
Compelling Question: Did African Americans struggle for their freedom in New York?
Standards and Practices:
New York State Social Studies Framework: 7.2 Colonial Developments
Social Studies Practices:
Gathering, Interpreting, and Using Evidence
Comparison and Contextualization
Civic Participation
Staging the Question:
What are rights and freedoms? Teacher facilitates a discussion distinguishing between rights and freedoms. Students brainstorm to list all the rights and freedoms they have.
Supporting Question 1: What were the living conditions for a slave in New York before and immediately after the American Revolution?
Formative Performance Task:
Using evidence from the documents, write a paragraph describing the conditions of a slave in New York during the 1700s.
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Supporting Question 2: How did slaves resist their conditions in New York?
Formative Performance Task:
Using evidence from the documents, discuss the ways in which slaves tried to resist their conditions and how owners tried to prevent slave resistance.
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Supporting Question 3: How and when did slavery end in New York?
Formative Performance Task:
Create a timeline depicting the end of slavery in New York.