MUSEUM OF SLAVERY PROJECT

Sources: To Be a Slave by Julius Lester, American Journey textbook, We the People, “The Middle Passage” by Olaudah Equiano, Roots movie, legitimate online sources.

Task:

From the list attached, you will choose one biography and five other topics to research. Present your findings on poster board along with a slavery timeline, map, and minimum of three pictures. Make sure you have all the required elements of your report. You will be given some time in class to do research online, but much of the research must be done on your own. You may also create an art project from the list of options for extra credit. Make sure you talk to me if you need computer time or anything to help you. Don’t get behind!!

This report is due ______.

Procedure:

  1. Select five topics and one bio to research.
  2. Make a time line of at least six major events impacting slavery from 1619 – 1865.
  3. Answer and include answers to attached “Essential Questions.” These should be written as complete sentences with questions re-stated in answers.
  4. Draw, print, or copy from books/magazines a picture of the person for the biography plus at least two other pictures that relate to your research/chosen topics.
  5. Each topic should have a title and a paragraph of at least ten sentences.
  6. Choose a poster board for your display
  7. Make sure all writing is typed in at least 14 pt. font. All writing should be in a dark, uniform, color, preferably black. Other colors can be added to highlight certain parts.
  8. Check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation; ask someone to proofread it for you.
  9. Include a unique title (not “Slavery”) extra big at the top of your poster. Your name should also be on the front of your project.
  10. Organize your poster in a visually appealing way before gluing anything down. You may add color matting on the back of each element to add contrast. Don’t forget your name! Make sure poster is very neat!
  11. You will present your poster, telling the class the most interesting details you discovered during your research

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Slavery Topics – Choose a minimum of five

The Middle Passage

The Auction Block

The Plantation

Resistance

The Underground Railroad

Emancipation

Abolitionists

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

Mistreatment of slaves

Fugitive Slave Law

Biographies – Choose a minimum of one

Only write about their life as it pertains to the issue of slavery, do not tell their whole life story!

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Nat Turner

Sojourner Truth

Dred Scott

Sarah & Angelina Grimke

John Brown

Abraham Lincoln

Bridget Mason

Essential Questions

• Why were African Americans more desirable as slaves than indentured servants or Native Americans?

• What impact did slavery have on both sides in the American Revolution?

• What impact did slavery have on the writing of the Constitution and the Northwest Ordinance?

• How were slaves’ family and personal lives different than those of other Americans?

•How did blacks and whites seek to assist those who wanted to escape slavery?

• How did slavery lead to the rise of sectionalism and the beginning of the Civil War?

Extra Credit Art Project Options

Art Gallery

Clay Sculpture

Collage

Costume and recitation

Diorama

Large Scale Drawing

Mobile

Model

Mural on large paper

Needlework

Painting

Papier Mache

Story book for Children

Videotape a Play

Pop-Up-Book

Sing a Song