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Major themes or topics: Slavery, resistance, just vs. unjust, freedom, George and Martha Washington, the U.S as a new country
Big Question: What can Ona Judge teach us about justice?
Virtual Destination(s): Mount Vernon
Session 1: Students explore Mount Vernon’s enslaved community through Ona Judge, Martha Washington's enslaved personal servant. When George Washington is elected president, students follow Ona and the Washingtons to Philadelphia, where Ona begins to understand more deeply what freedom means.
Session 2: Students continue Ona's story as she makes a brave escape from The President's House in Philadelphia. Students consider how escaping slavery was one form of resistance and learn about other ways enslaved people fought against a life of bondage, ultimately connecting to how resisting unjust laws has a long history in the U.S, and is still continuing today.
Academic Standards Referenced:
ELA Common Core Standards: Reading Literature
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
Teaching Tolerance’s Teaching Hard History Essential Knowledge
4. Enslaved people had families that could be split up at any time.
5. Students should know that enslaved people hated being enslaved, and resisted bondage in many ways.
11. The main purpose of American slavery was to make money for enslavers.
15. In every place and time, enslaved people sought freedom.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/TT-2007-Teaching-Hard-History-K-5-Framework.pdfPage updated
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