Year 8A & Year 8B
Today you are going to look at the remarkable bravery of those who escaped slavery ….
Follow the order in which I give you instructions:
1.
INTRODUCTION:
As a final task on this topic, we are going to look at the story of Harriet Tubman. She was an American abolitionist and anti-slavery activist. Harriet was born into slavery, but she escaped and made about 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people! She used a network of anti-slavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad to take slaves from the southern States (where slavery was allowed) to the northern States (where slavery was not allowed). The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into the free northern States. All this began before the American Civil War (1861-1865). (This was a war that was fought between the northern States and the southern States, because of the enslavement of black people. The northern States were against slavery and began to abolish slavery (already in the 1780’s!), but the southern States wanted slaves to work on the plantations in the south. So, there was a civil war between north and south. In the end the northern States won and slavery was therefore abolished all across America in 1865.)
2.
Watch the following 2 video clips on Harriet Tubman. You need to listen carefully, because you will be tested on this!
1822-1913 – Harriet Tubman. (1:52 minutes long)
Harriet Tubman: A Maryland Story. (24:20 minutes long)
3.
The Harriet Tubman Story. (30:09 minutes long)
4.
If available, go to Schoology and do the timed quiz about the information given today and the video clips that you have just seen. (You have no more than 10 minutes to do this!) (You only get one attempt at this. Also, please note that quiz will expire… So, make sure that you do it in time!)
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