David
Walker’s “Appeal to
the
Coloured Citizens of the World”
1. Resources
to introduce the concept of
slavery and its relationship
to the Constitution:(see
resources)
a. References
to the slavery in the Constitution
b. Timelines
c. Possible visual resources:
Ken Burns’ Civil War
series: Episode One, sections-
All Night Forever, House Divided,
and The Meteor. 15 minutes.
Or excerpts from Slave Catchers,
Slave Masters, The History
Channel or Slave Memories,
HBO.
d. Waldo’s map and statistics
e. US population statistics:
1800,20,40, 60.
2. Abolitionists
(see
resources)
a. Into- vignettes
b. Biographies: Stewart, Walker,
Turner, Garrison, Douglass,
Tubman, Stowe, Brown. Optional
Jacobs.
3. Abolitionists’
chart- have students add notes
from Biographies
4. Lesson Study:
Preamble text, reading strategy,
questions, and key
a. Review different
strategies used to abolish
slavery. (i.e. A. Writing
and speaking about the injustice
of slavery. B. Acting in a
non-violent way to free slaves
and end slavery. C. Calling
for a violent rebellion (fighting
back) to end slavery immediately.
D. Something else? A combination?)
b. Introduce
David Walker’s Appeal.
Review the questions below).
These are the questions we
want to answer when we are
done analyzing the text.
Lesson Study
Essential 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?
- What do you think Walker
meant when he said, “The
day they do it they are
gone? ”
c.Teacher reads
aloud to class and models
deconstructing the text
d. Students
pair up and read to each other.
e. Complete
chart. Teacher led exercise
with student participation
encouraged.(see
resources)
f. Students
answer the Essential Questions.
g. Closure:
Review lesson and objective.
5. Conclude Abolitionists
chart (see
resources)
