After completing the reading and questions on the Abolition movement and Frederick Douglass in the textbook, move onto these tasks.
“How did the struggles of women and abolitionists increase tension in an already tense nation?” “What ultimately caused the schism of North and South?”
Task 1: Textbook Reading 260-264
Read the textbook pages 260-264 on the women’s rights movement. Visit DocsTeach Website and explore some of the links on Women’s Suffrage further. Especially the Women of Color page.
Task 2: Discussion Post on Women’s Suffrage
LINKED HERE go to Innovation Assessments and complete a single discussion post in response to the following prompt. You will also need to respond to TWO students with substantial replies by Monday.
“What legal limitations did women face in the United States during the 1880s? How did the rights of women in minority groups differ from that of the majority?”
Task 3: Topic 6 Assessment
Using the textbook, you will complete the Topic 6 Assessment, questions 1-22. You will complete this writing and your answers within Innovation Assessments. The assignment- Topic 6 Assessment. This is open textbook, not open internet or assistance.
Task 4: Dred Scott Case
Read the History.com article on the Dred Scott case and compare it to the Lemmon Slave Case in NYS.
Complete a discussion post in Innovation Assessments with one original post and one reply by next Wednesday.
The Prompts: How did the Dred Scott Case and the Lemmon Case move the United States closer to the Civil War? Why is the Lemmon Case not as well studied in school?
Task 5: Harper’s Ferry and John Brown
Explore the American Battlefield’s Site on John Brown and his raid on Harpers’ Ferry. As you read consider how John Brown exemplified the growing (radical) divide between North and South, and what role this raid had in severing any ties that remained between North and South prior to the outbreak of war.
In Innovation Assessments complete a short summary of your reading on John Brown. The assignment is labelled “John Brown Summary“