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This David Walker vs. John Day: Two Nineteenth-Century Free Black Men lesson plan also includes:
- The American Colonization Society
- Brief Biography of David Walker
- Brief Biography of John Day
- Comparing Walker’s Appeal and Day’s Letter
- Contextualizing David Walker’s Appeal
- Excerpt from David Walker’s Appeal
- John Day’s Letter
- Activity 1 Assessment
- Activity 1 Assessment: Teacher's Version
- Activity 2 Assessment
- Activity 2 Assessment: Teacher's Version
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What was the most beneficial policy for nineteenth-century African Americans: to stay in the United States and work for freedom, or to immigrate to a new place and build a society elsewhere? Your young historians will construct an argument after close analysis of background information and primary source documents regarding the contrasting views of David Walker and John Day.
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- Consider identifying words in the primary source documents that your learners might struggle with and have them complete a vocabulary chart for those words prior to beginning the lesson
- Offer a list of common compare/contrast words that learners can utilize throughout activity discussions
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- Worksheets offer excellent guiding questions to support the comparison of the two primary source documents
- Well-designed background information provided, as well as all necessary reading excerpts and activity worksheets
- Great resource for developing primary source analysis
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