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Slavery – A Problem Of The Past? [7th Grade], Becky Orsini, Nick Thomason Jun 2010

Slavery – A Problem Of The Past? [7th Grade], Becky Orsini, Nick Thomason

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This interdisciplinary unit focuses on the institution of slavery and the many forms in which it manifests. Students will be challenged to look at slavery in all of its forms and determine its impact on the lives of those who experienced it. In Texas History the students will look at the political, social and economic factors that caused slavery to be a dominate force in the growth of Texas. In ELA, students will look at slavery from the point of view of a former slave as they read the historical-fiction novel, “Spartacus”, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. For their Performance Task, …