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“
Lesson Study Work: Listening to
Abolitionists”
I.
LESSON PLAN:
STUDENT
QUESTION:
Given the constraints
of the Constitution, how did
people resist slavery?
Comments: We wanted
students to be able to understand
the historical constraints of
abolitionism during the antebellum
period. More broadly, we wanted
to students to develop historical
empathy by placing themselves
into a specific historical context.
We wanted students to examine
different strategies of resistance,
different abolitionists, and
explore the reasons that different
abolitionists used different
strategies. For instance, why
did Frederick Douglass choose
rhetoric and moral suasion while
John Brown chose organized violence?
What set of historical contexts
led them to choose these strategies,
and what constrained or facilitated
their actions?
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