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David
Walker’s “Appeal to
the
Coloured Citizens of the World”
I.
OVERVIEW:
This lesson is
situated in a larger unit on
abolitionists. Students will
complete a culminating five
paragraph essay that answers
the unit question:
How did
abolitionists respond to the
Constitution’s protection
of slavery?
Through this
series of lessons students will
cite three places in the Constitution
that supported slavery. The students
will also read a portion of
David Walker’s Appeal
and answer these four questions:
- To whom is David Walker
addressing his Appeal? Who
is the audience for his writing?
- What does David Walker
want to accomplish?
- What kind of response does
David Walker want?
- How would you interpret
David Walker’s phrase
“The day they do it
they are gone?”
A major goal
of this lesson is to help make
the language of a primary source
document accessible to students.
Student responses
to the unit question should
exhibit their understanding
of the following four points
about the relationship between
the unit and constitutional
issues:
- Constitution
allowed slavery to exist
- Opposition to slavery was
strong and varied
- Different avenues for opposition
existed
- Effectiveness of methods
of opposition
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