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This Harriet Jabocs and Elizabeth Keckly: The Material and Emotional Realities of Childhood in Slavery lesson plan also includes:
- Teacher Tool 1: The Story of Harriet Jacobs
- Teacher Tool 2: The Story of Elizabeth Keckly
- Teacher Tool 3: An Overview of Childhood Slavery
- Teacher Tool 4: Answer Key
- Teacher Tool 5: Making Generalizations
- Student Handout 1: Reading for Details
- Student Handout 2: Making Inferences
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Through the journals written by Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Keckly, young readers gain insight into the lives of two enslaved children on nineteenth-century plantations.
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Instructional Ideas
- To underscore the difference between house and field slaves, bring in stocks of cotton, photos of the fields, the pickers, and of the process of thread making
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- Review all the materials to determine if it is appropriate to your teaching situation and community
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- The richly detailed plan includes a lesson extension activity about making inferences
- All required materials, including an answer key, are included in the packet
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