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Smithsonian Learning Lab: Powerful Symbols and Words: Abolitionism & Women's Rights Unit PlanSmithsonian Learning Lab: Powerful Symbols and Words: Abolitionism & Women's Rights Unit Plan
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Smithsonian Institution
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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1500L
Unit Plan

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Powerful Symbols and Words: Abolitionism & Women's Rights

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This collection looks at an image and phrase used widely in abolitionist materials, and at how that symbol was adopted and adapted by Sojourner Truth and/or other women's rights activists. Students will examine an abolitionist medallion and then learn about Sojourner Truth through a short reading, image analysis, and video. They can then review two versions of Sojourner Truth's speech and consider why the second version, as reported by another suffragette, Frances Gage, is markedly different. This collection is designed to be used as a short stand-alone lesson on the topic of the abolition movement and its intersection with the women's movement in the United States.

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sojourner truth

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ccss.ela, l.5.3.b, powerful symbols and words: abolitionism & women's rights, smithsonian learning lab, smithsonian learning lab: powerful symbols and words: abolitionism & women's rightsl.5.3.b, compare and contrast the varieties of english (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

L.5.3.b

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