Sojourner Truth is one of the most prominent faces of the abolitionist movement, but what was her life in slavery like? Learn more about her early years with a reading comprehension resource that provides a short passage from her biography by Olive Gilbert. The resource also includes four comprehension questions.

Concepts

sojourner truth, black history month, slavery, abolitionists, the abolitionist movement, informational texts, biographies, context clues, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in your language arts unit on biographical writing, or in social studies when learning about slavery and abolitionists
• Add to a reading assessment or homework packet
• Ask readers to summarize what they have read
• Prompt your class to ask (and answer) additional questions about the reading based on Bloom's Taxonomy
• Lead learners in a research project about other abolitionists, or have them learn more about Sojourner Truth's life 

Classroom Considerations

• Passage describes severe beatings and violence; be sure that readers are mature enough to handle the descriptions

Pros

• Lesson is a great addition to your unit on Black History Month
• Provides an answer key with possible responses to the reading questions
• Comes with a brief introduction at the top of the page for those who are unfamiliar with Sojourner Truth

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1 RI.6.1 RI.7.1 RI.8.1