Unit 3: Civil War 10.19.18
Agenda The West states quiz Finish “The Peculiar Institution” questions 12 Years A Slave Intro Assignment
12 Years A Slave First published in 1854 Memoir by Solomon Northup Free black man from New York 1841: Invited to play his fiddle in DC Drugged, kidnapped, sold as a slave & shipped to New Orleans 1853 a Canadian helped get word to NY, Governor steps in & Northup is freed Slave trader acquitted
12 Years A Slave Published 1854, 1 year after Northup was freed Came out after Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Northup’s story used by abolitionist groups as part of the fight against slavery
Book Club 12 Years A Slave book club Purpose of a book club: 6 selections You read 1 & be prepared to share In small groups, everyone will share their reading & then discuss the book as a whole Purpose of a book club: Promote discussion and analysis of a book Promote active, rather than passive, reading To enjoy reading
Read & Annotate: Highlight pieces you want to share Write down: definitions of words you don’t know main ideas that you want to share questions you have/want to talk about Key question: What does Northup’s story tell us about slavery?
Reminder The North & The South packets are due on Monday (if you haven’t turned them in already).