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Race to end Racism

1400 Fuller Ave.

Grand Rapids MI, 49505

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The Race to End Racism Crew

Segregation Activity

In two paragraphs, write how you felt after participating in this activity. Use examples to explain how did you feel at each stop and then in summarize what you learned from it.

Segregation WebQuest

Introduction
How would you feel if you had to walk to school every day, regardless of the weather? How would you feel if there was a school bus, which took students to a school down the street from you, but you could not ride it? How would you feel if your school was falling apart, while the other school received new buildings and materials? It would make you pretty angry wouldn't it? That is how the characters of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry must have felt. You are about to explore how, when, where, and why segregation happens. You will learn that it is not just in our history, but many other histories around the world.

The Task
You and your group members will be creating a definition of segregation. This does not mean a few sentences written dictionary style. Be as creative as you like. You will first come up with what you think segregation means now. Then you will research and write about what it is. Finally, your group will come up with a creative way to define segregation. You can use poetry, collages, paintings, stories etc. Good luck!

Resources
The Process
Evaluation
Conclusion


http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/crc/webquest/rollofthunder/index.html

The Emancipation Proclamation

1. Why did Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?


2. What does this document would it have meant to the soldiers of the 54th Infantry?

3. What is the historical significance of The Emancipation Proclamation?


4. Which U.S. states were not effected by the Emancipation Proclamation?

A slave girl tells of her life, 1861

Read the article, summarize it in one of two paragraphs and then answer the questions.
1. Like Henry Watson's account of slave auctions, Harriet Jacobs' narrative was probably edited extensively by white abolitionists. Does this diminish its impact? Is all history somehow edited from the actual narrative?

2. Accounts of abuse within slavery are spread across time and location, from colonial America to the Civil War.

3. How does Harriet's account of sexual exploitation affect your view of slavery?

4. Why do you think women, by large, have received less attention than men in the tale of slavery?

Farm journal reports on the care and feeding of slaves, 1836

Read this article, summarize it in one or two paragraph and then answer the following questions:
1. What does this account tell us about slave life? what does it tell us about the status of slaves on plantations?

2. How might this account have been used by abolitionists? By pro-slavery factions?

A Slave tells of His Sale at Auction, 1848

Read the story, summarize it in one or two paragraphs and then answer the following questions:
1. How would Henry Watson's narrative have been used by abolitionists?

2. WHat do you think of the atrocities reported here? Do you think the story moved people into action?

3. Although the narrative is probably accurate, it is quite possibly written by northern abolitionists who are transcribing Watson's story. What evidence do you see of this? Does it diminish the impact of the story?