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Welcome to Ms. Pember's US History I Wikipage!  //Wendell Phillips delivers an anti-slavery speech to a crowd gathered on the Common in Boston, April 11, 1851//

Lesson Topic: Abolitionist Speeches

Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will read and analyze several speeches given by key abolitionist speakers of the 19th century. They will then create their own abolitionist speech and upload it to this Wikipage, and then the class will vote for the best speech to be uploaded as a podcast on this site.


 * __U.S. I State Learning Standards__

USI.32 Describe the formation of the abolitionist movement, the roles of various abolitionists, and the response of southerners and northerners to abolitionism. (H)

National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Students 2, 4, 6

__Objectives:__** Students will be able to - Explain the goals of the abolitionist movement - Analyze several primary documents from leading abolitionists - Compare and contrast these speeches on their level of persuasion, effectiveness, and interest/attention grabbing - Create a speech as a leading abolitionist speech

__**Tasks: Day 1**__ 1). Listen to a speech from an abolitionist - what do you hear? what does it mean? what are emotional words used? what makes it effective? persuasive? 2). Jigsaw activity for primary source documents from famous abolitionist speakers

__**Tasks: Day 2**__ 1). Create a speech as an abolitionist 2). Upload the speeches to this Wikipage 3). Share each speech within the Home Group. Pick one student from each group to present their speech in front of the class 4). After hearing a presenter from each group, as a class vote for one person with the best speech 5). The best speech will record their speech as a podcast for the Wikipage

- I Hear/It Means chart - APPARTS Chart - 4 Abolitionists Graphic Organizer - Student speech
 * __Assessments__**