?. Today’s Activities:. Read and discuss Frederick Douglass’ life Read a poem from Frederick Douglass’ funeral service - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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: 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 MarylandUpon the soil of freedom stand.
The waves that once the Mayflower boreWere dashing on New England’s shore.
The Stars and Stripes showed Northern willOn breezes from old Bunker Hill;
And as he drank in libertyI 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?
ANSWER
1234 Newspaper
anti-slavery
Abolitionist
Frederick Douglass
North Star
ANSWER
1234 Anti-slavery
African American and white
North Star, Liberator
Called for immediate end to slavery
Abolitionists
ANSWER
1234 Born a slave
Often wore a scarf
Escaped to Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
ANSWER
1234 City
New England
Massacre
Tea Party
Boston
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